Product details:
| ISBN13: | 9781787388024 |
| ISBN10: | 1787388026 |
| Binding: | Hardback |
| No. of pages: | 352 pages |
| Size: | 216x138 mm |
| Language: | English |
| 1094 |
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Tainted Democracy
Viktor Orbán and the Subversion of Hungary
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Date of Publication: 10 November 2022
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Short description:
The inside story of Hungary?s descent into autocracy at the hands of Viktor Orbán, told by a former parliamentary ally turned outspoken political opponent.
Long description:
Hungary, once the poster-child of liberal democracy, is fast becoming an autocracy under Viktor Orbán. After winning an absolute majority in 2010, Orbán launched a series of 'reforms', fundamentally undermining the country's twenty-year, post-Cold War liberal consensus. For supporters and foes alike, the rise and rise of Hungary's prime minister is a vivid example of how democracy can be subverted from within.
Zsuzsanna Szelényi, a leading member of Orbán's Fidesz in its early years, has witnessed first-hand the party's shift from liberalism to populist nationalism. Offering an insider's account of Fidesz's evolution since its creation, she explains how the party rose to leadership of the country under Orbán and made sweeping legal, political and economic changes to solidify its grip on power-from reining in the public media to slashing the number of parliamentary seats. She answers a key question: why has Orbán been so successful, winning widespread support within Hungary and wielding considerable influence in European politics? And how can Hungary's opposition party Together, which she co-founded in 2014, work to turn the country around?
Underpinned by Szelényi's own experiences at the heart of Hungarian politics, Tainted Democracy offers accessible, nuanced insights into the global rise of populist autocracy--and how it can be challenged.
?Offers a compellingly cautionary tale. ... [Tainted Democracy] is a complicated, yet fascinating, story about how Orbán and Simicska built parallel, interlocking political and economic empires.?
'There is much illuminating detail... in Tainted Democracy by Zsuzsanna Szelényi. Read her book ? you may learn a lot.'
Zsuzsanna Szelényi, a leading member of Orbán's Fidesz in its early years, has witnessed first-hand the party's shift from liberalism to populist nationalism. Offering an insider's account of Fidesz's evolution since its creation, she explains how the party rose to leadership of the country under Orbán and made sweeping legal, political and economic changes to solidify its grip on power-from reining in the public media to slashing the number of parliamentary seats. She answers a key question: why has Orbán been so successful, winning widespread support within Hungary and wielding considerable influence in European politics? And how can Hungary's opposition party Together, which she co-founded in 2014, work to turn the country around?
Underpinned by Szelényi's own experiences at the heart of Hungarian politics, Tainted Democracy offers accessible, nuanced insights into the global rise of populist autocracy--and how it can be challenged.
?Offers a compellingly cautionary tale. ... [Tainted Democracy] is a complicated, yet fascinating, story about how Orbán and Simicska built parallel, interlocking political and economic empires.?
'There is much illuminating detail... in Tainted Democracy by Zsuzsanna Szelényi. Read her book ? you may learn a lot.'
