Research Interests
political theory, plebiscitary politics, theories of democracy, Hungarian politics
András Körösényi
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Research Professor (TK PTI)
- Department: Department for Democracy and Political Theory
- Academic Title: Doctor of HAS, DSc.
- Email: korosenyi.andras@tk.hun-ren.hu
- Phone: + 36 1 224 6700 / 5241
- Building: T (Floor, room: 2.13.)
- List of Publications (MTMT)
Selected Publications
Books
Körösényi, A., Illés, G. and Gyulai, A. (2020). The Orbán Regime: Plebiscitary Leader Democracy in the Making (London: Routledge), 1-194.
Femia, J., Körösényi, A. and Slomp, G. (eds.) (2009). Political Leadership in Liberal and Democratic Theory, Exeter, UK: Imprint Academic, 1-200.
Journal articles
Plesz, Bendegúz and András Körösényi (2024): The opportunities and constraints of successful heresthetical strategies: attitudes, identities, and the framing of the Russian-Ukrainian war in Hungary, East European Politics, 1-25.
Illés, Gábor & András Körösényi (2023) The touch of the leader: representation and responsiveness in plebiscitary leader democracy, Distinktion: Journal of Social Theory
Körösényi, A., Patkós, V., Plesz B. and Susánszky, P. (2022). The potentials of heresthetic and rhetoric in an open framing situation: Theory and evidence from a survey experiment. European Political Science Review, 14 (1), 94-114.
Illés, G., Körösényi, A. (2022). From the theater to the hippodrome: A critique of Jeffrey Green’s theory of plebiscitary democracy and an alternative. Contemporary Political Theory 21, 419–442.
Körösényi, András (2019). The Theory and Practice of Plebiscitary Leadership: Weber and the Orbán regime. East European Politics and Societies and Cultures, 33(2), 280–301.
Illés, Gábor, András Körösényi and Rudolf Metz (2018): Broadening the limits of reconstructive leadership: Constructivist aspects of Viktor Orbán’s regime-building politics. The British Journal of Politics & International Relations, 2018, Vol. 20(4) 790–808.
Körösényi, András, Gábor Illés and Rudolf Metz (2016): Contingency and Political Action: The Role of Leadership in Endogenously Created Crises. Politics and Governance (ISSN: 2183-2463) 2016, Volume 4, Issue 2, Pages 91-103.
Research Projects
2022-2026 – Democracy in the age of identity politics (NKFI K-142410) – Principal Investigator
2022-2026 – The role of polarisation in the formation of undesirable social outcomes (FK-137755) – Participant