The roundtable talks of 1989 : the genesis of Hungarian democracy : analysis and documents / edited by Andras Bozoki.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bozóki, András.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Post-communism--Hungary.

Post-communism.

Constitutional history--Hungary.

Constitutional history.

Democracy--Hungary.

Democracy.

Hungary--Politics and government--1989-.

Hungary.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxxiv, 431 p. )

Place of Publication:

Budapest : Central European University Press, 2001.

Contents:

Introduction / András Bozóki

Pt. 1: Analytical approaches

1. Politics of the roundtable talks

Unity and division: the opposition roundtable and its relationship to the Communist party / Zoltán Ripp

From 'model change' to regime change: the metamorphosis of the MSZMP's tactics in the democratic transition / Melinda Kalmár

Making of a political elite: participants in the Hungarian Roundtable Talks of 1989 / András Bozóki, Gergely Karácsony

2. Institution-building process

Institution building in Hungary: analytical issues and constitutional models, 1989-90 / Rudolf L. Tökés

Beyond the one-party system: the debate on the "party law"Proclamation of the Independent Lawyers' Forum to the organizations of the opposition (March 15, 1989)

Ádám Masát

Negotiated origins of the electoral system / John W. Schiemann

3. Roundtable talks in context: historical and comparative analyses

Role of non-elite forces in Hungary's negotiated revolution / Alan Renwick

Regime change and the tradition of 1956 / János M. Rainer

Roundtables, democratic institutions and the problem of justice / Andrew Arato

Back to Europe: the international background of the political transition in Hungary, 1988-90 / Csaba Békés

Pt. 2: Key documents

Introduction to the documents / András Bozóki, Zoltán Ripp

Proposal of the Opposition Roundtable to the Central Committee of the Hungarian Socialist Worker's Party (April 19th, 1989)

Agreement on the commencement of National Roundtable Talks (June 13th, 1989)

Opening plenary meeting of the National Roundtable Talks (June 13th, 1989)

Agreement among members of the National Roundtable on the thematic structure and schedule of the talks (June 21st, 1989)

Plenary session of the National Roundtable Talks (June 21st, 1989)

Plenary session of the National Roundtable Talks (September 18th, 1989)

Agreement concluding the Political Reconciliation Talks. June 13th to September 18th, 1989 (September 18th, 1989)

Chronology of the Hungarian Roundtable Talks. January 1989-April 1990 / Erzsébet Ripp

Biographies of the key participants / András Bozóki

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [411]-422) and index.

ISBN:

9780585455167

0585455163

Publisher Number:

2027/heb08625 hdl