TY - JOUR
T1 - Caesarean politics in Hungary and Poland
AU - Sata, Robert
AU - Karolewski, Ireneusz Pawel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019, © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group.
PY - 2020/4/2
Y1 - 2020/4/2
N2 - 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.
AB - 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.
KW - Democratic consolidation
KW - East-Central Europe
KW - exclusionary identity
KW - identity politics
KW - patronal politics
KW - state capture
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85076805676
U2 - 10.1080/21599165.2019.1703694
DO - 10.1080/21599165.2019.1703694
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85076805676
SN - 2159-9165
VL - 36
SP - 206
EP - 225
JO - East European Politics
JF - East European Politics
IS - 2
ER -