Revolt of the Provinces

Anti-Gypsyism and Right-Wing Politics in Hungary

Inbunden, Engelska, 2018

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The first in-depth ethnographic monograph on the New Right in Central and Eastern Europe, The Revolt of the Provinces explores the making of right-wing hegemony in Hungary over the last decade. It explains the spread of racist sensibilities in depressed rural areas, shows how activists, intellectuals and politicians took advantage of popular racism to empower right-wing agendas and examines the new ruling party's success in stabilizing an 'illiberal regime'. To illuminate these important dynamics, the author proposes an innovative relational framework, focusing on interaction between social antagonisms emerging on the local level and struggles waged within the political public sphere.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2018-06-12
Mått152 x 229 x 20 mm
Vikt574 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieDislocations
Antal sidor288
FörlagBerghahn Books
ISBN9781785338960

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Kristof Szombati has a background in both activism and academia. He recently completed his PhD at Central European University (Budapest) and received the `Best Dissertation' award for his work on anti-Gypsyism in rural Hungary. He has published articles on far-right movements and on the intersection of nationalism, ethnicity and `race'. He currently holds a Visiting Professorship at Columbia University.

ForewordPrefaceList of maps and tablesIntroductionChapter 1. Historic Contextualization: 'Gypsies', 'Magyars' and the stateChapter 2. Popular Racism in the Northeast: The Case of GyongyospataChapter 3. Redemptive Anti-Gypsyism: The Transposition of Struggles from the Social to the Political DomainChapter 4. Right-wing Rivalry and the Dual StateChapter 5. The Limits of Racist Mobilization: The Case of DevecserChapter 6. From Racism to Ultranationalism: Jobbik's Transformation Through Ethnographic LensReferencesNotes

"[This book] is an excellent study of the shifting economy, the rise of a far-right political movement, anti-Gypsy racism, and the dominance of a right-wing governing party. It offers a nuanced, innovative and holistic approach to this topic by engaging space, scale, history, racism/race formation, and class... The author's command of literature and arguments is impressive." - Sharryn Kasmir, Hofstra University