1st Edition

The Orbán Regime Plebiscitary Leader Democracy in the Making

202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

202 Pages
by Routledge

This book gives the first comprehensive and theoretically substantiated political science account of the Orbán regime in English. It argues that Viktor Orbán’s regime-building and reconstructive leadership is more than just an example of hybridisation, a successful populist appeal or a backlash against the earlier neoliberal hegemony in Central Europe. It unfolds the major traits of the Orbán... Read more

1. Introduction: The analytical framework and the concept of plebiscitary leader democracy  2. The pre-history and context of the Orbán regime  3. The politics of the Orbán regime: Inspirational leadership, populist political style, and power techniques  4. Rebuilding the polity: Constitutional tinkering, institutional reorganization, and the informal functioning of the government  5. Public policy-making: Clientelist etatism, selective responsiveness, and ideological bricolage  6. PLD: A regime type of permanent motion and politicisation

Biography

András Körösényi is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Sciences, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, and Professor and Head of the Political Science Doctoral School at Corvinus University of Budapest, Hungary.



Gábor Illés is an Assistant Lecturer at the Institute for Political Science, Faculty of Law, Eötvös Loránd University, and Junior Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Sciences, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, Budapest, Hungary.



Attila Gyulai is a Research Fellow at the Centre for Social Sciences, Eötvös Loránd Research Network, and Research Fellow at the Research Institute for Politics and Government, National University of Public Service, Budapest, Hungary.