CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2024
| Author | Alpár, Dénes |
|---|---|
| Title | Mobilising the Far Right: Determinants of Far-Right Protest Mobilisation in Post-Communist Hungary |
| Summary | This thesis investigates far-right resurgence in Europe by examining determinants of far-right protest mobilisation in Hungary between 1990 and 2016. Drawing on the literature on the far right and on social movements, I assess whether grievances, opportunities, and resources can provide a systematic explanation for the successful mobilisation of the far right. I utilise a multi-method approach. I collect and quantify far-right protest data from Népszabadság, a single newspaper source. Then, I conduct multiple regression analyses to test for systematic explanations of far-right protest mobilisation in Hungary. The results show that my objective independent variables cannot account for the protest activity of the far right either at the national or at the subnational levels. My subsequent protest event analysis sheds light on the wide range of subjective grievances and arising political opportunities at the subnational level, which fuelled far-right protest mobilisation. |
| Supervisor | Jenne, Erin K. |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2024/alpar_denes.pdf |
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