“Constitutional Resilience – How Can a Democratic Constitution Survive an Autocratic Majority?”: Freedom of Speech, Media and Civil Society in Hungary and Poland
<p>Freedom of speech, media freedom and the freedom of civil society are the lifeblood of democracy. As far as the threats to freedom of speech, media and civil society are concerned, from a normative perspective, the problems of Hungary and Poland are decidedly not external to western democra...
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| description | <p>Freedom of speech, media freedom and the freedom of civil society are the lifeblood of democracy. As far as the threats to freedom of speech, media and civil society are concerned, from a normative perspective, the problems of Hungary and Poland are decidedly not external to western democracies. The question arises of how resilient constitutions are or can be made in this matter, whereby political viewpoint discrimination takes a center role in the conetxt of not only constitutional resilience but also our European values.</p>
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| spelling | doaj.art-44ee763dc398413e89a4a2f5291cb3bb2022-12-22T01:28:56ZdeuMax Steinbeis Verfassungsblog GmbHVerfassungsblog2366-70442366-7044“Constitutional Resilience – How Can a Democratic Constitution Survive an Autocratic Majority?”: Freedom of Speech, Media and Civil Society in Hungary and PolandMathias Hong<p>Freedom of speech, media freedom and the freedom of civil society are the lifeblood of democracy. As far as the threats to freedom of speech, media and civil society are concerned, from a normative perspective, the problems of Hungary and Poland are decidedly not external to western democracies. The question arises of how resilient constitutions are or can be made in this matter, whereby political viewpoint discrimination takes a center role in the conetxt of not only constitutional resilience but also our European values.</p> https://verfassungsblog.de/constitutional-resilience-how-can-a-democratic-constitution-survive-an-autocratic-majority-freedom-of-speech-media-and-civil-society-in-hungary-and-poland/Constitutionalism, democracy, Freedom of Speech |
| spellingShingle | Mathias Hong “Constitutional Resilience – How Can a Democratic Constitution Survive an Autocratic Majority?”: Freedom of Speech, Media and Civil Society in Hungary and Poland Verfassungsblog Constitutionalism, democracy, Freedom of Speech |
| title | “Constitutional Resilience – How Can a Democratic Constitution Survive an Autocratic Majority?”: Freedom of Speech, Media and Civil Society in Hungary and Poland |
| title_full | “Constitutional Resilience – How Can a Democratic Constitution Survive an Autocratic Majority?”: Freedom of Speech, Media and Civil Society in Hungary and Poland |
| title_fullStr | “Constitutional Resilience – How Can a Democratic Constitution Survive an Autocratic Majority?”: Freedom of Speech, Media and Civil Society in Hungary and Poland |
| title_full_unstemmed | “Constitutional Resilience – How Can a Democratic Constitution Survive an Autocratic Majority?”: Freedom of Speech, Media and Civil Society in Hungary and Poland |
| title_short | “Constitutional Resilience – How Can a Democratic Constitution Survive an Autocratic Majority?”: Freedom of Speech, Media and Civil Society in Hungary and Poland |
| title_sort | constitutional resilience how can a democratic constitution survive an autocratic majority freedom of speech media and civil society in hungary and poland |
| topic | Constitutionalism, democracy, Freedom of Speech |
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