Populist Neo-Nationalism: The Example of Austria

  • Author: Maria Marczewska-Rytko
  • Institution: Maria Curie-Skłodowska University (Poland)
  • ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4006-0476
  • Year of publication: 2024
  • Source: Show
  • Pages: 35-48
  • DOI Address: https://doi.org/10.15804/ppsy202427
  • PDF: ppsy/53-3/ppsy2024303.pdf

This article aims to analyze the phenomenon of populist neo-nationalism in Austria and answer the following research questions: 1. How can populism and its type of populist neo-nationalism be characterized?; 2. What are the determinants of populist neonationalism in Austria? 3. What are the ways populist neo-nationalism has been utilized in Austria? The Chantal Mouffe thesis was verified, according to which the development of populism is a response to the shortcomings of liberal and deliberative democracies. The research process used a methodology typical of the social sciences, especially the political sciences. Since the 1980s, we have addressed the growing importance of radical right-wing populism in European politics. Some researchers refer to this phenomenon as new populism or populist neo-nationalism. The party’s growing importance since 1986 was related, among other things, to the principles of Euroscepticism it proclaimed and its demands to limit or even ban immigration. The FPÖ’s achieved the most tremendous success under the government of Jörg Haider. Its entry into the ruling coalition has confused international relations.

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