Nativist and anti-liberal narratives in conservative populist agenda in Central Europe

Cabada, Ladislav (author)

Nativism does not only present a concept, but also an ideological framework as well as a political practice related to identity politics. In the article we firstly present the theoretical reflection of nativism and operationalise the most important terms and characteristics of this phenomenon. Later, we apply the concept of nativism to the analysis of conservative populist and/or nativist political actors in the Central European region. The analysis shows how nativism, as a relatively peripheral issue in the first 10-15 years after the democratic transition, became stronger in the next period characterised by a set of crises after 2008. The analysis demonstrates how the mainstream parties in Central Europe adopted the nativist and conservative populist agenda and implemented it into mainstream politics. Furthermore, the analysis shows how Central European nativism correlates with the long-term existence of antiliberal streams that were revitalised after the fall of Communist regimes. These anti-modern societal groups were reformulated as the counter-cosmopolitan camp within the polarisation process that is clearly visible in the political arena

• Language: English
• Keywords: nativism, national conservatism, identity politics, anti-liberal mentality
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Publication date: 30.06.2021
• Year: 2021
• Number of pages: Str. 284-304, 489
• Numbering: Letn. 58, št. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-138773
• UDC: 329.11(4-191.2)
• ISSN on article: 0040-3598
• DOI: 10.51936/tip.58.2.284-304
• COBISS.SI-ID: 70542339
• Publication date in RUL: 17.08.2022

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Teorija in praksa : revija za družbena vprašanja
• Shortened title: Teor. praksa
• Publisher: Fakulteta za družbene vede
• ISSN: 0040-3598
• COBISS.SI-ID: 763652

Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Nativistični in antiliberalni narativi v konzervativni populistični agendi v srednji Evropi

Abstract

Nativizem ni le koncept, ampak pomeni tudi ideološki okvir in politično prakso, povezano z identitetno politiko. V članku najprej predstavimo teoretični uvod v nativizem in opredelimo najpomembnejše izraze in značilnosti tega fenomena. V nadaljevanju koncept uporabimo za analizo nativizma pri konzervativno populističnih in/ali nativističnih političnih akterjih v Srednji Evropi. Analiza razkriva, kako je nativizem, ki je bil v prvih petnajstih letih po demokratičnem prehodu obrobna problematika, kasneje postal bolj pomemben koncept, zlasti po nizu kriz od leta 2008 dalje. Analiza prikaže, kako so osrednje politične stranke v Srednji Evropi prevzele nativizem in konzervativno populistično agendo ter ju vnesle v osrednjo politiko. Dodatno pa analiza pokaže, kako se nativizem v Srednji Evropi povezuje z dolgoletnimi protiliberalnimi tokovi, ki so znova oživeli po padcu komunističnih sistemov. Te protimoderne družbene skupine so bile v procesu polarizacije jasno videne v političnem prostoru in preoblikovane v protisvetovljanski tabor

• Keywords: nativizem, nacionalni konservativizem, politika identitet, protiliberalna ideologija