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2 - The Emergence of the Illiberal State

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2021

András Sajó
Affiliation:
Central European University, Budapest
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Once populist forces win elections, they follow a similar blueprint to transform the constitutional structure. The populist forces obtain control over the institutions that are central to constitutional power. The steps typically include filling the public administration and apex courts with loyalists, control over the media and autonomous organizations, and increased executive power in the hands of the populist leader. Populist forces promise authenticity and a government (state) that will cater to the people. These are political projects; the constitutional aspects are secondary, and where constitution-making is possible, it has been used to enable the new state, serving the interests of the new elite formed around the Caesaristic leader. The trajectories and exercise of power depend on the availability of a new constitution.

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Ruling by Cheating
Governance in Illiberal Democracy
, pp. 56 - 91
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2021

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