CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2018
| Author | Baldinger, Mackenzie Christine |
|---|---|
| Title | Fidesz's National in the International: Global Implications of a Domestic Populist Government |
| Summary | This thesis examines the interactions of populists in government with external factors. It analyzes the rhetoric of Hungary’s governing populist party, Fidesz, to assert that that there is a multi-directional influence between their national discourse and the international arena in which it operates. The international environment in which Fidesz operated from 2014 to 2018 played a key role in the radicalization of the party towards an increasingly illiberal stance. Furthermore, Fidesz’s increasingly internationalized discourse has global repercussions. Orbán perpetrates a populist rhetoric that is easily diffused to other national contexts. This international populism is affecting Hungary’s relations with actors like the EU, US, and Russia and providing an opportunity for transnational cooperation between Fidesz and other right-wing nationalist parties. |
| Supervisor | Tokić, Mate Nikola |
| Department | International Relations MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2018/baldinger_mackenzie.pdf |
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