Which conservatism? The identity of the Polish Law and Justice party
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F20%3A00115561" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/20:00115561 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/pce-2020-0008" target="_blank" >https://sciendo.com/article/10.2478/pce-2020-0008</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2478/pce-2020-0008" target="_blank" >10.2478/pce-2020-0008</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Which conservatism? The identity of the Polish Law and Justice party
Original language description
This article deals with Poland’s Law and Justice (PiS), considered a conservative party in the scholarly literature. Drawing largely on party manifestos, the article demonstrates the character, the specificities and the evolution of the party’s identity and ideology. A theoretical basis for the undertaking is provided by Klaus von Beyme’s concept of party families, Arend Lijphart’s seven ideological dimensions and classic texts on conservatism. The analysis finds that the most important components in PiS’s current identity are Catholicism itself and the great emphasis the party places on the role of the Catholic Church. Also important for the party’s identity are visions of a nation conceived on ethnic principle, a strong and active state able to form society with a national spirit, anti-communism and a negation of developments in Poland since 1989. A substantial role is played by the quasi-religiously conceived legacy of the party’s co-founder, Lech Kaczyński, who tragically perished in an aircraft crash. With its Catholic-nationalist profile, PiS is close to the Christian current within the conservative New Right, and to Polish National Democracy in the interwar period.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>SC</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50601 - Political science
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2020
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
Politics in Central Europe
ISSN
1801-3422
e-ISSN
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Volume of the periodical
16
Issue of the periodical within the volume
1
Country of publishing house
CZ - CZECH REPUBLIC
Number of pages
30
Pages from-to
159-188
UT code for WoS article
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EID of the result in the Scopus database
2-s2.0-85084706477