TY - JOUR
T1 - Rolling stones
T2 - dissident intellectuals in Hungary (1977–1994)
AU - Bozóki, András
AU - Simon, Agnes
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - This article presents a model of rolling regime change that offers a new account of dissident intellectuals’ contribution to Hungary’s democratic transition. We analyse dissident intellectuals’ activities from the late 1970s, when they worked to undermine the Kádár regime, until the mid-1990s, when their political influence ended. Using descriptive statistical methods, we show that, rather than constituting an unchanging, monolithic group, the dissident intellectual movement changed periodically while its goal lived on. It was a combination of renewal, continuity, and adaptation to changing circumstances that made them so effective in shaping Hungary’s elite-led political and economic transitions.
AB - This article presents a model of rolling regime change that offers a new account of dissident intellectuals’ contribution to Hungary’s democratic transition. We analyse dissident intellectuals’ activities from the late 1970s, when they worked to undermine the Kádár regime, until the mid-1990s, when their political influence ended. Using descriptive statistical methods, we show that, rather than constituting an unchanging, monolithic group, the dissident intellectual movement changed periodically while its goal lived on. It was a combination of renewal, continuity, and adaptation to changing circumstances that made them so effective in shaping Hungary’s elite-led political and economic transitions.
KW - Dissident intellectuals
KW - Hungary
KW - elite change
KW - network-building
KW - regime change
KW - roundtable negotiations
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85089989847&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/21599165.2020.1813115
DO - 10.1080/21599165.2020.1813115
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85089989847
SN - 2159-9165
VL - 37
SP - 352
EP - 378
JO - East European Politics
JF - East European Politics
IS - 2
ER -