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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910812810703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: New York : , : Central European University Press, , 2016; Baltimore, Md. : , : Project MUSE, , 2017; ©2016
• ISBN: 615-5513-61-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (676 pages) : illustrations
• Disciplina: 943.9054
• Soggetti: Dictatorship - Hungary - History - 21st century; Organized crime - Hungary - History - 21st century; Political corruption - Hungary - History - 21st century; Post-communism - Hungary - History - 21st century; Hungary Politics and government 1989-
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Includes index.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.