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

Budapest ; New York : Central European University Press, 2002.

xxxiv, 431 pages ; 24 cm

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

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

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