1st Edition

Dynamics of an Authoritarian System Hungary, 2010-2021

376 Pages
by Central European University Press

This conceptually synthetic and empirically rich book demonstrates the vulnerability of democratic settings to authoritarianism and populism. Six scholars from various professional fields explore here the metamorphosis of a political party into a centralized authoritarian system. Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party needed less than ten years to accomplish this transformation in Hungary. In... Read more
List of Figures, List of Tables, Preface, Introduction, PART I Metamorphosis of a Party into a System, PART II Reproduction Through Redistribution, Summary, List of Authors, Bibliography, Subject Index, Name Index

Biography

Maria Csanádi is DSc in political science, scientific advisor, emerita at Institute of Economics of the Centre for Economic and Regional Studies in Hungary.

Imre Kovách is DSc in sociology, Scientific advisor, Institute of Sociology CSS, professor, University of Debrecen, head of Sociology PhD program.

Márton Gero is Assistant professor of sociology at the Eötvös Loránd University, Faculty of Social Sciences and a research fellow at the Centre for Social Sciences.

Miklós Hajdu is MSc in survey statistics, assistant lecturer at the Corvinus University of Budapest.

István János Tóth is a senior research fellow at the Institute of Economics of Centre for Economic and Regional Studies at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and managing director of Corruption Research Center Budapest (CRCB).