General Information

Language

English.

Published

Lanham : Lexington Books, 2020.

Physical Description

ix, 450 p. ; 24 cm.

Contributors

Contributor

Kovács, János Mátyás, (editor)

Trencsényi, Balázs, 1973- (editor)

Contents/Summary

Summary

"This book examines the rise and main structural features of a "brave new" anti-liberal regime in Hungary during the past decade. The transition to authoritarian rule in a member state of the European Union may serve as a warning for other countries that suffer from comparable deadlock of liberal democracy"--

Subjects

Subject

Authoritarianism > Hungary.

Right-wing extremists > Hungary.

Hungary > Politics and government > 21st century.

Bibliographic Information

Responsibility

edited by János Mátyás Kovács and Balázs Trencsényi.

Content

Introduction historicizing an anti-liberal turn / János Mátyás Kovács and Balázs Trencsényi -- Reinventing Hungary with revolutionary fervor : the Declaration of National Cooperation as a readers' guide to the Fundamental Law of 2011 / Renáta Uitz -- Totalitarianism without perpetrators? : politics of history in the "system of national cooperation" / Ferenc Laczó -- Civil society in an illiberal democracy : government-friendly NGOs, "foreign agents," and uncivil publics / Virág Molnár -- Beyond electioneering : minority Hungarians and the vision of national unification / Gábor Egry -- The role of religion in the illiberal Hungarian constitutional system / Gábor Halmai -- The right hand thinks : on the sources of György Matolcsy's economic vision / János Mátyás Kovács -- Towards a "work-based society"? / János Köllő -- The fear of population replacement / Attila Melegh -- Votes, ideology, and self-enrichment : the campaign of re-nationalization after 2010 / Péter Mihályi -- Viktor Orbán's propaganda state / Miklós Haraszti -- Ideology or pragmatism? : interpreting social policy change under the system of national cooperation / Dorottya Szikra -- The Central European University in the trenches / Zsolt Enyedi -- The post-communist mafia state a s a criminal state / Bálint Magyar -- Democracy for losers : comment on Bálint Magyar / Stephen Holmes -- Nothing but a mafia state? / Balázs Váradi -- What, if anything, can the EU do? / Jan-Werner Müller -- Supply side revolution : the consequences of the 2015 Polish elections / Radosław Markowski -- Regime, parties, and patronage in contemporary Romania / Silvia Marton -- Conclusion : Hungary : brave and new? : dissecting a realistic dystopia / János Mátyás Kovács and Balázs Trencsényi.

ISBN

9781498543668

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	Reference collection	320.9439/09051 KOV		Reference	-

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