Revize klasifikace politických režimů neboli informace, ekonomický růst a modernizace jako zbraně v rukou autokratů
A revision of the classification of political regimes, or information, economic growth and modernization as weapons in the hands of autocrats

Summary/Abstract: This paper is a review of the book: Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman: Spin Dictators – the Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press, 2022. 1. vydání. 360 stran. ISBN: 978-0691211411. Has the recent illiberal surge altered the neoliberal orthodoxy prevailing in post-1989Hungary and Poland towards a more developmental modus operandi, or has it justcamouflaged embedded neoliberalism with a developmental narrative? This article, tryingto contribute to answering the aforementioned question, is structured as follows. First, weprovide a general overview of the comparative capitalism approach. We extend the originalconceptualizations by the framework of varieties of illiberal capitalism and present twoideal types of illiberal capitalism. Then, we assess five institutional areas of the politicaleconomy of contemporary Hungary and Poland. We conclude that although Hungaryremains faithful to the neoliberal economic orthodoxy so far with illiberal politicalforces merely camouflaging its true essence due to political and utilitarian reasons, thepost-2015 government in Poland managed to move its economic model closer to a moredevelopmental modus operandi.

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