Behind the News: Orbán’s Defeat in Hungary w/ Anita Zsurzsán

About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of Viktor Orbán's defeat in Hungary's recent election with insights from historians and scholars.

Hungary’s long-serving authoritarian prime minister Viktor Orbán was defeated in an April 12 election. We get two views of what that means, from historian Kyle Shybunko and independent scholar Anita Zsurzsán. Behind the News , hosted by Doug Henwood, covers the worlds of economics and politics and their complex interactions, from the local to the global.

People in this episode

Host: Doug Henwood

Guests: Kyle Shybunko, Anita Zsurzsán

Topics covered

• Hungary
• politics
• elections
• authoritarianism
• history
• Viktor Orbán
• scholarship

Keywords

• Viktor Orbán
• Hungary
• election
• politics
• authoritarianism
• Kyle Shybunko
• Anita Zsurzsán

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Organizations: Jacobin

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