Oxford University Press, USA
Hungary: Between Democracy and Authoritarianism
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- Paul Lendvai
- Oxford University Press, USA
- Hardcover
- 9780199327737
- 8.7 X 5.9 X 0.9 inches
- 1.05 pounds
- History > Europe - Austria & Hungary
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
A new constitution and a sweeping series of laws and decrees--radical changes in the judicial and electoral system and the dismantling of constitutional safeguards ensuring the autonomy of the executive branch and the freedom of the media--seem destined to ensure a long-term hegemony of the far right. Meanwhile a campaign of vituperative nationalist rhetoric and the granting of voting rights to 2.5 million ethnic Hungarians living in neighbouring countries are bound to increase tensions in this volatile corner of Europe.
Lendvai offers readers an unsparing and dispassionate account, based on his intimate personal knowledge of Hungary's major political figures and its political culture, of the turbulent events since the collapse of the Communist regime which affect not only Hungary, but also the political and economic stability of the Danube basin.
Author Bio
Paul Lendvai is a Hungarian-born Austrian journalist who worked as a correspondent for the Financial Times for more than two decades.
He is the author of Hungary: Between Democracy and Authoritarianism; Inside Austria: New Challenges, Old Demons; Blacklisted: A Journalist’s Life in Central Europe; and Orbán: Europe's New Strongman, which won the Prix du Livre Européen in 2018.
Source: Hurst Publishers
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