Dynamics of an Authoritarian System: Hungary, 2010–2021 - Csanadi, Maria (Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungary) - Books - Central European University Press - 9789633865774 - August 10, 2022
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Dynamics of an Authoritarian System: Hungary, 2010–2021

Csanadi, Maria (Institute of Economics, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies, Hungary)

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Dynamics of an Authoritarian System: Hungary, 2010–2021

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 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.


420 pages, 21 Tables, black and white; 31 Figures

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Released August 10, 2022
ISBN13 9789633865774
Publishers Central European University Press
Pages 375
Dimensions 235 × 159 × 30 mm   ·   690 g
Language English