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Post-Communist Mafia State: The Case of Hungary Paperback – February 10, 2016

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In an article in 2001 the author analyzed the way Fidesz, the party on government for the first time then, was eliminating the institutional system of the rule of law. At that time, many readers doubted the legitimacy of the new approach, whose key categories were the 'organized over-world', the 'state employing mafia methods' and the 'adopted political family'. Critics considered these categories metaphors rather than elements of a coherent conceptual framework. Ten years later Fidesz won a two-third majority in Parliament at the 2010 elections: the institutional obstacles of exerting power were thus largely removed. Just like the party, the state itself was placed under the control of a single individual, who since then has applied the techniques used within his party to enforce submission and obedience onto society as a whole. While in many post-communist systems a segment of the party and secret service became the elite in possession of not only political power but also of wealth, Fidesz, as a late-coming new political predator, was able to occupy this position through an aggressive change of elite. The actions of the post-communist mafia state model are led by the logic of power and wealth concentration in the hands of the clan. But while the classical mafia channeled wealth and economic players into its spheres of interest by means of direct coercion, the mafia state does the same by means of parliamentary legislation, legal prosecution, tax authority, police forces and secret service. The new conceptual framework is important and timely not only for Hungary, but also for other post-communist countries subjected to autocratic rules.

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Bálint Magyar is Research Fellow at CEU Democracy Institute, working on the subject of patronalism in post-communist countries.He was a member of the Hungarian Parliament (1990-2010). As a Minister of Education (1996-1998; 2002-2006) he initiated and carried out reforms in public and higher education.

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Language ‏ : ‎ English
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 6155513546
Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6 x 0.75 x 8.75 inches; 1.01 Pounds
Publication date ‏ : ‎ February 10, 2016
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Central European University Press
Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ Hungary
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-6155513541
Release date ‏ : ‎ February 10, 2016

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Insightful book! Readers who want more theoretical background on how "mafia" states work, and also insights into what companies can do to protect themselves would benefit from the book "Property, Predation, and Protection" by Stanislav Markus (based on Russia and Ukraine cases). Venelin Ganev's "Preying on the State" also has interesting insights based on Bulgaria.

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