Post-Communist Transition: Political Tendencies in Hungary
Post-Communist Transition: Political Tendencies in Hungary
Author(s): András BozókiSubject(s): Political history, Economic policy, Government/Political systems, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Post-Communist Transformation
Published by: SAGE Publications Ltd
Keywords: Hungary; post-communist transition; economic transition; socialism; democracy;
Summary/Abstract: Any definition of the economic and political transitions occurring in Hungary today must begin with an analysis of the earlier structures that are now being dissolved. For a long time the system had no longer been Stalinist, that is, based on a totalitarian ideology which systematically used terror in the exercise of autocratic control over the everyday personal and professional lives of the people. After the 1956 uprising the system could not continue without change. [...]
Journal: East European Politics and Societies
- Issue Year: 04/1990
- Issue No: 02
- Page Range: 211-230
- Page Count: 20
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF