Mario Dunkel, Reinhard Kopanski 1. Introduction The term populism is currently omnipresent. Politicians are quick to criticise statements and demands made by their colleagues as populist, and it is difficult to keep track of the number of academic papers, scientific articles, and journalistic writings on populism. In public discourse, at least in Germany, where the term is strongly associated with …

Popular Music, Taste and Populism in Hungary Emília Barna, Ágnes Patakfalvi-Czirják 1. Introduction On 7 April 2018, the evening before the Fidesz Party’s third supermajority win at the elections, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán checked in via his social media profile. The footage showed him arriving at the MÜPA [Palace of Arts], an important cultural venue in Budapest, accompanied by family …

Popular Music and Political Liberalization in the Eastern Bloc Dean Vuletic Abstract: During the Cold War, Eastern Bloc broadcasting organizations held the Intervision Song Contest (ISC) as an alternative to Western Europe’s Eurovision Song Contest (ESC). Staged in Czechoslovakia and Poland between 1964 and 1980, the ISC has usually been depicted in the popular media as merely a belated, fleeting …