Hungary Since Communism

Author : B lint Magyar
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2016-03-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9786155513541

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Post-Communist Mafia State by B lint Magyar Pdf

Having won a two-third majority in Parliament at the 2010 elections, the Hungarian political party Fidesz removed many of the institutional obstacles of exerting power. Just like the party, the state itself was placed under the control of a single individual, who since then has applied the techniques used within his party to enforce submission and obedience onto society as a whole. In a new approach the author characterizes the system as the ?organized over-world?, the ?state employing mafia methods? and the ?adopted political family', applying these categories not as metaphors but elements of a coherent conceptual framework. The actions of the post-communist mafia state model are closely aligned with the interests of power and wealth concentrated in the hands of a small group of insiders. While the traditional mafia channeled wealth and economic players into its spheres of influence by means of direct coercion, the mafia state does the same by means of parliamentary legislation, legal prosecution, tax authority, police forces and secret service. The innovative conceptual framework of the book is important and timely not only for Hungary, but also for other post-communist countries subjected to autocratic rules. ÿ

Author : Gyorgy Bogel,Vincent Edwards,Marian Wax
Publisher : Springer
Page : 181 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 1997-01-29
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349142019

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Hungary since Communism by Gyorgy Bogel,Vincent Edwards,Marian Wax Pdf

This accessible account of the post-communist transformation of Hungarian companies raises several important questions. How did the transition from planned economy to free market work in practice? What are the main issues now facing Hungarian business? The authors look at the ways in which a cross-section of Hungarian companies and their managers have faced the challenges of the free market system. Containing several contemporary case studies and based upon a major research project this book provides a fascinating insight into the challenges facing modern Hungary.

Author : Árpád von Klimó
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-12-14
Category : History
ISBN : 9781315397405

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Hungary since 1945 by Árpád von Klimó Pdf

Lying on the political fault line between East and West for the past seventy-five years, the significance of Hungary in geopolitical terms has far outweighed the modest size of its population. This book charts the main events of these tumultuous decades including the 1956 Uprising, the end of Hungarian communism, entry into the European Union and the rise to power of Viktor Orbán and the national-conservative ruling party Fidesz.

Author : Raymond Hill
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Hungary
ISBN : 9780816050819

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Hungary by Raymond Hill Pdf

Explores the history, daily life, politics, and culture of Hungary, as well as the many challenges facing the country since the decline of communism.

Author : Tibor Valuch
Publisher : Central European University Press
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9789633863770

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Everyday Life under Communism and After by Tibor Valuch Pdf

By providing a survey of consumption and lifestyle in Hungary during the second half of the twentieth century, this book shows how common people lived during and after tumultuous regime changes. After an introduction covering the late 1930s, the study centers on the communist era, and goes on to describe changes in the post-communist period with its legacy of state socialism. Tibor Valuch poses a series of questions. Who could be called rich or poor and how did they live in the various periods? How did living, furnishings, clothing, income, and consumption mirror the structure of the society and its transformations? How could people accommodate their lifestyles to the political and social system? How specific to the regime was consumption after the communist takeover, and how did consumption habits change after the demise of state socialism? The answers, based on micro-histories, statistical data, population censuses and surveys help to understand the complexities of daily life, not only in Hungary, but also in other communist regimes in east-central Europe, with insights on their antecedents and afterlives.

Author : Martin Mevius
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2005-01-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9780191515279

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Agents of Moscow by Martin Mevius Pdf

After 1945, state patriotism of the communist regimes in Eastern Europe was characterized by the widespread use of national symbols. In communist Hungary the party (MKP) widely celebrated national holidays, national heroes, erected national statues, and employed national street names. This 'socialist patriotism' had its origin in the 'national line' of the Comintern, established on Soviet instructions following the German invasion of the Soviet Union. At that time Stalin called the parties of the Comintern to oppose the Germans by issuing the call for national liberation. This policy continued after 1945 when, as an aid in the struggle for power, the MKP presented itself as both the 'heir to the traditions of the nations' and the 'only true representative of the interest of the Hungarian people'. Paradoxically however, the Soviet origins of the national line were also one of the main obstacles to its success as the MKP could not put forward national demands if these conflicted with Soviet interests. Martin Mevius' pioneering study reveals that what had started as a tactical measure in 1941 had become the self-image of party and state in 1953 and that the ultimate loyalty to the Soviet Union worked to the detriment of the national party - the MKP never rid itself of the label 'agents of Moscow'.

Author : Ernst Christian Helmreich
Publisher : Greenwood
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1973
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105080837763

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Hungary by Ernst Christian Helmreich Pdf

Author : Joseph J Molnar,Miklos Molnar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2019-07-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9781000311440

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A Short History of the Hungarian Communist Party by Joseph J Molnar,Miklos Molnar Pdf

In spite of its small size, the Hungarian Communist party (HCP), founded in the fall of 1918, has played an important role both in Hungary's national history and in the international communist movement. Hungary, which was the only soviet republic other than the ephemeral Bavarian soviet republic to exist outside the USSR, lasted five months during the critical period of the Paris Peace Conference. The "veterans" of the Hungarian soviet republic, like Bela Kun, Georg Lukacs, and Eugen Varga, later held important posts in the Comintern and in the international Communist press. In the Stalinist era, the HCP distinguished itself by excessive zeal in the application of "integral Stalinism" in foreign policy (e.g., anti-Titoism), the economy, and political life (e.g., the Rajk and Kadar trials). However, the 1956 revolution was engineered by the revisionist communist intelligentsia and by such revisionist party leaders as Imre Nagy. Finally, in spite of its repressive role after the revolution, in the 1970s under Janos Kadar the HCP introduced a new system of "liberalism" and economic reform.

Author : Bennett Kovrig
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 556 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Political Science
ISBN : STANFORD:36105038814559

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Communism in Hungary by Bennett Kovrig Pdf

FROST (copy 2): From the John Holmes Library collection.

Author : Ferenc Albert Váli
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 790 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 1961
Category : Communism
ISBN : UOM:39015000583388

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Rift and Revolt in Hungary by Ferenc Albert Váli Pdf

Study of post-World War Hungarian history.

Author : András Bozóki,András Körösényi,George Schöpflin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2016-10-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781474287814

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Post-Communist Transition by András Bozóki,András Körösényi,George Schöpflin Pdf

The transition from communist dictatorship to multi-party democracy has proved a long and painful process for the countries of Eastern Europe, and has met with varying degrees of success. In Hungary, the radical opposition was uniquely successful in fighting off attempts by the old-guard communist elite to hijack reform programmes, by forcing free elections and creating a multi-party system. This volume focuses on the Hungarian experience, analysing in detail the process of transition from dictatorship to pluralist democracy. Some of Hungary's leading political scientists examine issues such as the legitimation crisis of communist rule, resulting struggles within the ruling elite and the forces behind transition. Constitutional reform, party formation and voting behaviour at the first free elections are also taken into account. The concluding section places the Hungarian experience in comparative perspective, within the context of other Central and Western European states.

Author : E. Laszlo
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 355 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401035422

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The Communist Ideology in Hungary by E. Laszlo Pdf

The immediate purpose of this handbook is to aid further research by stating, in a form providing handy reference, the facts concerning the Communist ideology in Hungary Following a narrative of the vicissitudes of that ideology prior to its power-phase - intended as a general introduction contributing to the proper assessment of the 1945-1965 period, which is the main concern of this book - the essential and relevant facts concerning the events, issues, organizations and opinions which have shaped post-war Hungarian Marxism Leninism are set out without indulging in lengthy commentaries and personal value-judgements. (Since even the 1956 revolution is treated thus - perhaps the most important, and certainly the most controversial single event of the above period - I should add that the reader interested in finding a detailed analysis and evaluation of the ideological relevance of that event may refer to my Individualism Collectivism and Political Power, The Hague, 1963, pp. 111-140. ) Despite the specificity of much of the data, sufficient translations of Hungarian titles, names and terms have been provided to render the present book useful for the investigator regardless of whether or not he reads Hungarian. But the fundamental purpose of this volume is to make a modest contribution to East-West understanding. It has arisen from the belief that the lessening of world-tensions is best served by understanding, and understanding is best served by objective information.

Author : Heino Nyyssönen
Publisher : Sophi
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9513905470

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The Presence of the Past in Politics by Heino Nyyssönen Pdf

This book deals with recent Hungarian history, and particularly with how this history has been exploited in the first post-communist years of the 1990's. The author focuses on one of the most significant events in Cold War Europe, the Hungarian political thought and follows the narrative of '1956' not only through the problems of history, but also in the everyday politics of the 1990's. He focuses on politidcal transition and the struggle of the past in general, new collective identities in post-communism, nationalism and anti-Semitism, difficulties in creating an independent media and the debates over 'historical justice' after communism.

Author : Dae Soon Kim
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-18
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781135045517

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The Transition to Democracy in Hungary by Dae Soon Kim Pdf

Unlike in other countries of Eastern Europe where the opposition to communism came in the form of single mass movements led by charismatic leaders such as Václav Havel and Lech Wałęsa, in Hungary the opposition was very fragmented, brought together and made effective only by the authoritative, significant but relatively unknown Árpád Göncz, who subsequently became Hungary’s first post-communist president. This book charts the political career of Árpád Göncz, outlining the outstanding contribution he made to Hungary’s transition to democracy. Drawing on a wide range of sources, including archives and interviews with Göncz himself and others, it shows how Göncz, unlike Havel who was a playwright and whose political role was largely symbolic, was a campaigning politician all his life, consistently advocating social democratic, but not communist, values. Imprisoned from 1956 for his participation in the 1956 uprising, Göncz was a highly-effective political operator in the transition period around 1989, and as president wielded real power effectively. As politics in Hungary are again marred by deep division and fragmentation, Göncz’s success in bringing rival groups together is even more pronounced.

Author : NA NA
Publisher : Springer
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781349613113

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Hungary and the Victor Powers, 1945-1950 by NA NA Pdf

Eric Roman is the first scholar to be granted access to the vast, heretofore closed, archive of documents relating to the communist era in Hungary. This archive included the files of the Hungarian Communist Party, the Social Democratic Party and the Hungarian Socialist Worker's Party, as well as minutes of political committee meetings, private correspondence, secret papers and confidential reports on special commissions within Hungary. Skilfully using all this material, Eric Roman weaves a fascinating portrait of Hungary in the post-war period. As the country began to reconstruct itself after the War, Roman shows the toll taken by poverty and racial discord. In what amounts to the only complete English-language account of Hungary's diplomatic policy, Hungary and the Victor Powers takes an in-depth look at Hungary's relationship with those countries nearest to it, especially the former Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union. Eric Roman's Hungary and the Victor Powers, 1945-1950 is a compelling work of history that is destined to be one of the most important books on the topic.