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Hungary’s 'Lex CEU' and the State of the Open Society: Looking Beyond the Story of Democratic Revolutions

  • As part of the special issue on 'Lex CEU', the article discusses the developments in Hungary and the issue of "illiberal backsliding" under Viktor Orbáns government against the backdrop of a broader crisis of liberal democracy around the world. Viewed in such a wider context, local specificities of post-socialist transitions do not seem to provide a full explanation for this phenomenon. Indeed, making sense of the present crisis may demand that we wholly revise the post-Cold War narrative ofAs part of the special issue on 'Lex CEU', the article discusses the developments in Hungary and the issue of "illiberal backsliding" under Viktor Orbáns government against the backdrop of a broader crisis of liberal democracy around the world. Viewed in such a wider context, local specificities of post-socialist transitions do not seem to provide a full explanation for this phenomenon. Indeed, making sense of the present crisis may demand that we wholly revise the post-Cold War narrative of post-socialist democratization itself.…show moreshow less

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Document Type:Article
DOI:https://doi.org/10.25626/0073
Creator and project details
Author:Ágnes Gagyi
Editor:Joachim von PuttkamerGND, Michal KopečekGND, Włodzimierz BorodziejGND
Publishing Institution:Herder-Institut für historische Ostmitteleuropaforschung – Institut der Leibniz-Gemeinschaft
Title details
Title (English):Hungary’s 'Lex CEU' and the State of the Open Society: Looking Beyond the Story of Democratic Revolutions
Parent Title (English):Cultures of History Forum
Release Date:2020/06/26
Date of Publication (online):2020/02/06
Date of first Publication:2017/09/12
Language:English
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DDC-Classification:9 Geschichte und Geografie / 90 Geschichte / 900 Geschichte und Geografie
Collections:Cultures of History Forum (Imre Kertész Kolleg Jena)
Tag:Central Europe; Hungary; Orbán; illiberal; liberal democracy
GND Keyword:Ungarn; Demokratie; Mitteleuropa; Antiliberalismus; Orbán, Viktor
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File Size:360 KB
MIME-Type:application/pdf
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