Far-Right Ecologism

Environmental Politics and the Far Right in Hungary and Poland

Balša Lubarda (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

14 Seiten

2023
Routledge (Verlag)
978-1-032-30436-6 (ISBN)

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Far-Right Ecologism explains how the ongoing mainstreaming of the far right has prompted greater engagement with a range of topics, including the environment. Behind the façade of vote-winning strategies, the far right has provided a substantive ideological engagement with the natural environment. Building on the nationalist bent of early green thought and the perceived nexus of pristine nature and cultural purity, Far-Right Ecologism has ideologically adopted the green elements of other ideologies, such as conservatism and fascism, but also of those considered to be "thin-centred", such as nationalism and populism. Through an authentic experience of learning from the Eastern European, post-socialist realms, this book explores the ideology, ecological discourse and policy proposals behind the increasing impact of far-right actors on environmental politics in Hungary and Poland. Each chapter begins with stories from the interviewees to illustrate how the far right in Hungary and Poland attempts to permeate environmental politics and even forge partnerships with green actors through specific, local-based policy contributions. Drawing on the findings from a range of sources, such as electoral programs, ideological texts and manifestos, social media and public speeches, policy proposals and more than 40 in-depth interviews with far-right representatives, this book also assesses epistemological and methodological challenges in examining the environmental dimension of far-right, post-socialist politics. This book will be valuable reading for researchers with an interest in the far right, environmental politics and Central Eastern Europe.

Balša Lubarda is currently a Fulbright fellow at the Institute for the Study of Societal Issues, UC Berkeley (United States) and the founder of Ideology Research Unit at the Centre for Analysis of the Radical Right (CARR). He obtained his PhD from Central European University (Hungary/Austria) in 2021.

Introduction 1. Far-Right Ecologism: introducing the spectrum 2. Far Right in Hungary and Poland 3. Greening the Core: The central concepts of FRE 4. The Perimeter: Nostalgia, Autarky, Spirituality and Authority 5. FRE in action: policy and activism Conclusion

Erscheinungsdatum	03.08.2023
Reihe/Serie	Routledge Studies in Fascism and the Far Right
Zusatzinfo	3 Tables, black and white; 2 Line drawings, black and white; 1 Halftones, black and white; 3 Illustrations, black and white
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	440 g
Themenwelt	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Systeme
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie
ISBN-10	1-032-30436-7 / 1032304367
ISBN-13	978-1-032-30436-6 / 9781032304366
Zustand	Neuware