1st Edition
The Hungarian Patient Social Opposition to an Illiberal Democracy
412 Pages
by
Central European University Press
412 Pages
by
Central European University Press
This book presents compelling essays by leading Hungarian and foreign authors on the variety of social movements and parties that seek influence and power in a Hungary mired in deep and manifold crisis. The main question the volume tries to answer is: what can we expect after the fall of the semi-authoritarian Orbán regime in Hungary. Who will be the new players? What are their backgrounds? What... Read more
Illustrations, Preface and Acknowledgements, Abbreviations, Diagnosis, 1 Broken Democracy, Predatory State, and Nationalist Populism András Bozóki 2 Hungary’s Illiberal Turn: Disabling the Constitution Miklós Bánkuti, Gábor Halmai, and Kim Lane Scheppele 3 Enhancing the Effectiveness of Basic Rights Protection in the Ombudsman’s Activity: Toward a European Type of Ombudsman System Máté Szabó, Symptoms 4 Party Colonization of the Media: The Case of Hungary Péter Bajomi-Lázár 5 Captured by State and Church: Civil Society in Democratic Hungary Ágnes Kövér 6 Political Empowerment or Political Incarceration of Romani? The Hungarian Version of the Politics of Dispossession Angéla Kóczé 7 Timike and the Sweetie Pies: Fragmented Discourses about Women in Hungarian Public Life Ágnes Kövér 8 The Rise of the Radical Right in Hungary András Tóth and István Grajczjár, Immune Reaction 9 Social Responses to the “Hybridization” of the Political System: The Case of Hungary in the Central and Eastern European Context Péter Krasztev 10 The Road of the Hungarian Solidarity Movement János Boris and György Vári 11 Milla: A Suspended Experiment György Petocz 12 The Rise of the LMP Party and the Spirit of Ecological Movements András Tóth 13 The Hungarian Student Network: A Counterculture in the Making Alexandra Zontea 14 Increasingly Radical Interventions: The New Wave of Political Art in Hungary Gergely Nagy Life Perspectives 15 From Belarus to Hungary: Lessons from a Traditionalist Revolution Balázs Jarábik 16 Dark VikTory Joseph B. Juhász 17 Democratic Resurgence in Hungary: Challenges to Oppositional Movement (An Open-Ended Conclusion) Jon Van Til, Contributors, Index.
Biography
Jon Van Til is Professor Emeritus of Urban Studies and Community Planning at Rutgers University, Camden.
Péter Krasztev is Associate Professor at the Budapest Business School (BGF).
