Hungary’s Illiberal Turn
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Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6286512 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Erin K Jenne (0000-0003-1028-8055), Cas Mudde (0000-0002-8563-6280) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 147-155 |
| Publication date | 2012-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of democracy (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-5736 • E-ISSN: 1086-3214 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/jod.2012.0057 |
| OpenAlex | W2085325227 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 64 |
| References cited | 3 |
Hungary’s ‘constitutional revolution’ presents the most significant case of democratic backsliding in the European Union to date. The illiberal constitution, introduced by the Orbán government and protected by a host of new appointees, undermines the independence of various political institutions and guarantees virtually unlimited powers for the ruling party. But it also challenges the core values of the European Union, while underscoring significant limitations of supranational community in regulating the more troublesome behavior of its member states. In this article, we identify the key weaknesses of the main domestic and international actors in resisting Orbá’s constitutional revolution and show why a Hungarian ‘colored revolution’ is most likely not in the cards. In a final section, we highlight some promising developments within Hungarian civil society, which deserve direct and indirect support from the international community
Civil society · Constitution · Democracy · Economics · European union · Government (linguistics · Independence (probability theory · International community · International trade · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · European Union Policy and Governance · Hungarian Social, Economic and Educational Studies · Law · Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
Democracy in Trouble
Hungary – A Hungarian Crisis or Just a Crisis in Hungary?
Conclusion
Ireland – Limited Restructuration in the Poster Child of Austerity
European Party Politics in Times of Crisis
Spain – Out with the Old
Portugal – A Tale of Apparent Stability and Surreptitious Transformation
The Hollowing and Backsliding of Democracy in East Central Europe
Crises and the Transformation of the National Political Space in Europe
Towards understanding constitutional court resilience vis-à-vis autocratization
Student Mobilities to an ‘Offbeat’ or ‘Onbeat’ Destination? The Stipendium Hungaricum Scholarship Programme in Illiberal Hungary
História, nacionalismo e democracia
Stretching the Boundaries of Political Violence
Informality as a safety net
A drunken guest in Europe
Enlargement by Stealth
Civil society as a counterbalance to democratic backlash? The civil society master frame and discursive opportunities of politically active civil organizations in Hungary
Illiberalism and the Deinstitutionalization of Public Diplomacy
History, Nationalism and Democracy
When Populist Leaders Govern
Hijacking Democracy
Liberal and Illiberal Populism. The Leadership of Berlusconi and Orbán
Civil Society Actors and EU Fundamental Rights Policy
Hungary’S U-Turn
Illiberal spectatorship – the disfigurement of citizenship in Hungary and Poland
Performing the nation
Populist Foreign Policy
International sanctions and domestic backlash. Exploring public support towards the EU's rule of law enforcement
Local perceptions, regional action
Political competition, personal ambition, and the fragility of EU membership
The Dis/Articulation of Anti-Gender Politics in Eastern Europe
Institutional and conceptual flipsiding
Democracy and welfare in hard times
The normative threat of subtle subversion
Unity makes strength
How progressive is ‘progressive’? Sexual orientation debates in the 2024 Romanian parliamentary elections
A New Doctrine in the Making? Doctrinal Foundations of Sub-National Governance Reforms in Hungary (2010-2014)
Liberal cities in autocratizing states
Defying the Commission
The EU’s ‘actions-without-sanctions’? The politics of the rule of law crisis in many Europes
Global Shifts and the Limits of the EU’s Transformative Power in the European Periphery
Democratic backsliding in the European Union
Guardians of Democracy? On the Response of Civil Society Organisations to Right‐Wing Extremism
Anchoring Democracy from Above? The E uropean U nion and Democratic Backsliding in H ungary and R omania after Accession
EU Leverage and Democratic Backsliding in Central and Eastern E urope
Cultural Trauma, Populist Grand Narratives, and Brexit
A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing
Psychological Correlates of Populist Attitudes
Accountability by Numbers
The domestic politics of EU action against democratic backsliding
Playing the blame game on Brussels
The Assault on Postcommunist Courts
Illiberal Democracy and the Struggle on the Right
Debating EU Actions Against Democratic Backsliding in Hungary
Mass Emigration and the Erosion of Liberal Democracy
Rent creation, clientelism and the emergence of semi-democracies
Caesarean politics in Hungary and Poland
Public attitudes toward external democracy promotion in Africa
Coming out of the liberal closet. Think tanks and de-democratization in Poland
De-democratization in Hungary
Illiberal democracy in Hungary
Populists in government? Hungary's “system of national cooperation
Competing Historical Narratives
Teaching Sociology in Contemporary Hungary
| Unique citing works | 64 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 4,92 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 64 |