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This book is about the nature of informal governmental power in Hungary and Poland. It highlights the key differences and similarities between the Orbán regime and the Kaczyński regime to show how they make societies dependent on the ruling elite. The monograph explains how the coercive practices of these governments could avoid scrutiny of the European Union (EU) and unpacks the underlying reasons for the ineffectiveness of the EU in the context of the changing geopolitical environment and the war in Ukraine.

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Edit Zgut-Przybylska is Assistant Professor at IFIS PAN, Warsaw and a Research Affiliate at the CEU Democracy Institute, Budapest. Her research examines informality, populism, democratic backsliding, and democratic innovations. She has published in the journals East European Politics (2020) and Problems of Post-Communism (2025).

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