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Title

Hungary, the politics of transition / edited by Terry Cox and Andy Furlong.

Publication

London ; Portland, Or. : F. Cass, 1995.

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Additional Authors

• Cox, Terry.
• Furlong, Andy.

Description

196 p.; 22 cm.

Summary

• "Since the collapse of communist party rule in central and eastern Europe, there have been attempts in most countries of the region to develop more market-orientated economies and more democratic multi-party political structures. The precise forms of and degrees of success of these changes have varied widely, and all the successor regimes have faced serious problems, but on most counts Hungary has emerged as one of the most stable and successful transformations so far. Building on its distinctive experience under communist rule, with a gradual limitation of the degree of state management of the economy since the 1970s, and limited moves towards greater political pluralism in the late 1980s, Hungary has achieved a peaceful and orderly political transition since 1990.^
• Although its political institutions have come under some strain, and constitutional issues are the subject of debate between the parties, Hungary has successfully established multi-party elections and a parliamentary system, a relatively clearly defined division of responsibilities between parliament, president and constitutional court, and significant freedom of expression in the media."--BOOK JACKET. "The aim of this book is to review various aspects of the process of democratic transition in Hungary over the period of its first post-communist, freely elected parliament between 1990 and 1994. In the various contributions to this book an attempt is made to put them into the context of longer-term trends in Hungarian politics. Hungary offers both an example of the problems of political change common to much of eastern Europe, and a specific example of what has so far been a relatively successful transformation.^
• The articles in this collection are the result of common discussions and in some cases collaborative work between colleagues in Britain and Hungary, and in particular at the Department of Government, University of Strathclyde, and at the Department of Political Sciences, Budapest University of Economic Sciences."--BOOK JACKET.

Uniform Title

Journal of communist studies and transition politics. Vol. 10, no. 3 (Special Issue)

Subject

• Post-communism > Hungary
• Democracy > Hungary
• Representative governmment and representation > Hungary
• Hungary > Politics and government > 1989-

Note

• "This group of studies first appeared in a Special Issue ... of The journal of communist studies and transition politics, vol. 10, no. 3"--T.p. verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

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• committed to retain

Contents

Political transition in Hungary : an overview / Terry Cox and Andy Furlong -- The paradoxes of transition : the external and internal overload of the transition process / Attila Ágh -- Party formation and constitutional change in Hungary / András Bozóki -- Political and social conflicts arising from the transformation of property relations in Hungary / Erzsébet Szalai -- Obstacles to the development of democratic politics / Bill Lomax -- Leading democracy : the emergence of party leaders and their roles in the Hungarian parties / Malcolm Punnett and Gabriella Ilonszki -- Parties and party factions in the Hungarian parliament / László Szarvas -- Representational roles in the Hungarian parliament / Gabriella Ilonszki and David Judge -- Civil society and interest representation in Hungarian political development / Terry Cox and László Vass -- The rise and fall of the Hungarian Greens / Éva Hajba.

ISBN

0714641677 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

^^^95006650^

OCLC

32168302

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Harvard Library