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Why Hungary?

Umut Korkut

pp. 23-56

Abstrakt

It is highly puzzling that Hungary has found itself mired in economic insecurity and political instability, given its relatively open communism, successful consensual democratic transition, and being one of the forerunners in its region in gaining membership to international organizations such as Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), and finally the EU. In the previous chapter, I demonstrated the grounds on which to assess how liberalization may have become troubled. To follow on, this chapter shows that the particular stance of Hungarian political actors from the liberal, left, conservative, and extreme-right wings, vis-à-vis political and economic liberalization has a particularly crucial explanatory power in effect to the troubled Europeanization and democratization in Hungary. Intriguingly, both conservative right-wing and left-liberal parties have agreed on the virtues of democracy and the Hungarian EU membership and integration, especially with the financial and monetary structures of the EU. Yet, they have been unable to reach a consensus on how democratization and Europeanization should relate to the type of political and economic changes that they envision for Hungary.

Publication details

Published in:

Korkut Umut (2012) Liberalization challenges in Hungary: elitism, progressivism, and populism. Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.

Seiten: 23-56

DOI: 10.1057/9781137075673_2

Referenz:

Korkut Umut (2012) Why Hungary?, In: Liberalization challenges in Hungary, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, 23–56.