Neo-authoritarianisms in Europe and the liberal democratic response

Project Information

AUTHLIB

Grant agreement ID: 101060899

DOI

10.3030/101060899

Project closed

EC signature date 8 June 2022

Start date 1 October 2022

End date 31 January 2026

Funded under

• Culture, creativity and inclusive society

Total cost

€ 2 523 765,00

EU contribution

€ 2 523 764,75

Coordinated by

CEU GMBH
Austria

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (3)

Paper on the commonalities between and variation among the policies of illiberal actors in power

Publication on the commonalities between and variation among the policies of illiberal actors in power

A paper on measurement and methodological innovations
Literature review: ideological stakes and dimensions

A literature review of the theoretically relevant ideological stakes and dimensions

Publications

Monographic books (1)

La Transnazionalizzazione della Destra Radicale : Identità, Reticoli, Pratiche

Author(s): Caiani Manuela
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Il Mulino

Book chapters (1)

The Transnationalization of the Far Right between Movements and Parties

Author(s): Manuela Caiani
Published in: Palgrave Studies in European Political Sociology, Contentious Politics in the Transnational Arena, 2025
Publisher: Springer Nature Switzerland
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-86209-0_10

Peer reviewed articles (23)

Electoral participation and satisfaction with democracy in Central and Eastern Europe

Author(s): Filip Kostelka, Lukáš Linek, Jan Rovny, Michael Škvrňák
Published in: Political Science Research and Methods, 2025, ISSN 2049-8470
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
DOI: 10.1017/PSRM.2025.10028

The Transnationalisation of Illiberalism (and Democratic Resistance) in Europe

Author(s): Manuela Caiani, Batuhan Eren
Published in: IDS Bulletin, Issue 56, 2025, ISSN 2056-5224
Publisher: Institute of Development Studies
DOI: 10.19088/1968-2025.129

Visual Analysis and the Contentious Politics of the Radical Right

Author(s): Manuela Caiani
Published in: Sociology Compass, Issue 18, 2025, ISSN 1751-9020
Publisher: Wiley
DOI: 10.1111/SOC4.13267

Carpet bombing vs. targeting: the impact of pro-government social media influencers during the 2022 Hungarian general election campaign

Author(s): Bálint Mikola
Published in: Frontiers in Political Science, Issue 7, 2026, ISSN 2673-3145
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/FPOS.2025.1672594

Russia and Central European illiberal actors: mutual legitimation amid the full-scale invasion of Ukraine

Author(s): Franziska Wagner, Liliia Sablina, Bálint Mikola
Published in: East European Politics, Issue 41, 2025, ISSN 2159-9165
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/21599165.2024.2420967

Opposition to Government and Back: How Illiberal Parties Shape Immigration Discourse and Party Competition

Author(s): Franziska Wagner, Dean Schafer, Mehmet Yavuz
Published in: Politics and Governance, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2183-2463
Publisher: Cogitatio
DOI: 10.17645/PAG.9609

Illiberal Social Policy in Europe: When Policy Implementation Meets Welfare Ideas

Author(s): Dorottya Szikra, Lauritz Autischer
Published in: Politics and Governance, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2183-2463
Publisher: Cogitatio
DOI: 10.17645/PAG.9707

Alternatives to Liberal Democracies and Their Consolidation in Central and Eastern Europe

Author(s): Radoslaw Markowski, Michał Kotnarowski
Published in: Politics and Governance, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2183-2463
Publisher: Cogitatio
DOI: 10.17645/PAG.9545

Concept and Varieties of Illiberalism

Author(s): Zsolt Enyedi
Published in: Politics and Governance, Issue 12, 2024, ISSN 2183-2463
Publisher: Cogitatio
DOI: 10.17645/pag.8521

Polarization and Democracy in Central Europe

Author(s): Petra Guasti, Aleš Michal
Published in: Politics and Governance, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2183-2463
Publisher: Cogitatio
DOI: 10.17645/PAG.9560

The 2024 Chapel Hill Expert Survey on political party positioning in Europe: Twenty-five years of party positional data

Author(s): Jan Rovny, Jonathan Polk, Ryan Bakker, Liesbet Hooghe, Seth Jolly, Gary Marks, Marco Steenbergen, Milada Anna Vachudova
Published in: Electoral Studies, Issue 97, 2026, ISSN 0261-3794
Publisher: Elsevier BV
DOI: 10.1016/J.ELECTSTUD.2025.102981

WEAVING THE TRANSNATIONAL ANTI-GENDER NETWORKS

Author(s): Manuela Caiani, Ivan Tranfić
Published in: Mobilization: An International Quarterly, Issue 29, 2025, ISSN 1938-1514
Publisher: Mobilization Journal
DOI: 10.17813/1086-671X-29-4-423

Radical right and anti-vax protests between movements and parties: a comparative study

Author(s): Manuela Caiani, Pal Susanszky, Nikos Saridakis
Published in: Acta Politica, Issue 60, 2025, ISSN 0001-6810
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
DOI: 10.1057/s41269-024-00339-5

Illiberal conservatism, civilisationalist ethnocentrism, and paternalist populism in Orbán's Hungary

Author(s): Zsolt Enyedi
Published in: Contemporary Politics, Issue 30, 2024, ISSN 1356-9775
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/13569775.2023.2296742

Farewell to the liberal consensus: the intellectualisation of political projects in Poland and Hungary

Author(s): Zsolt Enyedi, Benjamin Stanley
Published in: European Political Science, Issue 24, 2026, ISSN 1680-4333
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
DOI: 10.1057/S41304-025-00542-8

How Terror Attacks Shape Political Agendas on Multiculturalism in France

Author(s): Elena Cossu, Caterina Froio
Published in: Politics and Governance, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2183-2463
Publisher: Cogitatio
DOI: 10.17645/PAG.9743

When Illiberals Govern: Educational and Cultural Policies in Hungary and Poland

Author(s): Péter Radó, Bálint Mikola
Published in: Politics and Governance, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2183-2463
Publisher: Cogitatio
DOI: 10.17645/PAG.9535

“Strongmen” Don't Redistribute: Illiberal Leaders on the Right and Worsening Economic Inequality

Author(s): Dean Schafer, Seraphine F. Maerz, Carsten Q. Schneider, Alexandra Krasnokutskaya
Published in: Politics and Governance, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2183-2463
Publisher: Cogitatio
DOI: 10.17645/PAG.9812

Mobilization of radical right movements in Central and Eastern Europe between 2008 and 2016

Author(s): Manuela Caiani, Daniel Płatek, Grzegorz Piotrowski
Published in: Intersections, Issue 10, 2024, ISSN 2416-089X
Publisher: Intersections
DOI: 10.17356/IEEJSP.V10I1.1070

They can do it. Positive Authoritarianism in Poland and Hungary

Author(s): Franziska Wagner, Zsolt Enyedi
Published in: Frontiers in Political Science, Issue 6, 2024, ISSN 2673-3145
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
DOI: 10.3389/fpos.2024.1390587

Cultural policies of populist governments in central and Eastern Europe: a comparative review

Author(s): Bálint Mikola, Piotr Zagórski, Dean Schafer, Tomas Cirhan, Jonas Suchanek, Dominik Kevicky
Published in: International Journal of Cultural Policy, 2025, ISSN 1028-6632
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/10286632.2025.2477478

Normalization through transnationalization? Far right international coordination and cooperation

Author(s): Manuela Caiani
Published in: Journal of Contemporary European Studies, 2025, ISSN 1478-2804
Publisher: Informa UK Limited
DOI: 10.1080/14782804.2025.2543333

Illiberal Politics in Europe: Ideology, Policies, and Impact

Author(s): Zsolt Enyedi, Petra Guasti, Dean Schafer, Bálint Mikola
Published in: Politics and Governance, Issue 13, 2025, ISSN 2183-2463
Publisher: Cogitatio
DOI: 10.17645/PAG.10797

Conference proceedings (1)

Measuring Illiberalism: Mapping Illiberalism in Seven Countries, 2000-2022

Author(s): Dean Schafer, Franziska Wagner, Mehmet Yavuz
Published in: 2025
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (CUP)
DOI: 10.33774/APSA-2025-XDD54