State of Emergency
This pages contains the result of Attila Attila's research project on "The State of Emergency in the Era of Global Ecological and Pandemic Crisis" (financed by National Research, Development and Innovation Office Postdoctoral Excellence Program of Hungary, ID-number: 139007, hosting institution: ELTE Faculty of Law).
Saturday, April 13, 2024
A kivételes kormányzás és a demokrácia a válságok korszakában – Kivételes kormányzás a 2010 utáni Magyarországon (ELTE Eötvös Kiadó, 2024)
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Law and Democracy under the Pressure of Extraordinary Governance Measures (MPSA, 4 April 2024)
I had a lecture at 81st Annual Midwest Political Science Association Conference, April 4-7, 2024, Chicago, IL.
Monday, March 4, 2024
Exceptional Governance Measure in the Era of Climate and Ecological Crisis (FFLCH–University of São Paulo Cultura e Extensão Universitária Summer School March 4-7, 2024)
Friday, February 2, 2024
A válságok és kivételes jogrendek történeti perspektívában (Múltunk, 2023/4.)
Megjelent A válságok és kivételes jogrendek történeti perspektívában című tanulmányom a Múltunk 2023/4. számában.
Thursday, February 1, 2024
A kivételes jogrend és a demokrácia (Politikatudományi Szemle, 2023/3.)
Megjelent A kivételes jogrend és a demokrácia című tanulmányom a Politikatudományi Szemle 2023/3. számában.
Saturday, December 23, 2023
Emergency Power in Hungary and the COVID-19 (Canadian Journal of European and Russian Studies)
My new paper has been published:
Antal, Attila. 2023. “Emergency Power in Hungary and the COVID-19”. Canadian Journal of European and Russian Studies 16 (3):59-77. https://doi.org/10.22215/cjers.v16i3.3727.
We live in an era of overlapping states of exceptions: the climate and ecological emergency, the permanent crisis of global capitalism, the migration crisis, the COVID-19 pandemic. Relying on the Hungarian political regime, this paper investigates how and why exceptional measures restructure our life. It can be argued that the main outcome of the exceptional measures is the rise of a new executive power, and it is demonstrated how heavily authoritarian regimes rely on the state of exception. It has been argued here that behind the strengthening of the emergency power there is the new rise of unlimited executive power, which is nothing more than the legal and political fulfilment of two-thirds majority power. Upon the case of the permanent state of exception of the Orbán regime, it can be said that the COVID-19 as an epidemiological crisis cannot be traced back to the Orbán administration, but the executive power has found a way to create a new political crisis based on the epidemic. The paper briefly discusses the impact of the 2022 Hungarian national election campaign period and the Russian aggression against Ukraine in February 2022 on the Hungarian emergency powers.
Wednesday, November 29, 2023
Antal Attila az ELTE ígéretes kutatói között (2023. november 24.)
Az a megtiszteltetés ért, hogy 2023. november 24-én, A tudományos kutatás napja az ELTE-n rendezvény keretében átvehettem az "ELTE ígértes kutatója" elismerést jogtudomány kategóriában. A tudósítás itt olvasható az ELTE honlapján, a bemutatkozás itt érhető el, a bemutatkozó videó pedig itt nézhető meg.
Thursday, September 28, 2023
The Extraordinary Governance and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe (CEPSA, 28-29 September 2023)
I have participated at the 27th Annual Central European Political Science Association (CEPSA) conference, 28-29 September 2023. My paper's title: The Extraordinary Governance and Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe.
Saturday, September 23, 2023
The Extraordinary Governance Measures in Hungary (Towards a Siege Mentality?, online workshop, 23 September 2023)
I have participated at the Towards a Siege Mentality? Crisis, Authoritarianism, and Emergency Powers in the Long Twentieth Century Virtual workshop, 22-23 September 2023. My paper's title: The Extraordinary Governance Measures in Hungary.
Thursday, September 21, 2023
The Extraordinary Governance Measures of Authoritarian Populism in the Era of Global Crisis (Crises and Transformations, Berlin, 21-22 September 2023)
I have participated at the conference of Crises & Transformations Actors, Politics and Strategies in Central and Southeastern Europe after 2008, which has been organized 21-22 September 2023, in Berlin, Germany. My paper's title: The Extraordinary Governance Measures of Authoritarian Populism in the Era of Global Crisis.
Wednesday, September 13, 2023
Democratic Threats and Opportunities of the Exceptional Governance (Dreiländertagung, Linz, 11-13 September 2023)
I have participated at the conference of "Zeitenwende – Politik(Wissenschaft) in unsicheren Zeiten" Dreiländertagung von DVPW, ÖGWP und SVWP, which has been organized 11-13 September 2023. in Linz, Austria. My paper's title: Democratic Threats and Opportunities of the Exceptional Governance.