The Twin Challenges to Separation of Powers in Central Europe: Technocratic Governance and Populism
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| Year of publication | 2019 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | European Constitutional Law Review |
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| Doi | http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1574019619000336 |
| Keywords | Separation of Powers; Technocratic Governance; Central Europe; Populism |
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| Description | Separation of institutions, functions and personnel – Checks and balances – Hungary, Poland, Czechia, Slovakia – Short tradition of separation of powers in Central Europe – Fragile interwar systems of separation of powers – Communist principle of centralisation of power – Technocratic challenge to separation of powers during the EU accession – One-sided checks on the elected branches and empowering technocratic elitist institutions – Populist challenge to separation of powers in the 2010s – Re-politicising of the public sphere, removing most checks on the elected branches, and curtailing and packing the unelected institutions – Technocratic and populist challenges to separation of powers interrelated more than we thought. |
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