The structure of the Eurosceptic movement in Poland – political and civil far-right extremists

• Authors: Polina Khmilevska

Title variants

PL

Struktura ruchu eurosceptycznego w Polsce – skrajnie prawicowi polityczni i obywatelscy ekstremiści

Abstracts

PL

Skrajnie prawicowe grupy ekstremistyczne w Polsce przeszły w ciągu ostatnich trzydziestu lat znaczącą ewolucję – od marginalnej, niewielkiej liczebnie grupy do jednego z najbardziej rozwiniętych i licznych ruchów w społeczeństwie obywatelskim, a także w krajobrazie politycznym. Artykuł bada historię tego ruchu, jego etapy rozwoju i pokazuje, jak kluczową rolę w eurosceptycyzmie w Polsce odgrywają skrajnie prawicowe grupy.

EN

Far-right extremist groups in Poland have undergone the substantive evolution over the course of last thirty years – from being marginalized, small in number group to being one of the most developed and numerous movements in civil society, as well as on the political landscape. The article examines the history of this movement, its stages of development and demonstrates how pivotal is the role of far-right groups in Euroscepticism in Poland.

Keywords

EN

Euroscepticism; far-right; extremism; populism; civil society; Polexit

PL

eurosceptycyzm; skrajna prawica; ekstremizm; populizm; społeczeństwo obywatelskie; Polexit

• Publisher: Uniwersytet im. Adama Mickiewicza w Poznaniu
• Journal: Rocznik Integracji Europejskiej
• Year: 2021
• Issue: 15
• Pages: 233-247

Dates

published

2021

Contributors

author

Polina Khmilevska

• Krakowska Akademia im. Andrzeja Frycza Modrzewskiego

• https://orcid.org/0000000184348116

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Identifiers

DOI

10.14746/rie.2021.15.15

Biblioteka Nauki

2043226