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H2020Doctoral network2018–2022

FATIGUE · Delayed Transformational Fatigue in Central and Eastern Europe

Horizon 2020 — Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions

Duration
2018-01-01 → 2022-06-30
EU contribution
€3,508,841
Participants
18
Scheme
MSCA-ITN

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Results in brief

Delayed Transformational Fatigue in Central and Eastern Europe

Populist parties are in power in a number of states, most notably, in Hungary and Poland, where media plural-ism, the protection of minorities, the sovereignty of civil society and the independence of the judiciary have been challenged and weakened. Right-wing populists have also made significant gains in established Western democracies. The rise of right-wing populism thus spells trouble not just for individual states but for the EU as a whole. Right-wing populism has emerged as a serious political problem in several European countries. Most observers agree that populism constitutes a serious challenge to liberal democracies and the broadly liberal architecture of the EU. Societies have become increasingly divided, the previously established rights of various minorities have been undermined and the rule of law weakened. The objective of the FATIGUE programme is to understand the causes and consequences of the rise of populism and illiberalism in post-communist Europe. Our Early Stage Researchers (ESRs) analyse these phenomena from various disciplinary perspectives and with a focus on a range of country case studies.

Data: CORDIS, © European Union

Project objective

The aim of FATIGUE is to develop theoretically and empirically robust explanations for the causes and consequences of rise of illiberalism and authoritarianism in post-communist Europe (and Europe, more generally) with reference to the concept of 'delayed transformational fatigue'. The project will seek to answer the following questions:i. Why do illiberal political discourses resonate with people in post-communist Europe? ii. With which types of people do illiberal discourses particularly resonate? iii. Under which social, economic and political circumstances are illiberal discourses most likely to gain traction? iv. How do illiberal political actors make their views of the world hegemonic? Which social, political and economic conditions of possibility enable such hegemonic worldviews to dominate political discourse? v. Which framing activities are employed by cultural-political entrepreneurs via specific media and educational institutions to make their views of the world hegemonic? vi. What are the remedies to the current illiberalism? What role does education play in making society aware of the dangers of playing with right-wing ideas. The research programme will be organised in five work packages, each centred on a research theme pertinent to one or more post-communist EU member-states, accession states or states in the EU’s Eastern Partnership. A sub-team, composed of three partners, will lead the work on each of the five dimensions of the delayed transformational fatigue: WP1: Illiberal democracy and right-wing politics WP2: Politics of memory and transitional justice WP3: Economic populism and inequality WP4: Cultures of reaction: xenophobia, anti-Semitism, anti-migrant WP5: Civil society and protest movements

Original text from CORDIS.

Participants

  • UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON · LondonCoordinatorUnited Kingdom
  • AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL · BudapestUnknown Region
  • BUDAPESTI CORVINUS EGYETEM · BudapestHungary
  • European Bank for Reconstruction and Development · LondonUnited Kingdom
  • FOUNDATION INSTITUTE FOR STRATEGIC STUDIES · WarsawUnknown Region
  • HALINA NIEC LEGAL AID CENTRE · KrakówUnknown Region
  • INTEGRATION AND MIGRATION FOUNDATION · TallinnUnknown Region
  • IOM Mezinárodní organizace pro migraci v Praze · PragueCzechia
  • JEWISH COMMUNITY BELGRADE/JEWISH HISTORICAL MUSEUM · BelgradeUnknown Region
  • MINORITY RIGHTS GROUP EUROPE SZOLGALTATO NONPROFIT KFT · BudapestHungary
  • PRAGUE CIVIL SOCIETY CENTRE · PragueUnknown Region
  • SIHTASUTUS MOTTEKODA PRAXIS · TallinnEstonia
  • TARTU ULIKOOL · TartuEstonia
  • THE BRITISH LIBRARY BOARD · LondonUnited Kingdom
  • TRANSPARENCY INTERNATIONAL MAGYARORSZAG ALAPITVANY · BudapestHungary
  • UNIVERZITA KARLOVA · Praha 1Czechia
  • UNIVERZITET U BEOGRADU · BeogradSerbia
  • UNIWERSYTET JAGIELLONSKI · KrakowPoland

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Data: CORDIS, © European Union