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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... deny. This is not to condone the nature of MSZMP rule in Hungary, simply to rationalise it in historical terms. THE COLLAPSE OF STATE SOCIALISM IN HUNGARY AND EAST CENTRAL Hungary, Communism and the Democratic Transition 29.
... deny. This is not to condone the nature of MSZMP rule in Hungary, simply to rationalise it in historical terms. THE COLLAPSE OF STATE SOCIALISM IN HUNGARY AND EAST CENTRAL Hungary, Communism and the Democratic Transition 29.
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... MSZMP elites what had become clear over the course of the 1970s was that a new generation of apparatchiks were emerging within the Party that were to have a decisive role in the DT. Initially, and in keeping with the ideological ...
... MSZMP elites what had become clear over the course of the 1970s was that a new generation of apparatchiks were emerging within the Party that were to have a decisive role in the DT. Initially, and in keeping with the ideological ...
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... MSZMP leadership became increasingly open to heretical ideas; anything, in fact, that might help to preserve its legitimacy and authority. As a consequence there emerged a division in the intelligentsia between those who were looking ...
... MSZMP leadership became increasingly open to heretical ideas; anything, in fact, that might help to preserve its legitimacy and authority. As a consequence there emerged a division in the intelligentsia between those who were looking ...
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... MSZMP economists (Tökés, 1996b: 167–209). The goal of the dissidents, however, was to reach the wider public with ideas that would challenge the regime and at the time this was summed up by the dissident intellectual, Janos Kiss, who ...
... MSZMP economists (Tökés, 1996b: 167–209). The goal of the dissidents, however, was to reach the wider public with ideas that would challenge the regime and at the time this was summed up by the dissident intellectual, Janos Kiss, who ...
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... (MSZMP's) demise was marked symbolically by Imre Pozsgay declaring as a member of the ruling politburo that the 1956 revolution had been a 'popular uprising' and therefore not a counter-revolution, as the Communist party had insisted at ...
... (MSZMP's) demise was marked symbolically by Imre Pozsgay declaring as a member of the ruling politburo that the 1956 revolution had been a 'popular uprising' and therefore not a counter-revolution, as the Communist party had insisted at ...
Contents
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23 | |
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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