In this highly original book, Patrick O'Neil analyses the catalysts
of the collapse of socialism in Eastern Europe and offers
explanations for these events. The exceptional case of Hungary is
used to support theoretical concepts regarding the transition in
Eastern Europe using new empirical evidence and institutional
theory. The Hungarian transition from communism is distinct in that
the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party was the initiator of its own
transition but also acted as its own greatest enemy. This book
provides a detailed analysis of the internal reform movement within
the Hungarian Communist Party and its role in the incremental
transition to democracy in the late 1980s. The author utilises
party archives and primary interviews with important figures in the
Communist Party to examine the effect of institutional
relationships on the collapse of the authoritarian order. He also
emphasises the role of reform circles in accelerating the
disintegration of the Communist Party in Hungary. The book
concludes that the way in which an autocratic order perpetuates
itself affects the manner of its decline and the new system that
takes its place. This authoritative book will be welcomed by
academics and students interested in the politics of transition
both in Hungary and Eastern Europe and the politics of the demise
of communism in general.
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