Postoji li nova (mađarska) paradigma autoritarnosti? Polit-ekonomski osvrt
Is There a New (Hungarian) Paradigm of Authoritarianism? A Politico-Economic Account

Author(s): Alpar Lošonc
Subject(s): Governance, Government/Political systems, Political economy
Published by: Fakultet političkih nauka Univerziteta u Beogradu
Keywords: neoliberal authoritarianism; financial crisis; embedded neoliberalism; illiberalism
Summary/Abstract: This work thematises the new paradigm of authoritarianism in Hungary. It contains three parts. The first part is dealing with the context of financial crisis in 2008, and the crisis-ridden ramifications regarding Hungary. The second part concerns the phenomenology of authoritarianism including the transformation of the functions of Constitutional Court or the modifying of the checkbalance system of politics. The third part depicts the phenomenology of the national capitalism in Hungary with the account of such political measures as flat tax. In contrast to the usual analysis this work develops an argumentation that: a) explains the authoritarianism as a response to the crisis of embedded neoliberalism in Hungary during the last decade, b) instead of the frequently used populism emphasizes the strong connection amongst neoliberalism, authoritarianism, and neoconservativism. The relatively specific national neoliberalism burdened with the authoritarian patterns of employment and work could throws light on the illiberal tendencies within the paradigm connected to the political figure of Victor Orban.

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