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

This book shows the rise and morphology of a self-identifiedilliberal democracy', the first
21st century illiberal political regime arising in the European Union. Since 2010, Viktor …

Liberal democracy is at risk. Its hallmark institutions-political pluralism, separation of powers,
and rule of law-are coming under pressure, as authoritarian sentiment is growing around the …

For two decades Hungary, like the other Eastern European countries, followed a general
policy of establishing and strengthening the institutions of democracy, rule of law, and a …

Public sector reforms have been a feature of past decades. Many of these reforms reacted
against hierarchy and bureaucracy to shift to markets and networks. Next to New Public …

The “return of the state” as an economic actor has left scholars at a lack of theoretical tools to
capture the characteristics of state-dominated business systems. This is reflected in the fact …

The paper evaluates the convergence paths of Central and Eastern European member
states of the EU during the 2010s, when the main task for these countries was avoiding the …

The present article aims to improve understanding of institution formation in (former) liberal-
democratic polities characterized by autocratization tendencies. We examine how the critical …

A tanulmány fő célja 11 kelet-közép-európai ország (EU11) 2010-es évekbeli fejlődési
pályájának a bemutatása. A szerző abból a feltevésből indul ki, hogy ebben az időszakban …

The article applies Nye's conceptual proposal for the empirical comparison of the political
leadership of Silvio Berlusconi and Viktor Orbán. Nye modified Burns'(1978) concept of …