More from wide-ranging Tim Haughton, who this time sacrificed dry feet to bring a full report of Tuesday’s political campaigning in Slovakia and showed his political acumen and intrepidity by going not to Bratislava, where everybody goes, but rather to Kosice. How to Win Votes and Influence People – Some Reflections from Slovakia Tim Haughton, [...]

I will deal with the actual poll results in a few future posts, but I want build on the introduction of the Czech dashboard by talking about broader trends and in particular by assessing the magnitude of “new party eruptions,” the dominant feature of the current Czech campaign. In my own recent study of populism [...]

I’ve recently prepared some thoughts on foreign policy of populist and extremist parties in postcommunist Europe and have uploaded an annotated presentation–see Populist foreign policy annotated.ppt or Populist foreign policy annotated.pdf–for those who are interested. It contains some thoughts on definitions of extremism and populism, makes reference to the excellent expert surveys by Hooghe and [...]

I was intrigued to see stories about a recent Fico appearance, particularly one in HNOnline entitled, “Fico: There is an artificially created impression that every politician is a thief.” How did that impression get created?  I have a partial theory: The points Fico raises in the article are not at all inappropriate:  Politics is hard [...]

Slovak Academy of Sciences, Sociological Institute, 25.06.2008 Many thanks to Zuzana Kusa and the researchers at the Sociological Institute of the Slovak Academy of Sciences for hosting a lively discussion on populism, with the best and most challenging questions yet. Dakujem. Tu je powerpoint (po slovensky): http://www.la.wayne.edu/polisci/kdk/populism/SU SAV populism 2008.ppt I am delighted by the [...]

Populism in Postcommunist Europe A panel discussion with regional specialists in political science: Monday, 23 June 2008 at 15.30 Slovak Foreign Policy Assn., Hviezdoslavovo nám. 14 Bratislava Thanks to the Slovak Foreign Policy Association, Fulbright Slovakia, the German Marshall Fund, the Department of Political Science of Comenius University, the Institute for Public Affairs, and the [...]

In recent days I have discovered a large number of new (and relatively new) resources on populism in Central and Eastern Europe. Lists and brief descriptions are here: The Institute for Pubic Affairs in Bratislava, Slovakia has published a report called “Populist Politics and Liberal Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe” which is free online: [...]

Just a reminder about Monday’s discussion, free and open to all who wish to attend. Graphic is here, text is below. Next week I will try to post notes and perhaps audio or video I can arrange it. Thanks to Fulbright Slovakia, the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, the Institute for Public Affairs, the Department of Political [...]

Join us for a discussion of Populism in . Postcommunist . Europe * What is it? * How should we study it? * Why should we care? With political science scholars who study politics in postcommunist Europe, especially in Slovakia and Poland Kevin Deegan-Krause, Department of Political Science, Wayne State University, USA Ann-Cathrine Jungar, CBEES [...]

Thanks to Michael Petras and Martin Muransky for organizing a fabulous conference:Below please find a few notes from various speakers and at the bottom, the conference schedule in Slovak. Social Democracy after the 2006 Elections in Slovakia Bratislava, Slovakia, 23-24 May 2008 Organized by the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung Social Policy of the Slovak GovernmentJuraj Draxler, [...]