CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2019
| Author | Bretus, Borbála Blanka |
|---|---|
| Title | Popular Will versus the European Union? Italian and Hungarian Populist Counter-movements and the Rise of Culturalist Politics |
| Summary | Populist parties gain increasing support in the EU, offering an alternative to the traditional left and right political divide. The Italian Lega and Five Star Movement, and the Hungarian FIDESZ are particularly interesting cases since they are movement-parties with the ability to mobilize masses and incorporate them into politics, therefore the Italian and Hungarian populist trends are not limited to party politics. Rising populism is considered as a reflection of popular dissatisfaction, a counter-movement against the EU: the neoliberal values and market expansion on the economic dimension and the increasing emancipation, diversity, and multiculturalism on the cultural front. Both the literature on populism and the contemporary interpretations of Polanyi’s double-movement concept argue for increasing importance of cultural motives to support populist parties besides economic ones. A culturalist discourse and policy actions targeting immigration and the bureaucratic elites in Brussels enable social mobilization in Italy and Hungary for a more sovereigntist and less neoliberal direction of the European integration. Through the analysis of political speeches and policy implications of populist arguments, this research focuses on clashing topics with the EU, as well as on the identification of similarities and differences between the two country cases and populist movements. Keywords: populism, counter-movement, FIDESZ, Lega, Five Star Movement, culturalism, movement-party, triple movement |
| Supervisor | Greskovits, Béla |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2019/bretus_borbala.pdf |
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