Hungary’s Crisis of Democracy: The Road to SerfdomTo make sense of this the author draws upon two traditions of thought, world systems-analysis, which situates Hungary in the context of its incorporation in the modern capitalist world-system after the fall of communism; and anarchist social thought which provides a unique way of seeing the actions of states and political elites. In so doing the book argues that the events unfolding in Hungary cannot be explained on the basis of Hungarian exceptionalism but must be situated in the broader political and economic context that has shaped the development of Hungary since 1990. The form of capitalism introduced in Hungary and across the region of East and Central Europe has systematically undermined the strong state and social security that had existed under communism, and when added to the failure of the left and liberals in the region it has paved the way for far-right and neo-fascist political movements to emerge claiming the mantle of defenders of society from the market. This represents a fundamental threat to the enlightenment traditions that have shaped dominant modern political ideologies and raises profound problems for both the EU and NATO. |
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... Challenge of Jobbik Digital Governance and Media Wars: The Battle for Hungary's Media Social Movement Protest 2: Milla and Virtual Politics The European Union, NATO and the Hungarian Crisis Conclusion: The Road to Serfdom Revisited ...
... Challenge of Jobbik Digital Governance and Media Wars: The Battle for Hungary's Media Social Movement Protest 2: Milla and Virtual Politics The European Union, NATO and the Hungarian Crisis Conclusion: The Road to Serfdom Revisited ...
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... challenge this in ways which have caused great upset to neoliberal political elites across the EU and the USA, as ... challenges to liberalism, in all of its forms. At the very moment when the idea of democracy had become synonymous with ...
... challenge this in ways which have caused great upset to neoliberal political elites across the EU and the USA, as ... challenges to liberalism, in all of its forms. At the very moment when the idea of democracy had become synonymous with ...
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... challenge orthodox neoliberal policies. The neoliberal reforms introduced since the DT may not have generated general prosperity for Hungarian citizens but they have opened up the country to the benefit of global capital and major ...
... challenge orthodox neoliberal policies. The neoliberal reforms introduced since the DT may not have generated general prosperity for Hungarian citizens but they have opened up the country to the benefit of global capital and major ...
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... challenge aspects of the dominance of neoliberalism by building a form of DS, something which was never on the agenda of the political elites who oversaw the DT (Amsden, 1992, 1994, 2001; Amsden et al, 1994; Radice, 2008; Riain, 2000) ...
... challenge aspects of the dominance of neoliberalism by building a form of DS, something which was never on the agenda of the political elites who oversaw the DT (Amsden, 1992, 1994, 2001; Amsden et al, 1994; Radice, 2008; Riain, 2000) ...
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... challenges to the DS model. In addition, across ECE the anti-statist rhetoric of neoliberalism was popular and politically dominant. In reality it meant that the people of the region were left without any adequate means of constraining ...
... challenges to the DS model. In addition, across ECE the anti-statist rhetoric of neoliberalism was popular and politically dominant. In reality it meant that the people of the region were left without any adequate means of constraining ...
Contents
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The Evolution of Fidesz | 49 |
Social Movement Protest 1 | 83 |
Digital Governance and Media Wars | 111 |
Social Movement Protest 2 | 131 |
The European Union NATO and the Hungarian Crisis | 151 |
Conclusion | 175 |
Bibliography | 181 |
Index | 219 |
About the Author | 223 |
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