Twenty-five sides of a post-communist mafia state / editors, Bálint Magyar, Júlia Vásárhelyi.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Vásárhelyi, Júlia, editor.

Magyar, Bálint, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dictatorship--Hungary--History--21st century.

Dictatorship.

Organized crime--Hungary--History--21st century.

Organized crime.

Political corruption--Hungary--History--21st century.

Political corruption.

Post-communism--Hungary--History--21st century.

Post-communism.

Hungary--Politics and government--1989-.

Hungary.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (676 pages) : illustrations

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017

Other Title:

25 sides of a post-communist mafia state

Place of Publication:

New York : Central European University Press, 2016.

Summary:

The twenty-five essays accompany, illustrate and underpin the conceptual framework elaborated in Post-Communist Mafia State, published in conjunction with this volume. Leading specialists analyze the manifestations of the current political regime in Hungary from twenty-five angles. Topics discussed include the ideology, constitutional issues, social policy, the judiciary, foreign relations, nationalism, media, memory politics, corruption, civil society, education, culture and so on. Beyond the basic features of the economy the domains of taxation, banking system, energy policies and the agriculture are treated in dedicated studies. The essays are based on detailed empirical investigation about conditions in today's Hungary. They nevertheless contribute to the exploration of the characteristic features of post-communist authoritarian regimes, shared by an increasing number of countries in Europe and Central Asia.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Table of Contents

Preface

I

What Should I Call You? The Crisis of Hungarian Democracy in a Regional Interpretative Framework

The Ideological Patchwork of the Mafia State

A “Constitutional” Coup in Hungary between 2010–2014

Law under the Mafia State

The Post-communist Mafia State as a Form of Criminal State

The Circulation of Oligarchs

From Local Cliques to Mafia State: The Evolution of Network Corruption

Links in the Chain: Patron-Client Relations in the Mafia State

The Social Policy of the Mafia State and Its Impact on Social Structure

II

The Economic Policy of the Mafia State

Tributes Paid through Special Taxes: Populism and the Displacement of “Aliens”

Getting Rich as Mission: Swapping Elites on a Family Basis

The Banks of the Mafia State

Utility Price Cuts and Sector-Specific Taxes in Network Industries

Captured by Power: The Expansion of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant

Controlled Competition in the Agriculture

III

Western Social Development with an Eastern Set of Values?

“One Camp, One Banner”: How Fidesz Views History

The Land of an Appropriated God: Sacred Political Symbols and Symbolic Political Sacrality

Nationalism and Hegemony: Symbolic Politics and Colonization of Culture

The Workings of the Media: A Brainwashing and Money-Laundering Mechanism

Restoring Servility in the Educational Policy

The Taming of Civil Society

The Opposition to the Mafia State

Diplomacy of the Orbán Regime

Epilogue

Capitalism After Communism

List of Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-003-72352-7

615-5513-61-9

9781003723523

OCLC:

959552378