Dynamics of an Authoritarian System - Hungary, 2010-2021 (Hardcover)

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 Orban and his Fidesz party needed less than ten years to accomplish this transformation in Hungary. In 2010, after winning a majority that could make changes in the constitution - two-thirds of the parliamentary seats, they evolved and stabilized the system, which produced again the two-thirds majority in 2014 and 2018. The authors reveal how a democratic setting can be used as a device for political capture. They show how a political entity managed to penetrate almost all sub-fields of the economy to arrive at institutionalized corruption, and how the centralized power structure reproduces itself. With the help of a powerful empirical apparatus-among others analyses of more than 220,000 public tenders, redistributions of state subsidies, and the interconnectedness of those privileged with the political elite - the authors detail the functioning of a crony system and the network aspects of political connections in the rapid enrichment of politically-linked businesses. Their studies demonstrate the role of political capture in this redistribution and how this capture leads to a new social stratification.

General

Imprint:	Central European University Press
Country of origin:	Hungary
Release date:	August 2022
First published:	2022
Authors:	Maria Csanadi • Marton Gero • Miklos Hajdu • Imre Kovach • Istvan Janos Toth (Senior research fellow) • Mihaly Laki (Scientific advisor, emeritus)
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	375
ISBN-13:	978-963-386-577-4
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political corruption Books > Business & Economics > Economics > Political economy Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political ideologies > General
LSN:	963-386-577-8
Barcode:	9789633865774

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