The politics of backwardness in Hungary, 1825-1945 / Andrew C. Janos.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Janos, Andrew C.

Series:

ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hungary--Politics and government--19th century.

Hungary.

Hungary--Politics and government--20th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxvi, 370 p. ) maps ;

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c1982.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Why did Hungary, a country that shared much of the religious and institutional heritage of western Europe, fail to replicate the social and political experiences of the latter in the nineteenth and early twenties centuries? The answer, the author argues, lies not with cultural idiosyncrasies or historical accident, but with the internal dynamics of the modern world system that stimulated aspirations not easily realizable within the confines of backward economics in peripheral national states. The author develops his theme by examining a century of Hungarian economic, social, and political history. During the period under consideration, the country witnessed attempts to transplant liberal institutions from the West, the corruption of these institutions into a "neo-corporatist" bureaucratic state, and finally, the rise of diverse Left and Right radical movements as much in protest against this institutional corruption as against the prevailing global division of labor and economic inequality. Pointing to significant analogies between the Hungarian past and the plight of the countries of the Third World today, this work should be of interest not only to the specialist on East European politics, but also to students of development, dependency, and center-periphery relations in the contemporary world.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

List of Tables

List of Maps and Diagrams

Preface

Hungarian Spelling and Pronunciation

Chronological Survey of Relevant Events

I. Historical Background

II. The Impulse to Reform (1825-1848)

III. Bureaucratic State and Neo-Corporatist Society, 1849-1905

IV. The Revolution of the Left (1906-1919)

V. The Restoration of Neo-Corporatism (1919-1931)

VI. The Revolution of the Right (1932-1945)

Conclusions

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

"A Princeton University Press e-book."--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 325-343) and index.

ISBN:

9786613380081

9781283380089

1283380080

9781400843022

1400843022

OCLC:

712796873