CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2018
| Author | Bajnay, Zsófia |
|---|---|
| Title | KADAR'S PEOPLE- Post-socialist legacy and economic populism in Hungary |
| Summary | I am interested at the effects that legacy of the Kádár-system had or still has on Hungarian political culture and economic policies. My hypothesis is that post-socialist legacies in the Hungarian political culture might be a fertile ground of economic populism. The theoretical background of this research is the literature on populism and political culture. I base my work on value surveys and the analysis of the economic policies of the post-transition Hungarian governments. My main findings are that the post-socialist condition is present on the demand-side of economic populism. On the supply side I found the lack of cultural and behavioral consolidation of political elites and a social-institutional structure in which populist policy choices seem rational for politicians. External impacts, such as Hungary’s EU-accession, both mitigated and enabled economic populism. |
| Supervisor | Fölsz, Attila |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2018/bajnay_zsofia.pdf |
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