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Caesarean politics in Hungary and Poland
Title / Series / Name
East European Politics
Publication Volume
36
Publication Issue
2
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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14018/13975
Abstract
We propose the new concept of Caesarean politics to explain democratic deconsolidation in Hungary and Poland. We argue the move towards illiberal democracy in both countries has been made possible by a shift towards Caesarean politics, in which radical changes are framed as “politics as usual”, while in fact these challenge the essence of liberal democracy. Focusing on the three pillars of Caesarean politics: (1) patronal politics, (2) state capture, and (3) identity politics, we show how both countries become cases of Caesarean politics, where, using discourses of “friends” and “enemies”, the leader coordinates vast patronal networks that capture the state.
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Type
Journal article
Date
2020
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Identifiers
10.1080/21599165.2019.1703694