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Preface
Maria Csanádi

Introduction
Maria Csanádi, Márton Gerő, Mihály Laki, and István János Tóth

PART I. Metamomorphosis of a Party into a System
1. Paths to Political Capture and Institutionalized Corruption in Hungary, 2010–2021
Maria Csanádi
System evolutions in comparative perspective
Political-economic context of systemic evolution
From political dominance to political capture
Diffusion of political capture into autonomous national, local and grass-roots institutions
Forced resource redeployment as instruments of self reproduction of the evolving system
Politically selective resource distribution and those most privileged by forced resource redeployment
The domestic and external factors of persistent self-reproduction during evolution
Conclusions

PART II. Reproduction through Redistribution
2. Redistribution and Integration
Márton Gerő and Imre Kovách
Introduction
Welfare redistribution, social integration and inequalities
Project-based redistribution
Recombinant redistribution
Conclusions

3. Cronyism in the Orbán Regime: An Empirical Analysis of Public Tenders, 2005–2020
István János Tóth and Miklós Hajdu
Introduction
Literature
Data and Indicators
The Orbán Regime and MGTS+ companies: descriptive statistics
Models and estimations
Conclusions
References
Annex

4. Political Connectedness in Hungarian State Capitalism: The Case of the “Fidesz-Connected” Mészáros Group of Companies
Mihály Laki
Introduction
Methodology: data collection and processing
Fidesz-connected entrepreneurs on the list of the 100 wealthiest Hungarians
Regulatory and procurement advantages or favors
Lőrincz Mészáros: family and business
Annex

Summary
Maria Csanádi

List of Authors
Bibliography
Subject Index
Name Index