Throughout Europe, parliamentary politics has become increasingly intertwined with the politics of street protest, writes Mateusz Falkowski. And as recent events in Poland and Hungary show, a new dynamic of protest has emerged from the clash in central and eastern Europe between populist and liberal visions of democracy.
Mateusz Falkowski
is a sociologist and researcher at the Institute of Political Studies of the Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw. His research interests include the Solidarity movement and the contemporary politics of protest.