2012
DOI: 10.1057/9781137075673
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Liberalization Challenges in Hungary

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“…redesigning the power of the Constitutional Court), and/or circumvent institutional constraints by politically loyal appointees. -The executive branch of government dominates the legislative branch to a large extent (Korkut 2012). This is hardly a new trend in Hungary, however, Fidesz has further disciplined its MPs through formal and informal norms.…”
Section: Discussion: Policy Capacities Political Leadership and Thementioning
confidence: 99%
“…redesigning the power of the Constitutional Court), and/or circumvent institutional constraints by politically loyal appointees. -The executive branch of government dominates the legislative branch to a large extent (Korkut 2012). This is hardly a new trend in Hungary, however, Fidesz has further disciplined its MPs through formal and informal norms.…”
Section: Discussion: Policy Capacities Political Leadership and Thementioning
confidence: 99%
“…They have conceived of competitive elections as the mechanism of the translation of the popular will. De la Torre (2015: 13) argues this point for two contemporary cases of populist rule: “President Rafael Correa of Ecuador views elections as the ultimate expression of the people’s will, as did the late Hugo Chavez of Venezuela.” In a different context, Hungarian right-wing populist Prime-minister Orban, celebrates the “revolution of the ballot boxes” that replaced “elite pacts” (in Korkut, 2012: 166). Similarly, Argentina’s Peron (1950: 180) describes democracy in one of his speeches as “the expression of the people’s will in free elections,” and also he states that “… so long as the responsibility is mine, there will be no more [electoral] fraudulency practiced … Because this is true democracy; that which is based on the will of the people” (Peron, 1950: 63).…”
Section: Direct Representation Of the Popular Will And Modern Democracy As A Mixed Regimementioning
confidence: 99%
“…This meant that liberalisation in Hungary would become imbued with romantic, pro-capitalist, ideals. 36 In Ireland, by contrast, the liberals tended not to be romantics, and the romantics tended to be anti-capitalist. But in Hungary, '[c]ivic virtue was associated both with social and economic equality, which nurtured solidarity among citizens, and with economic independence, which ensured that citizens need not rely on the charity of the others.'…”
Section: What Arthur Griffith Saw In Hungary: the Liberal And Natmentioning
confidence: 99%