... addresses this gap in the literature and seeks to identify the reasons parties do so. We elaborate an analytical framework that includes three main categories of explanations: party characteristics, internal dynamics, and external dynamics. Our analysis focuses on Hungary, explores party statutes...

...Kriszta Kovács; Kim Lane Scheppele When the European Union was founded, it was assumed that all Member States admitted as consolidated democracies would maintain their constitutional commitments. In recent years, Hungary and Poland have challenged this premise as elected autocratic governments...

... — the neoliberal influence frame. Hungary Neoliberalism Post-neoliberalism Public work Post-communist welfare state Workfare Article h Availab Keywor The socialist Prime Minister, Ferenc G cha ial po roduc iktor lared e the es w 2 e will achieve full s, are illustrations mid-2000s saw a 1...

...Alexei Shevchenko The article attempts to make sense of recent developments in Hungary’s relationship with the EU and the US by explicating the logic behind the formation of its post-Cold War identity. The article’s central theoretical argument derives from social identity theory (SIT) in social...

... austerity. * Corresponding author. © 2013 The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2013 The Regents of the University of California Germany Poland Czech Republic Hungary Baltic states Central and Eastern Europe Euro zone...

.... * Corresponding author. © 2013 The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2013 The Regents of the University of California Iraq Afghanistan Libya Intervention Military operations Hungary Foreign policy Neorealism Alliances Between...

...Oddbjørn Knutsen This article examines the relationship between social structure and party choice in Hungary on the basis of a survey from 2009 ( N = 2980). The following structural variables are examined: ascriptive variables (age and gender), territorial variables (region and urban-rural...

... on a process of reconsideration of their position in order to ensure the profession’s survival. This paper traces and compares developments in Poland and Hungary. As can be expected there is a strong common denominator between them. But equally and more interestingly, there are distinctive national features...

...Jasper de Raadt This article investigates how ambiguous constitutional design affected president–cabinet relations and constitutional change in post-communist Poland and Hungary. Constitutional provisions related to the prerogatives of presidents and governments were frequently subject to political...

... Civil servants Hungary Central and Eastern Europe Post-communist countries Politicisation, professionalisation, or both? Hungary s civil service system Gyo¨rgy Gajduschek* Hungarian Institute of Public Administration, Alkotmany u. 25, H-1054 Budapest, Hungary Available online 21 August 2007...

.... * Corresponding author. Tel.: +1 785 532 4959; fax: +1 785 532 6978. E-mail address: [email protected] (L.J. Kulcsár). © 2007 The Regents of the University of California. Published by Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved. 2007 The Regents of the University of California Hungary Romania...

...Ole Nørgaard; Luise Pape Møller Hungary outpaced the Czech Republic in reforms of the telecom sector during the first decade of transition. In the Czech Republic, prices remained low, competition limited and the state maintained ownership of the incumbent operator. Hungary, in contrast, experienced...

...L.P. King; B. Váradi Using case study data from Hungary, this paper explores the developmental impact of foreign direct investment (FDI) in transition economies. A review of the debate on FDI is conducted by exploring the political discourse surrounding this issue in Hungary. The numerous...

...Zoltan Barany The objective of this article is to provide a snapshot of Hungary's political, social, and to a lesser extent, economic conditions on the eve of the transition. The paper examines the desperate attempts of the socialist political elites to regain their legitimacy through half-hearted...

... of organizational transformation, but also have developed very different strategic visions of their role in the politics of post-communism. By comparing the political environments faced by the former ruling organizations of East Germany and Hungary and then utilizing content analysis to identify the strategic...