Rebuilding the Hungarian right through conquering civil society: the Civic Circles Movement

Figures & data

Table 1. Location of events (July 2002–April 2006).

	Number of events	% of total events (N = 4792)
Budapest and metropolitan area	2661	55.5
County capitals and cities in similar administrative status	612	12.8
Smaller towns and villages	759	15.8
Abroad	412	8.6
Unidentified or multiple locations	348	7.3

Note: The Budapest agglomeration is proxied here by Pest county.

Source: author’s calculation from the Database.

Table 2. Electoral and protest mobilisation, issues provoking protests, and forms of protests (July 2002–April 2006).

	Number of events	% of total events (N = 4792)
Events of electoral mobilisation (elections and referenda)	415	8.7
Protest events	433	9.0
Issues provoking protests (a) Identity (b) Socio-economic grievances (c) Both identity and socio-economic grievances	339 81 13	7.1 1.7 0.2
Forms of protest (a) Petition, open letter, public statement (b) Demonstration, rally, march (c) Strike, boycott, blockade (d) Multiple forms combined, or forms unknown	340 73 9 11	7.1 1.5 0.2 0.2

Source: author’s calculation from the Database.

Table 3. Omnipresent historical churches (July 2002–April 2006).

	Number of events	% of total events (N = 4792)
Events with at least one of the three Church-related features	1331	27.8
Events at a Church-bound venue: church or other church-related institution	746	15.6
Events with Church-related participant: individuals and organisations	858	17.9
Events with a religious theme	700	14.6

Notes: Row 1 presents a conservative measure of the Churches’ impact. Data in rows 2–4 demonstrate that the actual religious influence was more substantial, because many events bore its mark in multiple respects.

Source: author’s calculation from the Database.

Table 4. Versatile patriotism/nationalism (July 2002–April 2006).

	Number of events	% of total events (N = 4792)
Events matching at least one of the four types of patriotism/nationalism	1802	37.6
Local patriotic events	453	9.4
Sacral-Medieval nationalist events		4.6
Events of European Hungary	452	9.4
Events of the nation of 15 million Hungarians	1010	21.1

Notes: Row 1 presents a conservative measure of the importance of the national cause. Data in rows 2–5 demonstrate that the actual influence of the national issue was larger because many events matched more than one type of patriotism/nationalism simultaneously.

Source: author’s calculation from the Database.