On the 26-27th of November, the Central European University’s Center for EU Enlargement Studies and the Hungarian MTA KRTK VGI co-hosted several presentations and keynote lectures at the CEU campus in Budapest. The conference proved highly attractive for our community of economic sociologists...

Representative politics is in crisis. Trust in politicians is at an all-time low.These are the initial remarks in Simon Tormey’s new book. Simon Tormey is Professor of Political Theory at the University of Sydney. His research areas are Contemporary Political Theory and Global Politics,...

The paper compares the political leadership of Silvio Berlusconi and Viktor Orbán from the beginning of their political careers to 2014, Besides giving a descriptive comparison of the Italian and Hungarian political leaders, the paper focuses on two questions: (1) the nature of their populism;...

Recent literature on Hungary seems to be conclusive about the fact that elite consensus has collapsed and democracy is backsliding towards autocracy because of the elites’ norm-breaking behavior (Lengyel 2014; Bozóki 2015; Kristóf 2015). It is also recognized that the governmental elite has been...

The paper considers the effects of economic globalization on the relationship between national economic and political elites. It is contended that high levels of globalization lead to the de-coupling of economic elites from national political elites and that economic globalization also...

The article deals with recent developments in terms of elite configuration and its impact on political stability in post-communist countries from East-Central Europe, especially with regard to the structure of political/party space. The author observes that none of the countries from this region...

The article gives an overview of the key cultural and structural factors behind nationalist populism in Britain and the decision to leave the European Union as a result of the referendum staged in 2016 (Brexit). The article seeks to identify socio-economic and cultural changes that might counter...

This paper provides a demand-driven growth model of Kalecki’s (1943) political business cycle. It incorporates the three fundamental assumptions that govern Kalecki’s model: wage-led demand, the “reserve army of labor” effect, and capitalists’ disproportionate power over fiscal policy....

Israelis and Palestinians have off-loaded the cost of their conflict to outsiders. The massive subsidies for Palestinians should be gradually withdrawn and Israel should pay rent for the settlements and lands it occupies. This rent will fund the Palestinian economy and act as compensation in...

(.) Be­ve­ze­tőm ugya­nak­kor a le­he­tő leg­ha­gyo­má­nyo­sabb tár­sa­da­lom­tu­do­má­nyi vállal­ko­zás is egy­ben: azt vizs­gál­ja, mennyi­ben re­le­váns két so­kat vi­ta­tott el­mé­le­ti kulcs­fo­ga­lom – a bi­ro­da­lom és a kolonialitás...