View this email in your browser [https://wiiw.ac.at/files/mailings/event-201902041318-en.html]   Dear colleague, we cordially invite you to the following event: HUNGARY: A LABORATORY OF ILLIBERALISM AND POST-TRUTH PETER KREKÓ Director of Political Capital Institute, Budapest MONDAY, 18 FEBRUARY 2019, 5:00 PM (17:00 CET) wiiw, Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna, lecture hall (entrance from the ground floor) The political changes of the past decade in Hungary have resulted in the establishment of a hybrid political system in which the degree of power concentration is exceptional, at least in European terms. Orbán and his party not only keep a firm grip on the legislative and executive branches, but also dominate virtually all spheres of social life, including commerce, education, the arts, churches, and even sports. The regime’s ‘hybridness’ reflects the uneven development of nondemocratic practices across various sectors of society. ...more [https://wiiw.ac.at/hungary-a-laboratory-of-illiberalism-and-post-truth-e-416...] WE KINDLY ASK YOU TO REGISTER [https://wiiw.ac.at/bc-e-er-416.html] for the event. Best regards, Sandor Richter [https://wiiw.ac.at/sandor-richter-s-14.html] _Organiser_            Robert Stehrer [https://wiiw.ac.at/robert-stehrer-s-16.html] _Scientific Director_ wiiw The Vienna Institute for International Economic Studies Rahlgasse 3, 1060 Vienna, Austria wiiw@wiiw.ac.at, wiiw.ac.at [https://wiiw.ac.at] T: +43 1 533 66 10 [tel:+4315336610] [http://www.facebook.com/wiiw.economic.studies] [http://www.twitter.com/wiiw_news] [http://www.linkedin.com/company/vienna-institute-for-international-economic-...] [http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyNuSfsgzgBsIf7AaH8Vk-Q] [https://wiiw.ac.at/rss.php] Copyright ©2019 wiiw, all rights reserved.