Which conservatism? The identity of the Polish Law and Justice party

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 unde...

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Autores principales:	Folvarčný Adam, Kopeček Lubomír
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Publicado:	Sciendo 2020
Materias:	the law and justice party pis jarosław and lech kaczyński catholicism nationalism the smolensk crash anti-communism Political science J
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:581359d4ba244d37bda3692759c6cae02021-12-02T16:39:06ZWhich conservatism? The identity of the Polish Law and Justice party1801-342210.2478/pce-2020-0008https://doaj.org/article/581359d4ba244d37bda3692759c6cae02020-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2020-0008https://doaj.org/toc/1801-3422This 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.Folvarčný AdamKopeček LubomírSciendoarticlethe law and justice partypisjarosław and lech kaczyńskicatholicismnationalismthe smolensk crashanti-communismPolitical scienceJCSENSKPolitics in Central Europe, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 159-188 (2020)
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spellingShingle	the law and justice party pis jarosław and lech kaczyński catholicism nationalism the smolensk crash anti-communism Political science J Folvarčný Adam Kopeček Lubomír Which conservatism? The identity of the Polish Law and Justice party
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.
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title	Which conservatism? The identity of the Polish Law and Justice party
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Which conservatism? The identity of the Polish Law and Justice party

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