Defining Political Extremism in the Balkans. The Case of Serbia

• Authors: Marko Babić
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

Political extremism (and particularly right wing political extremism) remains relatively insufficiently explored due to the fact that the phenomenon is controversial and hard to define. Its ambiguity and variability depending on time and spatial point of view further complicates its definition. Its structure is amorphous and eclectic as it often includes elements from different ideologies and connects incompatible ideas. A multidimensional conceptualization and an interdisciplinary approach - sociological, social, psychological and historical, are the Author’s tools in explaining the phenomenon of political extremism in Serbia, hopefully contributing to its clarification and laying a foundation for its further explanatory theoretical studies.

Keywords

EN

Balkans; extremism; political extremism; right-wing; Serbia

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: International Studies. Interdisciplinary Political and Cultural Journal
• Year: 2015
• Volume: 17
• Pages: 73-90

Dates

published

2015-12-01

online

2015-12-30

Contributors

author

Marko Babić

• Institute of European Studies, Faculty of Journalism and Political Science, University of Warsaw, Warsaw Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.1515/ipcj-2015-0006