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Hungary's Crisis of Democracy: The Road to Serfdom

Hungary's Crisis of Democracy: The Road to Serfdom

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Austrian & Hungarian HistoryGeneral Political Science

ISBN10: 0739187910
ISBN13: 9780739187913
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: Aug 26 2016
Pages: 250
Weight: 1.10
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.20 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

This book examines the crisis of democracy that has arisen in Hungary since the election of the Fidesz government in 2010. After moving swiftly to transform the Hungarian constitution, Fidesz created a new political system which has led its critics to argue that the era of democracy in Hungary is over. US Senator John McCain has gone so far as to describe Hungary as an illiberal democracy on a path toward fascism. The author argues that Fidesz has sought to challenge the capitalist and democratic transformation that shaped Hungary for 20 years after the fall of communism by increasing the power of the state over crucial aspects of the economy, society, and the political system. In so doing Fidesz' actions resemble those undertaken by many authoritarian states that have emerged since the end of the Second World War, all aiming to build up a national capitalism and protect their economies whilst undertaking nation-building.

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