Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Preface ix
4. I
5. What Should I Call You? The Crisis of Hungarian Democracy in a Regional Interpretative Framework 1
6. The Ideological Patchwork of the Mafia State 27
7. A “Constitutional” Coup in Hungary between 2010–2014 41
8. Law under the Mafia State 69
9. The Post-communist Mafia State as a Form of Criminal State 85
10. The Circulation of Oligarchs 111
11. From Local Cliques to Mafia State: The Evolution of Network Corruption 129
12. Links in the Chain: Patron-Client Relations in the Mafia State 149
13. The Social Policy of the Mafia State and Its Impact on Social Structure 181
14. II
15. The Economic Policy of the Mafia State 233
16. Tributes Paid through Special Taxes: Populism and the Displacement of “Aliens” 259
17. Getting Rich as Mission: Swapping Elites on a Family Basis 279
18. The Banks of the Mafia State 295
19. Utility Price Cuts and Sector-Specific Taxes in Network Industries 311
20. Captured by Power: The Expansion of the Paks Nuclear Power Plant 323
21. Controlled Competition in the Agriculture 345
22. III
23. Western Social Development with an Eastern Set of Values? 371
24. “One Camp, One Banner”: How Fidesz Views History 389
25. The Land of an Appropriated God: Sacred Political Symbols and Symbolic Political Sacrality 421
26. Nationalism and Hegemony: Symbolic Politics and Colonization of Culture 459
27. The Workings of the Media: A Brainwashing and Money-Laundering Mechanism 491
28. Restoring Servility in the Educational Policy 527
29. The Taming of Civil Society 559
30. The Opposition to the Mafia State 575
31. Diplomacy of the Orbán Regime 611
32. Epilogue
33. Capitalism After Communism 637
34. List of Contributors 651
35. Index 659