ABSTRACT The Czech Republic and Slovakia rank among the extremely fragmented
European countries in terms of their local government structure. In addition to local …

This article compares the politics of history and positions in the EU of six ruling populist
leaders and their parties (Fidesz, PiS, SDS, GERB, ANO and OĽaNO) from Central and …

Research on populism is more abundant than ever, but the Ukrainian case is usually
neglected in the comparative literature. This article fills this gap by providing a systematic …

This article argues that a new type of populism is emerging that combines entrepreneurial
populism with centrist populism and takes as an example the success of the Czech party …

In recent years Slovakia witnessed a dynamic development with crucial consequences for its
domestic politics. Vast civic mobilization, the emergence of new parties and decline of a long …

The article deals with the membership of the most important Czech political party, ANO
(meaning “yes” in Czech), led by Andrej Babiš, in the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for …

The overarching aim of the article is to investigate the discourse of populist sovereignism as
articulated by the leaders and/or leading candidates of four right-wing hard Eurosceptic …

The Czech 2020 regional elections were won by ANO, a party led by prime minister Andrej
Babiš. ANO received a plurality of votes in 10 of the 13 regions, but joined the regional …

The February 2020 parliamentary election marked a significant moment for Slovakia after
years of public dissatisfaction with endemic corruption, political mismanagement, and …

This book examines the new anti-establishment parties electorally succeeding at the
expense of their established counterparts and argues that party organization matters for their …