{"product_id":"the-political-economy-of-state-society-relations-in-hungary-and-poland-from-communism-to-the-european-union-hardback-9780521835640","title":"The Political Economy of State-Society Relations in Hungary and Poland; From Communism to the European Union (Hardback) 9780521835640","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Political Economy of State-Society Relations in Hungary and Poland\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eFrom Communism to the European Union\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThis book shows how Hungary and Poland led the transformations that brought down Communism.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAnna Seleny (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521835640, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 13 February 2006\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e294 pages, 12 tables\u003cbr\u003e24 x 16 x 2.4 cm, 0.56 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e' … Seleny's book has much to offer, particularly on the evolution of the Hungarian economic, political and economic system.' Slavonic and East European Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe profound transformations that preceded the downfall of Communism originated in Poland and Hungary, but played out in strikingly different ways. Hungary led through economic reform, Poland through open political struggle. Analysis of these transformational variants yields important insights into systemic change, marketization, and democratization. This book shows how these changes were possible in authoritarian regimes as, over time, state and society became mutually vulnerable, neither fully able to dictate the terms of engagement. For Poland this meant principled confrontation; for Hungary, innovative accommodation. This book argues that different conceptual frameworks and strategies of persuasion account for these divergences in virtually identical institutional settings. Seleny traces the different political-institutional residues which, in both Hungary and Poland, now function as constraining or enabling legacies. In particular, she demonstrates that state socialist legacies account for salient differences between these two new capitalist democracies, and now condition their prospects in the European Union.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. History and theory in practice\u003cbr\u003e 2. Precocious reformer: Hungary\u003cbr\u003e 3. Injustice: Poland 1948–1980\u003cbr\u003e 4. Poland: from solidarity to 1989\u003cbr\u003e 5. Hungary: property relations recast\u003cbr\u003e 6. Schumpeter by the Danube: from second economy to private sector\u003cbr\u003e 7. Action and reaction: institutional consequences of private sector expansion.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Political economy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Political economy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Political%20economy%20%5BKCP%5D%22\"\u003eKCP\u003c\/a\u003e], Comparative politics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Comparative politics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Comparative%20politics%20%5BJPB%5D%22\"\u003eJPB\u003c\/a\u003e], Regional studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Regional studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Regional%20studies%20%5BGTB%5D%22\"\u003eGTB\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46005927313688,"sku":"9780521835640","price":48.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521835640i_be07abd8-d97a-4a30-b2bd-6a58137c76a9.jpg?v=1691368644","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-political-economy-of-state-society-relations-in-hungary-and-poland-from-communism-to-the-european-union-hardback-9780521835640","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}