1. Introductory remarks -- 2. Pre-Communist legacies -- 3. Communist period legacy -- 4. After Communism -- 5. The League of Polish Families and its integral nationalism -- 6. Self-Defence : radical populism -- 7. The anti-liberalism of Law and Justice -- 8. Nationalist populism in power : the 2005-2007 experiment and beyond -- 9. Conclusion
Summary
In this important and accessible study, Rafal Pankowski makes sense of the rapid growth of organized radical nationalism on the political level in Poland by showing its origins, its internal dynamics and the historical, political, social and cultural context that has made it possible. From political obscurity to the heart of mainstream politics, the recent rise of the extreme right in the Polish context surprised many observers. In the 1990s Poland was usually referred to as a country without significant extremist or populist movements. It was considered to be a stable, even i
