Comparative populism: Romania and Hungary

Zoltán Bretter ()
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Zoltán Bretter: University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

Eastern Journal of European Studies, 2022, vol. 13(SI), 183-206

Abstract: The paper aims to test the mechanism of autocratic populism (term which will be used as a synonym for illiberal democracy) in Hungary and Romania. A mechanism could help to better explain the phenomenon of populism across different spatiotemporal settings in which it occurs, therefore it is suitable for a common understanding of populism. I am going to use a minimal definition of liberal democracy as well as authoritarian populism and compare Romania and Hungary along three major components of the mechanism: constitutionalism (division of powers), the cultural construction of “the people†and the different conditions of the emergence of a charismatic personality. Investigating political processes will show why authoritarian populism or illiberal democracy has gained prominence in Hungary but has failed in Romania.

Keywords: Hungary; Romania; autocratic populism; illiberalism; political mechanism; political culture (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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DOI: 10.47743/ejes-2022-SI10

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