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From neoliberal disembedding to authoritarian re-embedding: The making of illiberal hegemony in Hungary

Scheiring, Gábor and Szombati, Kristóf (2020) From neoliberal disembedding to authoritarian re-embedding: The making of illiberal hegemony in Hungary. INTERNATIONAL SOCIOLOGY, 35 (6). pp. 721-738. ISSN 0268-5809

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Abstract

This article presents and empirically substantiates a theoretical account explaining the making and stabilisation of illiberal hegemony in Hungary. It combines a Polanyian institutionalist framework with a neo-Gramscian analysis of right-wing hegemonic strategy and a relational class analysis inspired by the political economy tradition in anthropology. The article identifies the social actors behind the illiberal transformation, showing how 'neoliberal disembedding' fuelled the rightward shift of constituencies who had erstwhile been brought into the fold of liberal hegemony: blue-collar workers, post-peasants and sections of domestic capital. Finally, the article describes the emergence of a new regime of accumulation and Fidesz's strategy of 'authoritarian re-embedding', which relies on 'institutional authoritarianism' and 'authoritarian populism'. This two-pronged approach has so far allowed the ruling party to stabilise illiberal hegemony, even in the face of reforms that have generated discontents and exacerbated social inequality.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Hungary; authoritarian populism; illiberalism; authoritarian re-embedding; countermovement;
Subjects: J Political Science / politológia > JA Political science (General) / politológia általában
J Political Science / politológia > JN Political institutions (Europe) / politikai intézmények, államigazgatás, Európa > JN18 Hungary / Magyarország
SWORD Depositor: MTMT SWORD
Depositing User: MTMT SWORD
Date Deposited: 21 Dec 2021 16:29
Last Modified: 21 Dec 2021 16:29
URI: http://real.mtak.hu/id/eprint/134830

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