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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The Road to Serfdom Peter Wilkin. treating social science as the study of discrete ... social life: in short, social life is presented as being solely the outcome ... movements and others anti-systemic groups (Dencik and Wilkin, 2015). The ...
The Road to Serfdom Peter Wilkin. treating social science as the study of discrete ... social life: in short, social life is presented as being solely the outcome ... movements and others anti-systemic groups (Dencik and Wilkin, 2015). The ...
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... social and political movements have emerged around the MWS to challenge its foundational ideas and practices. ASMs need not be progressive, of course. At present highly reactionary and violent ASMs in the form of Jihadi groups are ...
... social and political movements have emerged around the MWS to challenge its foundational ideas and practices. ASMs need not be progressive, of course. At present highly reactionary and violent ASMs in the form of Jihadi groups are ...
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... social movement seems to belie that fact, unless one equates civil society only with progressive social movements and individual activities. Although they were not fully incorporated into the capitalist world-economy until after the ...
... social movement seems to belie that fact, unless one equates civil society only with progressive social movements and individual activities. Although they were not fully incorporated into the capitalist world-economy until after the ...
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... movements over 1989–1990 was largely demobilised by these elites who took over the new democratic institutions ... social change. On the challenge to Marxism from elite theory Lachmann (1990) notes that much contemporary history is written ...
... movements over 1989–1990 was largely demobilised by these elites who took over the new democratic institutions ... social change. On the challenge to Marxism from elite theory Lachmann (1990) notes that much contemporary history is written ...
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... movements, as Arrighi, Hopkins and Wallerstein have argued (Arrighi, Hopkins and Wallerstein, 1989). The legacy of C19 and C20 anarchist social thought developed many ideas about elites and democracy that prefigured the work of both ...
... movements, as Arrighi, Hopkins and Wallerstein have argued (Arrighi, Hopkins and Wallerstein, 1989). The legacy of C19 and C20 anarchist social thought developed many ideas about elites and democracy that prefigured the work of both ...
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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