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Hungary’s Illiberal Turn: Disabling the Constitution
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Abstract: Hungary’s 2010 election brought to power a Fidesz parliamentary supermajority led by Prime Minister Viktor Orban. In just two years, they have fundamentally changed the constitutional order of Hungary. The current government now has very few checks on its own power, but the new constitutional order permits the governing party to lodge its loyalists in crucial long-term positions with veto power over what future governments might do. As a result, the Fidesz government has achieved a remarkable constitutional feat: giving themselves maximum room for maneuver while simultaneously entrenching their power, their policies and their people for the foreseeable future.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Bánkuti, M., Halmai, G., & Scheppele, K. L.
- Venue
- Journal of Democracy
- Publisher
- Project MUSE
- Published
- 2012-07
- Volume
- 23
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 138-146
- ISSN
- 1045-5736 (ISSN-L)
- 1086-3214
- OpenAlex
- W2009449389
- Cited by
- 429
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 44.78
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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