<p><strong>Join the editors as they discuss backsliding in Hungary under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. How did Viktor Orbán find himself in a position to dismantle Hungarian democracy? What are the precise mechanism's that he is using to undermine rule of law and popular government? Tune in!</strong></p><p>--</p><h3><a href="https://www.spectacles.news/insight-normalcy-an-inadequate-solution-in-a-changing-world/#/portal/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Visit our website and subscribe to our newsletter!</a></h3><h3><a href="https://www.spectacles.news/backsliding-in-budapest-birds-eye/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">To comment on this episode, click here!</a></h3><h3><a href="https://spectacles-insight.captivate.fm/listen" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">To listen to written articles from <em>Spectacles</em> read aloud, click here!</a></h3><h3><a href="https://twitter.com/SpectaclesMedia" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Follow us on Twitter!</a></h3><p>--</p><h3>Further Reading</h3><ul><li>Not Your Father’s Authoritarianism: The Creation of the "Frankenstate" by Kim Lane Scheppele for the American Political Science Association.</li><li>"Viktor Orban's War on Intellect," by Franklin Foer in <em>The Atlantic</em>.</li><li>"Hungary’s Illiberal Turn: Disabling the Constitution," by Miklós Bánkuti, Gábor Halmai, and Kim Lane Scheppele in <em>Journal of Democracy</em>.</li></ul><br/>

Election Manipulation, Nicaragua | Reflection

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