OTVORENOSŤ OBČANOV PRAVICOVÉMU EXTRÉMIZMU: ČESKO- SLOVENSKÉ KOMPARÁCIE

• Authors: Macháček Ladislav

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Citizens´openness to right-wing extremism: Czech-Slovak comparison

• Languages of publication: SK

Abstracts

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Results of a representative sociological survey of the Slovak public‘s openness to the ideas of right-wing extrémism in 2012 confirm the initial hypothesis of the growing tolerance towards extrémist activities and even their active encouragement. In Slovakia, 4 % of the population, a segment that shares extréme right-wing ideas, has expressed their willingness to support those political parties that offer radical solutions in the elections. At the same time, 7% of the population that hold views typical of the right-wing extrémism are willing to support the extrémist parties through active participation in public meetings. By contrast, in the Czech Republic, the risk group constitutes only 8 % of the population (2 % - potential voters, 6 % - participants in events). The highest incidence of right-wing extrémism has been observed in the youngest population stratum aged under 29, which manifests the greatest readiness to support extrémism both in the elections and through active participation in meetings up to the use of force in handling potential problems with troublesome groups (13 %) both in the Czech Republic and in Slovakia.

Keywords

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RIGHT-WING EXTREMISM; SOCIAL DISTANCE; ETHNIC MINORITIES; YOUTH; SLOVAKIA; CZECH REPUBLIC

• Publisher: Institute of Political Sciences, SAS
• Journal: Studia Politica Slovaca: časopis pre politické vedy, najnovšie politické dejiny a medzinárodné vzťahy
• Year: 2013
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 24 – 39

Contributors

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Macháček Ladislav

• Katedra politológie, Fakulta sociálnych vied UCM v Trnave, Bučianska 4/A, 917 01 Trnava, Slovak Republic