@article{2021:hien:hungary_an,
title = {Hungary and its civil society organisations – a fateful example for south-east Europe?},
year = {2021},
note = {Over the course of the last decade, the Hungarian government has been
tightening the space for independent civil society. Fidesz, the ruling
party, has been seeking to build long-lasting strings of national and
right-wing power. Meanwhile similar tendencies are being practised in
neighbouring countries, including Slovenia and Slovakia. The
calculated protests of the European Union and its institutions are a
reaction to Hungarian prime minister Viktor Orbán’s open plans to
establish an ‘illiberal democracy’ in Hungary and, if possible, in
other parts of central and south-eastern Europe. Against this
background, this article assesses the relationship between the
Hungarian government and its civil society organisations on the one
hand and the repercussions that this has for central and south-eastern
Europe on the other. Three guiding questions must be discussed: why is
civil society in Hungary in such a difficult position? Furthermore, in
what ways are the structural discrimination against independent
organisations being justified? And, finally, what is the role played
by Hungary’s east European neighbours?},
journal = {SEER Journal for Labour and Social Affairs in Eastern Europe},
pages = {265--284},
author = {Hien, Melanie},
volume = {24},
number = {2}
}