Research Catalog

Title

The Hungarian parliament, 1867-1918 : a mirage of power / András Gerő ; translated by James Patterson, Enikő Koncz.

Author

Gerő, András.

Publication

Boulder, CO : Social Science Monographs ; Highland Lakes, N.J. : Atlantic Research and Publications ; New York : Distributed by Columbia University Press, 1997.

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Description

228 pages : maps (some color); 23 cm.

Summary

• The Hungarian Parliament (1867-1918). A Mirage of Power analyses parliamentary representation in Hungary under the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. It offers an insight into the workings of a specifically Central European form of liberalism by describing the legal, social, national and cultural aspects of the representation mechanism and depicting the atmosphere in which a legitimation process characterised by both conservative and liberal elements gradually unfolded.
• This book attempts to discover why the first modern attempt to establish a constitutional state in Central Europe was so unsuccessful, while nevertheless creating a solid and liberal framework for pre-Trianon multinational Hungary and the region as a whole for over half a century.

Series Statement

• Atlantic studies on society in change ; no. 92
• East European monographs ; no. 470

Uniform Title

• Atlantic studies on society in change ; no. 92.
• East European monographs ; no. 470.

Subjects

• Hungary > Országgyűlés > History
• Hungary > Politics and government > 1867-1918

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Contents

Ch. I. The 1869 Election and Its Lessons -- Ch. II. Learning the Lessons - Suffrage -- Ch. III. How the Elections Took Place -- Ch. IV. The Elected Ones -- Ch. V. The Lower House: An Establishment Losing Its Dignity -- Ch. VI. Political Behavior and Ethics.

ISBN

0880333677

LCCN

96061478

OCLC

ocm37654956

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries