Measures against right-wing extremism in an illiberal populist country: The case of Hungary
The paper focuses on the question of what it means both conceptually and practically to talk about counter right ‑wing extremism (RWE) measures in an illiberal populist regime while the dominant political ideology or narratives are very close to those of right ‑wing extremists. Through a qualitative...
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| author | Vidra Zsuzsanna Félix Anikó |
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| description | The paper focuses on the question of what it means both conceptually and practically to talk about counter right ‑wing extremism (RWE) measures in an illiberal populist regime while the dominant political ideology or narratives are very close to those of right ‑wing extremists. Through a qualitative analysis of policies in the Hungarian context, the paper explores both the political and the policy scene to understand how the political context and policies identified as counter ‑RWE measures interact. Relying on the categorisation of counter ‑measures, different sets of policies are scrutinised: legal, security, anti ‑terrorism, and public order measures including education, prevention, exit, deterrence, training, and communication programmes. It was concluded that there is a lack of government strategy and policies for countering RWE including almost all relevant policy fields. It was also observed that hate crime incidents have increased under the illiberal regime while at the same time previously strong extremist militant activities have declined. However, as it is argued, it is not due to effective policies but the manipulating political strategy of the incumbent party. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4e2021bbc3e248bab92c31ce37b27e9a2024-03-25T07:30:37ZcesSciendoPolitics in Central Europe2787-90382023-06-0119232535110.2478/pce-2023-0015Measures against right-wing extremism in an illiberal populist country: The case of HungaryVidra ZsuzsannaFélix AnikóThe paper focuses on the question of what it means both conceptually and practically to talk about counter right ‑wing extremism (RWE) measures in an illiberal populist regime while the dominant political ideology or narratives are very close to those of right ‑wing extremists. Through a qualitative analysis of policies in the Hungarian context, the paper explores both the political and the policy scene to understand how the political context and policies identified as counter ‑RWE measures interact. Relying on the categorisation of counter ‑measures, different sets of policies are scrutinised: legal, security, anti ‑terrorism, and public order measures including education, prevention, exit, deterrence, training, and communication programmes. It was concluded that there is a lack of government strategy and policies for countering RWE including almost all relevant policy fields. It was also observed that hate crime incidents have increased under the illiberal regime while at the same time previously strong extremist militant activities have declined. However, as it is argued, it is not due to effective policies but the manipulating political strategy of the incumbent party.https://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2023-0015countering right wing extremismright wing extremismright wing terrorismilliberal regimehate crimeradicalisation |
| spellingShingle | Vidra Zsuzsanna Félix Anikó Measures against right-wing extremism in an illiberal populist country: The case of Hungary Politics in Central Europe countering right wing extremism right wing extremism right wing terrorism illiberal regime hate crime radicalisation |
| title | Measures against right-wing extremism in an illiberal populist country: The case of Hungary |
| title_full | Measures against right-wing extremism in an illiberal populist country: The case of Hungary |
| title_fullStr | Measures against right-wing extremism in an illiberal populist country: The case of Hungary |
| title_full_unstemmed | Measures against right-wing extremism in an illiberal populist country: The case of Hungary |
| title_short | Measures against right-wing extremism in an illiberal populist country: The case of Hungary |
| title_sort | measures against right wing extremism in an illiberal populist country the case of hungary |
| topic | countering right wing extremism right wing extremism right wing terrorism illiberal regime hate crime radicalisation |
| url | https://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2023-0015 |
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