@article{2015:priebus:strategisc,
title = {Strategische Institutionenpolitik. Inhalte, Effekte und Risiken der Parlamentsreformen in Ungarn seit 2010},
year = {2015},
note = {The article describes the recent changes of parliamentary rules in
Hungary and demonstrates which far-reaching consequences institutional
changes below the constitutional level can have. It analyses the
changes after 2010, which were enacted by the governing parliamentary
majority of Fidesz-Hungarian Civic Alliance and Christian Democratic
People’s Party (KDNP). Their two-thirds majority enabled them to
enact several changes to the Standing Orders, to create a new law on
parliament and finally, just before the general elections on April, 6,
2014, to pass a completely new set of Standing Orders. These changes
affect the functioning of parliament, its position in the political
system and its way of decision-making. In contrast to the
interpretation of these changes being intended to establish a
majoritarian democracy it is argued that actors did not proceed in a
stringent way and did not follow a specific model. Instead they
implemented only those features of majoritarian democracy, which
enhanced the efficiency of decision-making and guaranteed their
political influence regardless of future majorities. [ZParl, vol. 46
(2015), no. 2, pp. S. 292 - 309]},
journal = {ZParl Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen},
pages = {292--309},
author = {Priebus, Sonja and Lorenz, Astrid},
volume = {46},
number = {2}
}