Scholarly attention has started to shift from democratization and democratic consolidation to
trends of democratic deconsolidation, backsliding, regression, and erosion. This article …

This book gives the first comprehensive and theoretically substantiated political science
account of the Orbán regime in English. It argues that Viktor Orbán's regime-building and …

Since the end of the Cold War, international organizations (IOs) have engaged in
unprecedented levels of democracy promotion, and research overwhelmingly links them to …

This article examines the effectiveness of E uropean U nion post‐accession leverage to
contain democratic backsliding in the M ember S tates by employing as a case study the …

ELSÕ FEJEZET Bevezetõ: az Orbán-rezsim fõbb politikatudományi megközelítései és egy
lehetséges alternatíva 9 1. A populizmus paradigmája 12 2. A rezsimklasszifikációs …

Abstract Although the European Union (EU) is considered unrivaled in its democracy
promoting abilities, democracy is being challenged within its borders. Over the last decade …

Almost 25 years has passed since transition, and Hungarian democracy is in a deplorable
state. Party politics pervades every aspect of political life, undermining the autonomy of civil …

This article supplements the literature on post-communist trade unions with an account of
how state measures can affect union strength in post-communist Europe. The authors focus …

In recent years, many theoretical and empirical analyses about the changing regimes of
Central and Eastern Europe have been written, pointing out the authoritarian tendencies …

This book offers an alternative perspective to the reigning socio-political and economic
approaches to evaluating media systems and why and how they function. Peter Gross …