Comparative Constitutional Change

Introduction

Part I. Chronology and explanations: what happened in Hungary in 2010â"2012

Chapter 1. Democratic U-turn, the chronology of building an illiberal democracy

1. Meanwhile in Hungary: An illiberal democracy in the making

2. The legislative juggernaut

3. Dismantling rule of law guarantees

4. Expanding the electorate and gerrymandering

5. And the new constitutionâ¦

6. Constitutional partnership or cemented clientelism?

7. Immediate responses

Chapter 2. Causes and explanations

1. Values and political culture

2. Orb¡n and his strategy: The rhetoric and politics of the "dark side"

3. A little help from the constitutional structureâ¦

4. Economic hardship

Part II. The microfabric of the Hungarian illiberal democracyâ

Chapter 3. Illiberalism as constitutional identity

1. Terminology and conceptualization

2. Illiberalism and the emergence of a new political community: The System of National Cooperation

3. Illiberalism and the System of National Cooperation

4. Illiberal democracy as constitutional identity

Chapter 4. Intimate citizenship and value preferences in the new constitution

1. The SNC as a workfare state

2. The SNC as a Christian state

3. Family in the SNC

4. Equality of intimate citizenship in the SNC

5. Reproductive rights in the SNC

5. Paternalism and essentialism in the SNC

6. Conclusions

Chapter 5. Illiberal multiculturalism: deceptive premises, misguided policies

1. Illiberal transnationalism: The nation and the constitution in internal and external homelands

2. Illiberal multiculturalism: The nation and the minorities

3. Conclusion

Chapter 6. Communitarians, dignity, and privacy: personhood and transparency in the System of National Cooperation

1. 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 officials

3. Privacy as a tool for ethnic discrimination and marginalization

4. Concluding thoughts

Chapter 7. Closing Remarks

Index