Democratic decline in Hungary: law and society in an illiberal democracy

IntroductionPart I. Chronology and explanations: what happened in Hungary in 2010-2012Chapter 1. Democratic U-turn, the chronology of building an illiberal democracy 1. Meanwhile in Hungary: An illiberal democracy in the making2. The legislative juggernaut3. Dismantling rule of law guarantees4. Expanding the electorate and gerrymandering5. And the new constitution...6. Constitutional partnership or cemented clientelism?7. Immediate responsesChapter 2. Causes and explanations1. Values and political culture2. Orban and his strategy: The rhetoric and politics of the \"dark side\"3. A little help from the constitutional structure...4. Economic hardshipPart II. The microfabric of the Hungarian illiberal democracy\'Chapter 3. Illiberalism as constitutional identity1. Terminology and conceptualization2. Illiberalism and the emergence of a new political community: The System of National Cooperation3. Illiberalism and the System of National Cooperation4. Illiberal democracy as constitutional identityChapter 4. Intimate citizenship and value preferences in the new constitution1. The SNC as a workfare state2. The SNC as a Christian state3. Family in the SNC4. Equality of intimate citizenship in the SNC5. Reproductive rights in the SNC5. Paternalism and essentialism in the SNC6. ConclusionsChapter 5. Illiberal multiculturalism: deceptive premises, misguided policies1. Illiberal transnationalism: The nation and the constitution in internal and external homelands2. Illiberal multiculturalism: The nation and the minorities 3. ConclusionChapter 6. Communitarians, dignity, and privacy: personhood and transparency in the System of National Cooperation1. Communities as primary agents of dignity 2. Liberal instruments for illiberal objectives: privacy as a tool to obstruct public accountability and to protect the dignity of government institutions and officials3. Privacy as a tool for ethnic discrimination and marginalization4. Concluding thoughtsChapter 7. Closing RemarksIndex