DEVELOPMENT THROUGH INTERVENTION? REVISITING CRITICISM OF HUNGARIAN DEMOCRACY

IF 0.2 Q4 PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION

Voprosy Gosudarstvennogo i Munitsipalnogo Upravleniya-Public Administration Issues Pub Date : 2021-01-01 DOI:10.17323/1999-5431-2021-0-6-84-102

Márton Gellén

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Abstract

Hungarian public administration culture has traditionally been considered as overtly legalistic and proceduralist, which appears to be in contrast with claims of weakening the rule of law or facing sanctions under Article 7 of the Treaty of the European Union. This article offers an overview on the criticisms put forth by academic writers and EU institutions regarding the Hungarian development path and puts them into the wider context of democratization through transaction (transitology, democracy export) theory. The article compares findings of contemporary interventionist authors with the propositions of such iconic writers as Dankwart Rustow (1970) and Samuel P. Huntington (1984) and attempts to connect the dots between these realms of thought. These authors all share the view that democracy shall be exported the more and quicker the better. Transitology, though, has had its critics, while contemporary interventionist theory appears to be rather monolithic without considerable criticism. The article uses the approach of Payne (2006), and of other authors, to question various statements of contemporary interventionists. Not least, recent developments in Afghanistan provide historical evidence that the ambitions of transactional democratisation are predetermined to fall short on non-democratic institutions imposing democracy using non-democratic measures on recipients of various sorts.

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通过干预来发展?重新审视对匈牙利民主的批评

匈牙利公共行政文化传统上被认为是明显的法律主义和程序主义，这似乎与削弱法治或根据《欧洲联盟条约》第7条面临制裁的说法相反。本文概述了学术作家和欧盟机构对匈牙利发展道路提出的批评，并将其置于通过交易(过渡学，民主输出)理论进行民主化的更广泛背景下。本文将当代干涉主义作者的发现与诸如丹克瓦特·鲁斯托(1970)和塞缪尔·亨廷顿(1984)等标志性作家的主张进行比较，并试图将这些思想领域之间的点联系起来。这些作者都认为民主应该输出得越多越快越好。过渡性学，虽然，有它的批评，而当代干涉主义理论似乎相当单一，没有相当大的批评。本文采用佩恩(2006)和其他作者的方法，对当代干预主义者的各种说法提出质疑。尤其重要的是，阿富汗最近的事态发展提供了历史证据，表明交易式民主化的雄心注定无法在非民主机构中实现，这些机构使用非民主措施对各种接受者施加民主。

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Voprosy Gosudarstvennogo i Munitsipalnogo Upravleniya-Public Administration Issues PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION-

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期刊介绍： PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION ISSUES is a scientific peer-reviewed journal published by the National Research University High School of Economics (NRU HSE).The journal is published quarterly in Russian, and contains original articles by Russian and foreign authors. In addition, a special English language issue containing original articles by Russian and foreign authors has been published since 2014. The editorial board consists of leading Russian and foreign scientists in the field of public administration as well as prominent practitioners. The journal is indexed in the international databases: Scopus, RePEc, EBSCOand the Russian Science Citation Index (RSCI) on the platform of Web of Science. In addition, the journal is on the list of key peer-reviewed scientific journals and publications that the Higher Certification (Attestation) Commission in the RF Education Ministry recommends for publishing the main scientific results of theses for PhD and doctoral degrees in Economics, Sociology and Law. The journal focuses on the following subject areas: − Current theories of public administration. − Theoretical fundamentals of economic and social policy − Factors and Assessment of efficiency in public and municipal administration. − Innovations in the system of public and municipal administration. − Planning and forecasting in the system of public and municipal administration. − Staff of the state and municipal service. Management of personnel in public and municipal bodies and in organizations of the public sectors. − Financial, logistical and information resources of the state and municipalities. − Public service. − Functional features of public sector organizations. − Partnership of the state and municipalities with nongovernmental nonprofit organizations. Economic and administrative challenges facing “third sector.” - Development of education programs on public administration.