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ABSTRACT
The aim of this article is to compare the role played by radical right and right wing parties in opposition to the mainstream radical right wing governments in Hungary and Poland. We analyse the role developed by the parties Jobbik and Our Homeland in Hungary, while in Poland we focus on the case of Konfederacja. However, while these parties are not important considering their number of Deputies in Parliament, they are relevant in shaping the political climate. Their presence and success is part of the same right wing ecosystem and conditions that sustains the mainstream radical right. Between these parties and the government have been established different kinds of relationships that we consider as: collaboration (Our Homeland), competition from the radical right (first Jobbik and Konfederacja) and competition from the centre (second Jobbik).
Acknowledgments
The author wants to thank Aleks Szczerbiak, Iván Szelenyi, Pawel Spiewak and Stephen Pogany for their conversations. Also, William Allchorn, Eviane Leidig, Katherine Kondor, Sebastián Mauro and Justyna Kajta for their comments and suggestions. This work was supported by the CONICET, Argentina
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Ariel Goldstein
Ariel Goldstein, Doctor in Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires. Conicet Adjunct Researcher, Institute of Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Has published articles in journals from United States, China, Colombia, Brazil, Mexico, United Kingdom. Latest books are: “Bolsonaro. Brazilian democracy under siege“ (Marea, 2019) and Evangelical Power. How religious groups are taking over politics in America“ (Marea, 2020).