Josef Smolík, Ph.D. at the Department of Social Studies of the Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies, Mendel University in Brno. He deals with political radicalism, political psychology, Czech political parties and security studies.Ewelina Kancik-Kołtun, Assistant Professor in the Department Public Administration in Political Science Division, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. She deals with e-democracy, and local activism, and carries out research in the field of social participation, political parties and systems in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.

• New political parties in the countries of the Visegrad Group New political parties in the Czech Republic after 2010 Public Affairs: Populism against political dinosaurs and for economic interests Political party ANO: Technocratic politics or a turn towards illiberalism? Tomio Okamura’s Dawn of Direct Democracy and Freedom and Direct Democracy

Josef Smolík, Ph.D. at the Department of Social Studies of the Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies, Mendel University in Brno. He deals with political radicalism, political psychology, Czech political parties and security studies.Ewelina Kancik-Kołtun, Assistant Professor in the Department Public Administration in Political Science Division, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. She deals with e-democracy, and local activism, and carries out research in the field of social participation, political parties and systems in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.

• New political parties in the countries of the Visegrad Group New political parties in the Czech Republic after 2010 Public Affairs: Populism against political dinosaurs and for economic interests Political party ANO: Technocratic politics or a turn towards illiberalism? Tomio Okamura’s Dawn of Direct Democracy and Freedom and Direct Democracy

Josef Smolík, Ph.D. at the Department of Social Studies of the Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies, Mendel University in Brno. He deals with political radicalism, political psychology, Czech political parties and security studies.Ewelina Kancik-Kołtun, Assistant Professor in the Department Public Administration in Political Science Division, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin. She deals with e-democracy, and local activism, and carries out research in the field of social participation, political parties and systems in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe.

• New political parties in the countries of the Visegrad Group New political parties in the Czech Republic after 2010 Public Affairs: Populism against political dinosaurs and for economic interests Political party ANO: Technocratic politics or a turn towards illiberalism? Tomio Okamura’s Dawn of Direct Democracy and Freedom and Direct Democracy