Right-Wing Politics in the Current Conjuncture

Rizvan, Ajla

dc.date.accessioned	2022-09-08T12:57:16Z
dc.date.available	2022-09-08T12:57:16Z
dc.date.issued	2022-09
dc.identifier	doi:10.17170/kobra-202208156637
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/14136
dc.description	This working paper is a shortened version of the MA thesis “Right-Wing Politics in the Current Conjuncture: The ‘Era Kurz’ as an Example of a Mode of Neoliberal Crisis Management”, submitted in the MA programme, “Global Political Economy and Development”.	eng
dc.description.sponsorship	Gefördert vom DAAD aus Mitteln des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschlaftliche Zusammenarbeit und Entwicklung (BMZ)	ger
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.rights	Namensnennung - Weitergabe unter gleichen Bedingungen 4.0 International	*
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/	*
dc.subject	conjunctural analysis	eng
dc.subject	Sebastian Kurz	ger
dc.subject	Austria	eng
dc.subject	Ibiza-affair	eng
dc.subject	Stuart Hall	ger
dc.subject	neoliberalism	eng
dc.subject	decent work	eng
dc.subject.ddc	320
dc.subject.ddc	330
dc.title	Right-Wing Politics in the Current Conjuncture	eng
dc.type	Working paper
dcterms.abstract	In this working paper, the author situates the political project under Chancellor Sebastian Kurz (termed the “Kurz project”) as a mode of neoliberal crisis management. The case study is conducted using a conjunctural analysis. It is argued that following the event of the Ibiza-affair in 2019 which led to a political crisis in Austria, the Kurz project managed to solidify its stance despite numerous scandals. The main findings are that on the one hand, this is due to a specific strategy employed by Sebastian Kurz, through which he managed to portray himself as the victim of the events. His strategy involved a strong dismissal of other political actors, and the interception of investigations on allegations surrounding him and his personnel. On the other hand, the success of the Kurz project is also based on the crisis of the neo-corporatist system, which opened up a power vacuum in the Austrian political landscape that has allowed Sebastian Kurz to take on power. The Kurz project, then, is a political project that was able to successfully mobilize political possibilities for its own success. It is as such situated in a general conjuncture of neoliberal transformation. This working paper also analyzes the Kurz project as a specific national conjunctural formation of a general neoliberal conjuncture exemplifying how neoliberal ideology ranges from ideas which promote internationalization and economic deregulation, to right-wing ideology, emphasizing conservative values and implementing policies which discriminate foreigners and refugees. The paper builds its analysis around the periodization of the Kurz project, which consists of two periods – the crisis of the neo-corporatist system and the Kurz project, which builds on the first periodization. Generally speaking, the paper shows how a tilt in the power relations between capital and labour has taken place (in favor of capital) and how the conditions for decent work in Austria have worsened under the Kurz project.	eng
dcterms.accessRights	open access
dcterms.creator	Rizvan, Ajla
dcterms.extent	30 Seiten
dc.contributor.corporatename	Kassel, Universität Kassel, International Center for Development and Decent Work (ICDD)	ger
dc.relation.isbn	978-3-7376-0933-3
dc.subject.swd	Neoliberalismus	ger
dc.subject.swd	Kurz, Sebastian	ger
dc.subject.swd	Österreich	ger
dc.subject.swd	Hall, Stuart	ger
dc.subject.swd	Arbeitsbedingungen	ger
dc.subject.swd	Politische Krise	ger
dc.title.subtitle	The "Kurz project" as an example of a mode of neoliberal crisis management	eng
dc.type.version	publishedVersion
dcterms.source.series	ICDD Working Papers	eng
dcterms.source.volume	No. 39
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kup.series	ICDD Working Papers	eng
kup.subject	Sozialwissenschaft	ger
kup.subject	Wirtschaftswissenschaft	ger
kup.typ	Monographie
kup.institution	FB 05 / Gesellschaftswissenschaften	ger
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