Twenty-Five Sides of a Post-Communist Mafia State /

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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...

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Other Authors: Vásárhelyi, Júlia (Editor), Magyar, Bálint, 1952- (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York, NY : Central European University Press, in association with Noran Libro, 2017.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Post-communism.
Politics and government.
Political corruption.
Organized crime.
Dictatorship.
HISTORY / Modern / 21st Century
Crime organise > Hongrie > Histoire > 21e siecle.
Dictature > Hongrie > Histoire > 21e siecle.
Corruption (Politique) > Hongrie > Histoire > 21e siecle.
Postcommunisme > Hongrie > Histoire > 21e siecle.
Organized crime > Hungary > History > 21st century.
Dictatorship > Hungary > History > 21st century.
Political corruption > Hungary > History > 21st century.
Post-communism > Hungary > History > 21st century.
Hungary.
Hongrie > Politique et gouvernement > 1989-
Hungary > Politics and government > 1989-
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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

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