When Left Moves Right: The Decline of the Left and the Rise of the Populist Right in Postcommunist Europe

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When Left Moves Right
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Contents
What Happens when Left Moves Right
	The Puzzle
	The Unintended Consequences
	Linking Supply and Demand
	Terms and Definitions
	The Broader Trends
		Eastern European Distinctiveness
		Learning from Western Europe
		Bringing Class Back
		Economy vs. Culture
	The Structure of the Book
		Why Postcommunist Europe?
		Plan of the Book
1. How the Left Moved Right
	Is There a Third Way?
		Britain
		Germany
		Sweden
	The Eastern European Story
		International Pressure
		Domestic Pressure
		EU Conditionality: The Road to Hell Is Paved with Good Intentions
			The Post-​Accession Backlash
		The 2008 Crisis: The Irony of Fate
		The Right Moves Left
			The “New Winning Formula”
			Capturing the Working Class
	Summary
2. The Class Politics in Postcommunist Europe
	The Working Class after Communism
	Preferences of Working-​Class Electorates
	Linking Classes and Parties in Postcommunist Europe
	Summary
3. How the Postcommunist Left Reformed and Lost
	The Pro-​Market Left and Class-​Based Support
	Left vs. Right
	Summary
4. When Left Moves Right, Right Wins
	Hungary
		The Realignment Begins
		The Collapse of the Left
		The Adaptation of the Right
		Individual-​Level Surveys
	Poland
		The Realignment Begins
		The Collapse of the Left
		The Adaptation of the Right
		Individual-​Level Surveys
	Summary
5. When Left Stays Left, Right Stays Small
	Czech Republic
		Stability of Alignments
		Individual-​Level Surveys
	Slovakia
		Stability of Alignments
		Individual-​Level Surveys
	Summary
6. Decisions on the Ground: The Experimental Case for a Left-​Right Shift
	Survey Experiment 1
		Design
		Results
	Survey Experiment 2
		Results
	Summary
Conclusion
	Eastern Europe Is Not Unique . . .
	. . . But It Is Special
	The Importance of Party Choices
	When Right Is Left
	Winning Back the Working Class?
Appendix I: Factor Analysis for Chapter 2
Appendix II: Cross-​Country Analysis: Left Vote vs. Other Parties—​Probit Model (Basic)
Appendix III: Cross-​Country Analysis: Left Vote vs. Other Parties—​Probit Model (Controlling for Religiosity and Immigration)
Appendix IV: Cross-​Country Analysis: Left Vote vs. Other Parties—​Probit Model (Controlling for Presence of a Radical Right Party)
Appendix V: Cross-​Country Analysis: Left Vote vs. Other Parties—​Multilevel Model
Appendix VI: Cross-​Country Analysis: Right vs. Left Vote—​Probit Model
Appendix VII: Cross-​Country Analysis: Right vs. Left Vote—​Multilevel Model
Appendix VIII: Survey Experiment 1: Descriptive Statistics
Appendix IX: Survey Experiment 1: Propensity of Voting for Jobbik
Appendix X: Survey Experiment 2: Descriptive Statistics
Appendix XI: Survey Experiment 2: Propensity of Voting for Jobbik
Appendix XII: Elite Interviews
References
Index