Post-Communist Mafia State: The Case of Hungary
Balint Magyar
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In an article in 2001 the author analyzed the way the Hungarian political party Fidesz (the Federation of Young Democrats) was eliminating the institutional system of the rule of law as it was on government for the first time. At that time, many readers doubted the legitimacy of the new approach, in which the author characterized the system as the 'organized over-world', the 'state employing mafia methods' and the 'adopted political family'. Critics considered these categories metaphors rather than elements of a coherent conceptual framework. Ten years later Fidesz won a two-third majority in Parliament at the 2010 elections, ... Read more
In an article in 2001 the author analyzed the way the Hungarian political party Fidesz (the Federation of Young Democrats) was eliminating the institutional system of the rule of law as it was on government for the first time. At that time, many readers doubted the legitimacy of the new approach, in which the author characterized the system as the 'organized over-world', the 'state employing mafia methods' and the 'adopted political family'. Critics considered these categories metaphors rather than elements of a coherent conceptual framework. Ten years later Fidesz won a two-third majority in Parliament at the 2010 elections, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Central European University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Weight
460g
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
Budapest, Hungary
ISBN
9786155513541
SKU
V9786155513541
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About Balint Magyar
Balint Magyar is a liberal politician and independent sociologist
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