nam 22 uu 4500 10.59704/e97ee1576a11980a DE-Verfassungsblog cr||||| 260616s2026||||xx#|||||o|||| ||| 0|eng|| 10.59704/e97ee1576a11980a doi eng 342 23 Zgut-Przybylska, Edit Author aut Rewiring Democracy After Orbán - How Participation Can Counter Informal Power After Orbán Zgut-Przybylska, Edit Verfassungsblog 2026-06-16 Text txt rdacontent Computermedien c rdamedia Online-Ressource cr rdacarrier Hungary’s democratic renewal cannot succeed through constitutional restoration alone. The durability of the Orbán regime stemmed not only from formal institutional capture, but from deeply embedded informal power throughout society. Rebuilding democracy therefore needs more than legal repair: it requires institutionalized participation, decentralized power, and directly embedded civil society into governance. Thus, transitional justice cannot be reduced to constitutional restoration or elite replacement. It must also address the underlying social logic of authoritarian governance. CC BY-SA 4.0 Democratic Restoration Governance Hungarian Transition Ungarn civil society participation (DE-588)4078541-5 gnd Ungarn Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH Verfassungsblog 2366-7044 https://verfassungsblog.de/rewiring-democracy-after-orban/ raw object