The Roundtable Talks of 1989 : : The Genesis of Hungarian Democracy / / ed. by András Bozóki.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
• MitwirkendeR: Arato, Andrew,; Bozóki, András,; Békés, Csaba,; Kalmár, Melinda,; Karácsony, Gergely,; Masát, Ádám,; Rainer, János M.,; Renwick, Alan,; Ripp, Erzsébet,; Ripp, Zoltán,; Schiemann, John W.,; Tökés, Rudolf L.,
• HerausgeberIn: Bozóki, András,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]; ©2002
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (465 p.) :; Appendicies

This is the first book in English which provides comprehensive analysis and documentary history on the Roundtable talks, the major event of the “negotiated revolution” of Hungary. These negotiations occurred during the summer months of 1989 between the representatives of the Communist Party, the Opposition Roundtable, and the so-called Third Side (which brought some pro-Communist satellite organizations together). The authors offer much more than just a detailed account on the negotiations: they also put the process of constitutional revolution into a comparative and historical perspective. They believe that the Roundtable Talks amounted to much more than just a sideshow and in fact they constituted the hub of the revolutionary transformation.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- List of Contributors -- List of Appendices and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: The Significance of the Roundtable Talks -- Appendix -- PART ONE: ANALYTICAL APPROACHES -- 1. The Politics of the Roundtable Talks -- Unity and Division: The Opposition Roundtable and Its Relationship to the Communist Party -- From 'Model Change' to Regime Change: The Metamorphosis of the MSZMP's Tactics in the Democratic Transition -- The Making of a Political Elite: Participants in the Hungarian Roundtable Talks of 1989 -- 2. The Institution-building Process -- Institution Building in Hungary: Analytical Issues and Constitutional Models, 1989-90 -- Beyond the One-party System: The Debate on "The Party Law" -- The Negotiated Origins of the Hungarian Electoral System -- 3. Roundtable Talks in Context: Historical and Comparative Analyses -- The Role of Non-elite Forces in Hungary's Negotiated Revolution -- Regime Change and the Tradition of 1956 -- The Roundtables, Democratic Institutions and the Problem of Justice -- Back to Europe: The International Background of the Political Transition in Hungary, 1988-90 -- PART TWO: KEY DOCUMENTS -- Introduction to the Documents -- 1. Proclamation of the Independent Lawyers' Forum to the Organizations of the Opposition (March 15, 1989) -- 2. Proposal of the Opposition Roundtable to the Central Committee of the Hungarian Socialist Worker's Party (April 19th, 1989) -- 3. Agreement on the Commencement of National Roundtable Talks (June 10th, 1989) -- 4. Opening Plenary Meeting of the National Roundtable Talks (June 13th, 1989) -- 5. Agreement among Members of the National Roundtable on the Thematic Structure and Schedule of the Talks (June 21st, 1989) -- 6. Plenary Session of the National Roundtable Talks (June 21st, 1989) -- 7. Plenary Session of the National Roundtable Talks (September 18th, 1989) -- 8. Agreement Concluding the Political Reconciliation Talks. June 13th to September 18th, 1989 (September 18th, 198 -- Chronology of the Hungarian Roundtable Talks. January 1989-April 1990 -- Biographies of the Key Participants -- Selected Bibliography -- Name and Place Index