The return of economic nationalism to East Central Europe

Right‐wing intellectual milieus and anti‐liberal resentment

Datos Bibliográficos

ID7931007
AutoresMihai Vargas (0000-0003-0278-7145, Freie Universität Berlin, autor de correspondencia)
Año2021
Volumen27
Número1
Páginas206-222
Fecha de publicación2021-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaNations and Nationalism (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1345-5078 • E-ISSN: 1469-8129
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/nana.12660
OpenAlexW3093203447
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas17
Referencias citadas77

This article emphasises the non‐economic goals of economic nationalism and in particular its often overlooked political goals. Drawing parallels between economic nationalisms in Central Europe and East Asia, it focuses on Poland and Hungary and asks why did these countries turn to economic nationalism. The article traces this turn to ideational foundations developed by right‐wing intellectuals over the last two decades, arguing that right‐wing intellectuals believed that liberalism has failed what they conceived of its most important (political) purpose, the need of a radical break with the communist past. Based on a study of the writings and careers of leading Polish and Hungarian right‐wing intellectuals, the article draws attention to the nature of the perceived threat to the nation. It contributes to the sociology of nationalism an analysis of how such a threat emerges and translates into a guiding idea of illiberal economic policies

Communism · Conservatism · Economic nationalism · Economics · Liberalism · Nationalism · Parallels · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Resentment · Right wing · Sociology · Historical Geopolitical and Social Dynamics · Law · Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition · Social Policy and Reform Studies