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 it successfully (Miszlivetz and Wallerstein, 1991). Indeed Korkut views liberalism as being the victor in the battle against the irrationality of state socialism as it is liberalism that is synonymous with modernity and ...
... challenge it successfully (Miszlivetz and Wallerstein, 1991). Indeed Korkut views liberalism as being the victor in the battle against the irrationality of state socialism as it is liberalism that is synonymous with modernity and ...
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... challenged the local council plan to expel hundreds of Roma, and won. This became the first successful Roma mobilisation in modern Hungarian history, uniting Roma and non-Roma citizens, in an excellent example of the grassroots activity ...
... challenged the local council plan to expel hundreds of Roma, and won. This became the first successful Roma mobilisation in modern Hungarian history, uniting Roma and non-Roma citizens, in an excellent example of the grassroots activity ...
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... challenge the foundations of the MWS and its attempts to impose forms of life that are socially and environmentally destructive, hierarchal and often violently oppressive. Thus diverse social and political movements have emerged around ...
... challenge the foundations of the MWS and its attempts to impose forms of life that are socially and environmentally destructive, hierarchal and often violently oppressive. Thus diverse social and political movements have emerged around ...
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... challenge perceived injustices over the course of the C20 they have been subject to the most brutal forms of repression, either directly from military forces from the core or indirectly by core-backed local elites using their police and ...
... challenge perceived injustices over the course of the C20 they have been subject to the most brutal forms of repression, either directly from military forces from the core or indirectly by core-backed local elites using their police and ...
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... challenge to Marxism from elite theory Lachmann (1990) notes that much contemporary history is written from the implicit perspective of elite theory, that it is elites that make social change, not classes. If political elites did indeed ...
... challenge to Marxism from elite theory Lachmann (1990) notes that much contemporary history is written from the implicit perspective of elite theory, that it is elites that make social change, not classes. If political elites did indeed ...
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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