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From Exclusion to Co-Optation: Political Opportunity Structures and Civil Society Responses in De-Democratising Hungary
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Abstract While it is well-known that democratic backsliding imposes a variety of challenges on civil society organisations, it is often assumed that it represses civil society. However, a closer look at the impact of democratic backsliding on civil society organisations reveals that even in countries where d... mehr
While it is well-known that democratic backsliding imposes a variety of challenges on civil society organisations, it is often assumed that it represses civil society. However, a closer look at the impact of democratic backsliding on civil society organisations reveals that even in countries where democratic backsliding is fairly advanced, the relationship between civil society and the state is more complex. Close cooperation and partnership between civil society organisations and the state are scarce in backsliding countries; the relationship between civil society organisations and the state might, however, range from hostility to varying forms and degrees of co-optation. Based on interviews with representatives of civil society organisations and the examination of the sector-specific social and political environment, we aim to explore the forms and factors that shape the relationship between civil society organisations and the state in Hungary. More specifically, we analyse the impact of the changing political opportunity structures on three important sectors of civil society organisations: human rights organisations, environmental organisations, and women’s organisations. We argue that, to seize control over civil society the government applies sector-specific strategies, ranging from exclusion to co-optation. State strategies, in turn, spark different responses from civil society organisations.... weniger
Thesaurusschlagwörter
Ungarn; Umweltpolitik; Menschenrechte; Zivilgesellschaft; Staat; Organisationen; Frauenorganisation; Umweltschutzorganisation; autoritäres System
Klassifikation
politische Willensbildung, politische Soziologie, politische Kultur
Freie Schlagwörter
gender; hybrid regimes; political opportunity structure
Sprache Dokument
Englisch
Publikationsjahr
2023
Seitenangabe
S. 16-27
Zeitschriftentitel
Politics and Governance, 11 (2023) 1
Heftthema
Democratic Backsliding and Organized Interests in Central and Eastern Europe
ISSN
2183-2463
Status
Veröffentlichungsversion; begutachtet (peer reviewed)