Orbanization

alternative Orbanisation

1. derogatoryslanguncountableAmerican and Oxford British spellinggovernmentThe process by which a (typically Western) democracy becomes undemocratic as an authoritarian leader takes control of its institutions and degrades the rule of law in order to remain in power.

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   The Great Recession after 2008 that hit the east very hard is well discussed. But the authoritarian turn, first in Putin’s Russia and then the “Orbanization” of a large part of the former Soviet Bloc, the so-called Visegrad countries, especially Hungary and Poland and its impact on Europe and the EU, would have required a deep analysis.

   2017 October 1, Ivan T. Berend, “Europe since 1989: A History by Philipp Ther, Trans. Charlotte Hughes-Kreutzmüller”, in Slavic Review, volume 76, number 3

   Antonyms: de-Orbanization