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Behind the Illiberal Turn: Values in Central Europe
Series: - European Values Studies, Volume: 18
“We have to abandon liberal methods and principles of organizing a society. The new state that we are building is an illiberal state, a non-liberal state”, Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban famously said in 2014, exemplifying a broader trend taking place in Central Europe. Why would the countries that were praised as democratization and Europeanization success stories take an illiberal turn? This volume explores changing values and attitudes to explain events that took place in the aftermath of the financial and migration crisis in six Central European countries: Croatia, Czechia, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia.
Beatrice-Elena Chromková Manea, Ph.D. (2011), is lecturer and researcher at the Department of Sociology, Faculty of Social Studies MU Brno (Czechia). She mainly specializes in topics relating to the issue of value changes and population studies. She is the co-author and co-editor of the monograph Living apart together? Czechia and Slovakia through the lenses of value development after 1991, Slovart (2019).
Roman Chytilek, Ph.D. (2007), Masaryk University, is Associate Professor of Political Science at that university. He has published on populism, political parties and electoral competition from both the parties and voters' perspectives in journals such as Party Politics and Public Choice.
Sanja Hajdinjak, Ph.D. (2017), is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Ludwig Maximillian University in Munich, Germany. She is a published author in the fields of political economy and public policy with a specific interest in political and public administration institutions.
Roman Chytilek, Ph.D. (2007), Masaryk University, is Associate Professor of Political Science at that university. He has published on populism, political parties and electoral competition from both the parties and voters' perspectives in journals such as Party Politics and Public Choice.
Sanja Hajdinjak, Ph.D. (2017), is a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at Ludwig Maximillian University in Munich, Germany. She is a published author in the fields of political economy and public policy with a specific interest in political and public administration institutions.
List of Figures and Tables
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: How Values and Attitudes Influence Illiberal Tendencies in Central Europe
Sanja Hajdinjak, Beatrice-Elena Chromková Manea, and Roman Chytilek
1 Political (Dis)Trust in Central Europe: Mechanisms and Regional Variety
Sanja Hajdinjak, Gorana Mišić, and Tamara Kolarić
2 The Voters of Populist Radical Right Parties in cee: How Radical Are They?
Roman Chytilek and Vlastimil Havlík
3 Are There Generational Differences in the Support for Democracy in Central European Countries?
Lukáš Linek and Aleš Vomáčka
4 Explaining Attitudes towards Immigrants and Immigration through the Lenses of National Identity and Political Culture
Beatrice Chromková Manea and Bernadette Nadya Jaworsky
5 Authoritarianism and Attitudes toward the Environment in Croatia: A Central European Perspective
Krunoslav Nikodem and Tijana Trako Poljak
6 The Perception of Migrants in the Labor Market: The Czech Experience
Martin Hrabálek
Index
Notes on Contributors
Introduction: How Values and Attitudes Influence Illiberal Tendencies in Central Europe
Sanja Hajdinjak, Beatrice-Elena Chromková Manea, and Roman Chytilek
1 Political (Dis)Trust in Central Europe: Mechanisms and Regional Variety
Sanja Hajdinjak, Gorana Mišić, and Tamara Kolarić
2 The Voters of Populist Radical Right Parties in cee: How Radical Are They?
Roman Chytilek and Vlastimil Havlík
3 Are There Generational Differences in the Support for Democracy in Central European Countries?
Lukáš Linek and Aleš Vomáčka
4 Explaining Attitudes towards Immigrants and Immigration through the Lenses of National Identity and Political Culture
Beatrice Chromková Manea and Bernadette Nadya Jaworsky
5 Authoritarianism and Attitudes toward the Environment in Croatia: A Central European Perspective
Krunoslav Nikodem and Tijana Trako Poljak
6 The Perception of Migrants in the Labor Market: The Czech Experience
Martin Hrabálek
Index
Questions raised by this volume are equally as important for political and social researchers, and students of comparative politics, as much as they are for policy makers, journalists and citizens.