Discourse, Hegemony, and Populism in the Visegrád Four

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Introduction: discourse, hegemony, populism, and the Visegrád Four
	Populism and the Visegrád Four: an oft-trodden, yet under-excavated terrain
	Discourse - hegemony - populism: from concept to analysis
	Research questions and objectives
	Structure of the book
	References
1. Discourse - hegemony - populism: a conceptual horizon
	Populism as expression and deviation: objectivist approaches to populism
	Populism as thin construction: ideational approaches to populism
	Populism as construction and royal road: post-foundational approaches to populism
	Notes
	References
2. Discourse - hegemony - populism: a framework for analysis
	Analyzing populism and its conceptual Other(s)
	Research questions and case selection
	Source material and selection
	Notes
	References
3. Populism in the Czech Republic
	Introduction
	Historical background: the saga of "the people" from the "people's camps" to Masaryk to Gottwald
	"Your government, people, has returned to you!" The "post-November" imaginary and the anti-communist nationalist populism of the Republicans
		The anti-communist nationalist populism of the Rally for the Republic - Republican Party of Czechoslovakia (1990-92)
		The "post-November" hegemonic formation (1992-2006)
	"People" vs. "politicians" (2010-present): a break in the "post-November" imaginary
		The centrist populism of Public Affairs (2010)
		ANO: from centrist entrepreneur populism (2011-13) to a centrist populism of "hard work" in power (2014-present)
		Dawn of Direct Democracy and Freedom and Direct Democracy (SPD): from neo-liberal nativist populism (2013) to neo-conservative nativist populism (2017)
		ANO and SPD as competing populisms (2017)
		The liberal populism of the Czech Pirate Party (2013, 2017)
	Conclusion and summary
	Notes
	References
4. Populism in Hungary
	Introduction
	Historical background: the saga of "the people" between 1848, 1956, and 1989
	"Hungarianhood" (magyarság) vs. "Hungary" (Magyarország): the divided imaginary of the "system change"
		"The prime minister of 15 million Hungarians": the Hungarian Democratic Forum (MDF) between institutionalism and populist nationalism (1990-93)
		The populist nationalisms of the Hungarian Justice and Life Party (1993-2002) and Fidesz (1997, 2002-04)
		The national-conservative social populism of Fidesz (2006-09)
	The "System of National Cooperation" (NER) as hegemonic formation (2010-present)
		From "illiberal state" to "Stop Soros": the illiberal populist nationalism in power of Fidesz (2014-18)
		Jobbik: between anti-liberal populist nationalism and nationalist populism
		The nationalist populism of Jobbik (2010, 2014, 2017-18)
		The left-wing populism of the Dialogue for Hungary - Hungarian Socialist Party alliance (2018)
	Conclusion and summary
	Notes
	References
5. Populism in Poland
	Introduction
	Historical background: the saga of "the people" from Endecja and Sanacja to Gomułka
	Post-"Solidarity" vs. anti-"liberalism": the divided imaginary of post-1989 transition
		The anti-liberal left-wing populism of the Union of Labor (1993, 1997-2000)
		The anti-liberal nationalist and social populism of the Self-Defense of the Republic of Poland (2001-05)
	"Solidaristic Poland" vs. "Liberal Poland": a break in the post-1989 imaginary
		The anti-liberal nationalist populism of Law and Justice (2001-07)
		The anti-liberal nationalist and social populism of Law and Justice (2007-14, 2019)
		The anti-clerical liberal populism of Palikot's Movement (2010-11)
		The nationalist anti-party populism of
	Conclusion and summary
	Notes
	References
6. Populism in Slovakia
	Introduction
	Historical background: the saga of "the people" between 1848, 1918, and 1989
	Pro- vs. anti-Mečiar: the divided imaginary of post-1989 transition
		Between nationalism and populism: the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (HZDS)
		The centrist populism of the Movement for a Democratic Slovakia (2002)
	"Just like they stole under Mečiar, so they steal under Dzurinda": a break in the post-1989 imaginary
		The centrist populism of the early Smer (1999-2002)
		The conservative anti-party populism of Ordinary People and Independent Personalities (2012-present)
		The nativist entrepreneur populism of Sme Rodina (2016-present)
		Between ethno-nationalist reductionism and populism: Kotleba - People's Party Our Slovakia (2016-present)
	Conclusion and summary
	Notes
	References
7. Conclusions: discourse, hegemony, and populism after '89
	Patterns of populism: hegemonic and counter-hegemonic, centrist, conservative, liberal, nationalist, nativist, social
		Populism as hegemonic and counter-hegemonic logic: from the first to the fourth generation
		Centrist, conservative, liberal, nationalist, nativist, social populisms
	Final remarks and outlook
	Notes
	References
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Index