In the latest publication of the CEU DI Working Paper series, our Senior Research Fellow Zsolt Enyedi argues for an ideology-centered interpretation of the Orban regime.

He proposes that those regimes that promote a particular worldview through their signatory policies and discourse, advantage a well-defined set of values through the allocation of resources, and enact policies on key ideological objectives with long-lasting impact should be considered ideological.

In addition to demonstrating that Hungary after 2010 satisfies these criteria, he identifies the principal ideological modules of the regime: illiberal conservatism, civilizationist ethnocentrism, and paternalist populism.

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