Articles by Zsófia Papp

December 17, 2025

🎈 When do citizens tolerate democratic violations? Lessons from Hungary’s pandemic emergency 

Zsófia Papp
Zsófia Papp and Godfred Bonnah Nkansah show that during Covid-19, Hungarians judged the quality of democracy less by procedural norms and more by government performance. Their findings reveal when citizens in backsliding regimes accept violations of democratic standards – and when they refuse to compromise 
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Zsófia Papp
Research Professor, ELTE Centre for Social Sciences, Budapest / Senior Research Fellow, Corvinus Institute for Advanced Studies (CIAS), Corvinus University of Budapest

Zsófia studies legislative behaviour, campaign personalisation, electoral accountability, and democratic satisfaction.

Her work has been published in the European Journal of Political Research, Parliamentary Affairs, Political Geography, European Union Politics, The International Journal of Press/Politics, Acta Politica, Political Studies Review, and Public Health, among others.

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