Legislative Capture in Hungary
Well-Managed Autocratization
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5742317 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zsolt Enyedi (0000-0002-8981-6115, corresponding author), Bálint Mikola (0000-0001-6874-5269) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 712 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 34-46 |
| Publication date | 2024-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7162 • E-ISSN: 1552-3349 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/00027162241307778 |
| OpenAlex | W4408716384 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 19 |
We discuss the case of Hungary's rapid democratic backsliding under Viktor Orbán as an example of legislative capture. We show that, despite relatively unfavorable conditions for autocratization, Viktor Orbán and his Fidesz party have supervised a well-crafted project of institutional transformation and a comprehensive regrouping of financial resources, all of which have led to an effective and stable concentration of power. This power concentration has its limits, given the country's membership in the European Union, resistance by parts of the judiciary, media initiatives focused on corruption, and local opposition victories; but the national government's room for maneuver has increased every year since 2010. We provide an overview of the changes that facilitated democratic erosion and an inventory of the actors that still retain a capacity to hinder further autocratization
Business · Legislature · Political science · Electoral Systems and Political Participation · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Political Conflict and Governance
Rethinking Pathways of Autocratisation and Democratic Resilience in Comparative Perspective
Carpet bombing vs. targeting
Hijacking Democracy
Specifying the Outer Boundaries of Constitutional Self-Defense in Liberal Democratic States
Populism and the Strength of Freedom of Information Laws
How movement parties contest democratic backsliding
Pathways of Democratic Backsliding, Resistance, and (Partial) Recoveries
Does political trust strengthen democracy? A cross-national longitudinal analysis
Countering Illiberalism in Liberal Democracies
Lessons About Backsliding and Resistance
The Hollowing and Backsliding of Democracy in East Central Europe
From Exclusion to Co-Optation
Enemies of the Nation
The rule of law and academic freedom or the lack of it in Hungary
Using deliberation for partisan purposes
Political Constraints and the Limited Effect of Electoral System Change on Personal Vote-Seeking in Hungary
Right-wing authoritarian innovations in Central and Eastern Europe
An externally constrained hybrid regime
The use and abuse of participatory governance by populist governments
Democratic Backsliding and Academic Freedom in Hungary
On Democratic Backsliding
Orbán's Laboratory of Illiberalism
Greater than the sum of its part(ie)s
State advertising as an instrument of transformation of the media market in Hungary
De-democratization in Hungary
Illiberal conservatism, civilisationalist ethnocentrism, and paternalist populism in Orbán's Hungary
The Challenge to Academic Freedom in Hungary
| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 5 |
| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 9 |