A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Liberal Democracy and its Current Illiberal Critique: The Emperor's New Clothes?
Authors: Nyyssönen Heino, Metsälä Jussi
Publisher: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
Publication year: 2020
Journal: Europe-Asia Studies
Journal name in source: EUROPE-ASIA STUDIES
Journal acronym: EUROPE-ASIA STUD
Volume: 73
Issue: 2
First page : 273
Last page: 290
Number of pages: 18
ISSN: 0966-8136
eISSN: 1465-3427
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2020.1815654
Web address : https://doi.org/10.1080/09668136.2020.1815654
Self-archived copy’s web address: https://research.utu.fi/converis/portal/detail/Publication/50502578
This article focuses on the challenge of illiberalism to democracy, even though the nature of this contestation is ambiguous. The illiberal critique of liberal democracy is contextualised using conceptual history and two major 'political credit ratings', namely the Democracy Index and theFreedom in the WorldReport. Empirically we concentrate on Hungarian politics, which we consider to be an example of soft authoritarianism, drawing on two key speeches by Prime Minister Viktor Orban: his launch of the idea of the 'illiberal state' in 2014 and his emphasis on 'Christian democracy' after the 2018 election campaign.
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