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Democratic Backsliding in Czech Republic and Hungary:A comparative case study of the democratic backslide in Czech Republic and Hungary

Omar, Hareng LU (2022) STVK02 20212
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The enlargement of the EU towards the CEE pointed and leaned towards democratization. Two of the countries that were on the path of democratization was the Czech Republic and Hungary. However, as time has gone by Czech Republic and Hungary that once were on the path of democratization has now suffered a Democratic Backslide. Czech Republic with Andrej Babiš as Prime Minister followed by Viktor Orban in Hungary and his party Fidesz have been the two main reasons for the Democratic Backslide for each country, within the formal and informal sectors and institutions. My analysis centres on these two countries to analyze why and how this backslide has happened, but also to answer the question of why Czech Republic has gotten away with their... (More)
The enlargement of the EU towards the CEE pointed and leaned towards democratization. Two of the countries that were on the path of democratization was the Czech Republic and Hungary. However, as time has gone by Czech Republic and Hungary that once were on the path of democratization has now suffered a Democratic Backslide. Czech Republic with Andrej Babiš as Prime Minister followed by Viktor Orban in Hungary and his party Fidesz have been the two main reasons for the Democratic Backslide for each country, within the formal and informal sectors and institutions. My analysis centres on these two countries to analyze why and how this backslide has happened, but also to answer the question of why Czech Republic has gotten away with their backslide whilst Hungary has not. This text uses Democratic backslide and Competetive Authoritarianism as a theoretical framework. Orban and Fidesz democratic backslide has mostly been acute in the formal sector. In Czech Republic it has been within the Informal sectors and institutions. (Less)
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author
Omar, Hareng LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20212
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Democratic backslide, Democracy, Competitive Authoritarianism, Institutions, Czech Republic, Hungary
language
English
id
9070018
date added to LUP
2022-03-14 12:23:33
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2022-03-14 12:23:33
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  abstract     = {{The enlargement of the EU towards the CEE pointed and leaned towards democratization. Two of the countries that were on the path of democratization was the Czech Republic and Hungary. However, as time has gone by Czech Republic and Hungary that once were on the path of democratization has now suffered a Democratic Backslide. Czech Republic with Andrej Babiš as Prime Minister followed by Viktor Orban in Hungary and his party Fidesz have been the two main reasons for the Democratic Backslide for each country, within the formal and informal sectors and institutions. My analysis centres on these two countries to analyze why and how this backslide has happened, but also to answer the question of why Czech Republic has gotten away with their backslide whilst Hungary has not. This text uses Democratic backslide and Competetive Authoritarianism as a theoretical framework. Orban and Fidesz democratic backslide has mostly been acute in the formal sector. In Czech Republic it has been within the Informal sectors and institutions.}},
  author       = {{Omar, Hareng}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Democratic Backsliding in Czech Republic and Hungary:A comparative case study of the democratic backslide in Czech Republic and Hungary}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}