Nationalism and populism in 21st Century Croatia:consequences of encounter

Abstract

This chapter is focused on the encounter of nationalism and populism or precisely right-wing populism in the political life of Croatia in the 21st century. In this analysis, we first rely on the results of our content analysis and critical discourse analysis of Croatian parties’/movements’ discourses from the fall of the Berlin wall to the 21st century, which we compare with the later period (2000–2020). Based on a critical assessment of neglecting right-wing populism in the recent research of Croatian social scientists who use the method of content analysis and focus only on election periods, we will re-examine and fulfil their analysis with a historical insight of the political narrative that deals with nationalism. In this chapter, special attention will be put on the Homeland Movement/HM (Domovinski pokret) and the initiative ‘On the Behalf of the Family’/OBF (U ime obitelji).