Autocratic Nationalism in Hungary

Dependent development and authoritarian state capitalism

Many political scientists have concluded that Hungary is not a democracy anymore, but a hybrid regime, a competitive authoritarian system (Bozóki and Hegedűs, ...

America's far-right embraces Hungary's autocratic president - YouTube

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's nationalist rhetoric and embrace of culture wars has long made him the black sheep of Europe.

Domestic and External Impediments to Locking In Democratic Reforms

crises that would combine to move Hungary toward authoritarianism. ... in Hungary,” Nations and Nationalism 16 (January 2010): 31–48.

Hungary and Poland Aren't Democratic. They're Authoritarian.

Illiberal reforms aren't limited to Poland. Last year, the Hungarian government adopted new legislation concerning nongovernmental organizations ...

A constitutional analysis of authoritarian populism - Oxford Academic

In Europe, the main populist threat comes principally from the East. Less than fifteen years after accession to the European Union (EU), Hungary ...

Explaining Eastern Europe: Orbán's Laboratory of Illiberalism

The reelection of Fidesz leader Viktor Orbán's government in Hungary in April 2018 has entrenched a hybrid regime within the European Union.

The Politics of Worst Practices: Hungary in the 2010s - Sciences Po

After all, Fidesz promoted economic nationalism and “unorthodox” economic policies by levying taxes on banks, launching anti-bank campaigns, and attacking ...

Viktor Orbán: Past to Present - European Center for Populism Studies

Putin's autocratic ethnic nationalism has become a model for the politics of Orbán and the Hungarian Right. Thus, a “greater Hungary” rhetoric that champions ...

Hungary: Country Profile | Freedom House

Since taking power in the 2010 elections, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's Alliance of Young Democrats–Hungarian Civic Union (Fidesz) party pushed through ...

The Rise of 'Illiberal' Democracy: The Orbánization of Hungarian ...

This paper argues that the correct way to frame the question is to ask: why, given the legacy of authoritarian social and political movements ...

American Orbánism - The Atlantic

Hungary had to be anchored in a sense of nationalism, Orbán believed, and that nationalism required an autocratic hand, and that hand ...

Why is Hungary gradually becoming an autocracy, despite the fact ...

Hungary is not an autocracy at the moment - at least if we are serious with words. It is a strongly centralized system in which supposedly ...

Watching Democracy Slide Towards Autocracy in Hungary - YouTube

... nationalistic textbooks that rewrite history, and “protection” from migrants. And the people choose. Join me on the banks of the Danube for ...

Hungarian nationalism - Wikipedia

Hungarian nationalism (Hungarian: magyar nacionalizmus) developed in the late 18th century and early 19th century along the classic lines of scholarly ...

Can anyone explain Orban and his government to a foreigner please?

... hungary-democracy-authoritarianism-trump. Upvote 20. Downvote Reply reply ... Its called nationalist conservatism, its quite similar to Putins ...

Nationalism and the Crowd in Liberal Hungary, 1848-1914

Hungary's revolutionary crowd of 1848 was defeated in 1849, but crowd politics remained central to Hungary over the next half-century. Nationalism and the ...

Academic Freedom in Hungary's Authoritarian State Capitalism

Authoritarian leaders find it hard to tolerate independent voices, and academic freedom is no different. After Prime Minister of Hungary ...

Why is Hungary turning to nationalism? - The Economist

The failed uprisings of 1703 and 1848 against the Habsburgs and the 1956 revolution against the Soviets are burned into the national psyche. ( ...

Hungary's slide into authoritarianism, and Europe's toothless response

Hungary's turn towards authoritarianism presents an unprecedented challenge for the European Union, whose membership is based on core values including democracy ...

Hungarian nationalism – DW – 06/01/2012

Nationalism is on the rise in Hungary. The works of a far-right poet ... authoritarian, ultra-conservative clerical regime. Horthy, a ...