The Revolt of the Provinces

Anti-Gypsyism and Right-Wing Politics in Hungary
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-78533-896-0
Verlag: Berghahn Books

Buch, Englisch, Band 23, 288 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 574 g

Reihe: Dislocations

The first in-depth ethnographic monograph on the New Right in Central and Eastern Europe, The Revolt of the Provinces explores the making of right-wing hegemony in Hungary over the last decade. It explains the spread of racist sensibilities in depressed rural areas, shows how activists, intellectuals and politicians took advantage of popular racism to empower right-wing agendas and examines the new ruling party's success in stabilizing an 'illiberal regime'. To illuminate these important dynamics, the author proposes an innovative multi-scalar and relational framework, focusing on interaction between social antagonisms emerging on the local level and struggles waged within the political public sphere.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Szombati, Kristóf

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Migrations- & Minderheitenpolitik
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Konservativismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

List of maps and tables

Foreword

Ivan Szelenyi

Preface

Introduction

Chapter 1. Historic Contextualization: "Gypsies", "Magyars" and the State

Chapter 2. Popular Racism in the Northeast: The Case of Gyöngyöspata

Chapter 3. Redemptive Anti-Gypsyism: The Transposition of Struggles from the Social to the Political Domain

Chapter 4. Right-wing Rivalry and the Dual State

Chapter 5. The Limits of Racist Mobilization: The Case of Devecser

Chapter 6. From Racism to Ultranationalism: Jobbik’s Transformation Through Ethnographic Lens

Epilogue

References

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Szombati, Kristóf
Kristóf Szombati has a background in both activism and academia. He recently completed his PhD at Central European University (Budapest) and received the ‘Best Dissertation’ award for his work on anti-Gypsyism in rural Hungary. He has published articles on far-right movements and on the intersection of politics, ethnicity and ‘race’. He currently holds a Visiting Professorship at Columbia University.