Open AccessConfederacy — the polish new right wing between tradition and modernity
Author(s) -
Jarosław Tomasiewicz
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
studia politicae universitatis silesiensis
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2353-9747
pISSN - 1895-3492
DOI - 10.31261/spus.11379
Subject(s) - conservatism , populism , ideology , right wing , liberalism , monopoly , new right , politics , modernity , political economy , independence (probability theory) , political science , law , sociology , law and economics , economics , market economy , statistics , mathematics
Konfederacja Wolność i Niepodległość (Confederacy for Freedom and Independence) is new, far-right force in Poland. Success of the KWiN broke political monopoly of the Prawo i Sprawiedliwość (Law and Justice) party on the right wing. The paper examines structure, strategy, ideology and social basis of the Confederacy. This new formation amalgamating cultural conservatism and economic liberalism is similar rather to American Trumpism and alt-right than the protest movements of Western-European right wing populism.