1st Edition
Changing Legal and Civic Culture in an Illiberal Democracy A Social Psychological Survey of the Hungarian Legal System
1. Introduction
2. Objectives
3. Theoretical background
4. Methodology
5. Survey findings
6. Individual and society
7. Law, crime and the justice system
8. Criticism of the system and world views
9. Changing views on the law and civil society between 2010 and 2018
10. Correlations and conclusions
11. Appendix
Biography
István H. Szilágyi is Professor of Law at Pázmány Péter Catholic University, Budapest, Hungary.
László Kelemen is a practicing Attorney at Law, who took a PhD in Psychology from the University of Pécs in 2014, Hungary. He is the author of two books in the area of law and psychology.
Sam Gilchrist Hall is Senior Lecturer in English at Károli Gáspár University, Budapest and Visiting Lecturer at the Central European University, Vienna.
"How could Hungary become a willing laboratory for Orban’s corrupt populist autocracy and illiberalism? This excellent book fills a crucial gap in the literature, offering a rare empirical analysis of how Hungarians think about the law, politics and their nation. Tribalism and populism represent a mortal threat for liberal democracies, and we urgently need to understand why voters succumb to radical illiberal ideologies. This book is a must-read for anyone interested in politics, law, psychology and social issues, and will be of interest to researchers, students and practitioners in all areas of the social sciences."
Professor Joe Forgas, Scientia Professor at the University of New South Wales, Sydney
