Hungary's Negotiated Revolution

ISBN-13: 9780521578509 / Angielski / Miękka / 1996 / 572 str.

Rudolf L. Tokes

Opis

In this book Rudolf Tokes offers a comprehensive study of the politics and personalities of the rise and fall of Hungary's communist regime. The study provides a fully documented reconstruction of the several phases of the ancien regime's road from economic reform to political collapse, based on interviews with former top party leaders and transcripts of the Party Central Committee. Tokes gives an in-depth account of Hungary's peaceful transformation from one-party state to parliamentary democracy, and a comprehensive assessment of Hungary's post-Communist politics, economy and society.

Recenzje

'This well-written and well-argued book by Rudolf L. Tökés may be compared to Aylmer C. Macartney's October Fifteenth: A History of Modern Hungary 1929–1945 (1956–1957), generally regarded as the best political history of the country in the English language. One of the great virtues of this volume is that it not only tells us a story … but also advances a number of bold hypotheses likely to stimulate further historical debate … the book itself will remain a standard source of reference for a long time to come'. Andrew C. Janos, The American Historical Review

Spis treści

Introduction; Part I. Systemic Change: Adaption and Transformation: 1. From vanguard to rearguard: the rise and decline of a ruling party, 1957–80; 2. Economic reforms: from plan to market; 3. Social change: from latent pluralism to civil society; Part II. Elite Politics: the Insurgents and the Incumbents: 4. Opposition ideas, personalities and strategies; 5. Party elites in transition: the successor generation; Part III. From Postcommunism to Democracy: 6. Political succession in the HSWP: issues, personalities and strategies, 1984–9; 7. Negotiated revolution: from the opposition roundtable to the national roundtable; 8. The road to power: political mobilization, party formation, and free elections in Hungary, 1989–90; 9. Democracy in Hungary: toward a new model?