Gábor Illés

Researching political representation from a constructivist perspective, focusing on the discursive, performative, and presence aspects of making constituencies.

Keywords

Hungarian politics, Performative representation, plebiscitary representation, claim-making approach

democratic theory

Research in connection with contemporary theories of democracy, with a special focus on plebiscitary and plebeian approaches, and theories of democratic elitism.

Keywords

plebiscitarianism, plebeianism, democratic elitism

Hungarian politics

Researching Hungarian politics with a special focus on the evolving forms of political representation and the political regime.

Keywords

political representation, political regimes