De-demokratizáció Magyarországon a demokráciaindexek fényében
De-democratization in Hungary in the light of democracy indices

Summary/Abstract: The optimism of the third wave of democratization has declined in the late 90s and a grey zone between liberal democracies and autocracies has developed. The evaluation and classification of these intermediate regimes is complicated because the various models, terms and indices of democracy significantly differ from each other in many aspects, such as the preconditions, the criteria, and the presumed aim, meaning or functioning of democracy (and politics in general). This study examines the most relevant democracy indices to facilitate the location of the contemporary Hungarian regime in this murky zone, focussing on the most ’injured’ areas of the quality of democracy. The indices used are those of Freedom House, IDEA International Global State of Democracy, Varieties of Democracy, Economist Intelligence Unit and Bertelsmann Stiftung.

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