1st Edition
Civil Movements in an Illiberal Regime Political Activism in Hungary
By Dániel Mikecz
Copyright 2023
238 Pages
by
Central European University Press
Dániel Mikecz addresses in this study the tensions between oppositional civil society and party-political actors. As successive elections demonstrate the increasing confidence of the illiberal regime of Viktor Orbán, left and liberal parties of the opposition have faced a prolonged crisis in credibility. At the same time, the civil society has not been immobile, and bottom-up initiatives, social... Read more
List of Tables 1. Introduction 2. The Context of Activism: Civil Society and Political Participation in Hungary From Civil Society to Civil Movements The Political Opportunity Structure of the Hungarian Illiberal Regime 3. Protest and Politics after the Illiberal Turn New Waves of Protest and Political Participation after 2010 Structural Contrasts between Civil and Political Action Institutionalization Processes 4. Patterns of Activism in Hungary Civil Ethos Activism Experience-oriented, Altruistic Activism Advocacy Activism Exclusive Political Activism Populist Political Activism 5. Conclusions Bibliography, Appendix, Index
Biography
Dániel Mikecz is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Sciences, Institute for Political Science in Budapest. His research focuses on social movements, civil society, and political participation.
