
The Politics of Pact-Making : Hungary's Negotiated Transition to Democracy in Comparative Perspective.
Title:
The Politics of Pact-Making : Hungary's Negotiated Transition to Democracy in Comparative Perspective.
Author:
Schiemann, J.
ISBN:
9781403978578
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (240 pages)
Series:
Political Evolution and Institutional Change
Contents:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Abbreviations -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Goals -- The Basic Argument -- Overview -- One: Pact-Making, Bargaining, and Institutional Choice -- The Empirical Puzzle -- A Framework for Analysis: Pacts, Rules, and Institutions -- Pact-making, Bargaining, and Risk-taking -- Uncertainty and Beliefs, Mental Models and Transition Players -- A Model of Pact-Making -- Case Studies: Hungary in Comparative and Counterfactual Perspective -- Two: Pact-Making in Hungary: The 1989 Hungarian Roundtable Talks -- Dissidents and Populists, Reformers and Conservatives -- Pact-Making about Pact-Making -- Negotiating Democracy: The National Roundtable Talks -- Summary -- Three: Presidentialism, Parliamentarism, and Opposition Intransigence: The Presidency -- An MSZMP Presidency -- The Opposition on the Presidency -- The Negotiated Design of Presidential Powers -- Election Rules -- Summary -- Four: From Perverse Checks and Balances to Guardian of the Constitution: The Constitutional Court -- The MSZMP's Strategy: Institutionalizing a Perverse Checks and Balances -- The Opposition and the Constitutional Court -- Bargaining Over the Constitutional Court -- Summary -- Five: Comparative Perspectives: South Africa, Poland, and China -- South Africa, 1990-1994: From Risk-taking to Risk-averse Bargaining Strategies -- Poland, 1989: A Risk-averse Opposition and Risk-taking Softliners -- China, 1989: A Risk-taking Opposition and a Risk-taking Regime -- Summary -- Conclusion -- Counterfactual Pact-Making in Hungary -- Pact-making, Institutional Choice, and Rational Action -- Appendix: Sources and Data -- List of Interviews -- Notes -- References -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.
Abstract:
Contributing to the literature on democratic transitions and with a focus on institutional bargaining, in this fascinating book the Hungarian case is contrasted with those of Poland, South Africa and China to explore the contours of what bargaining strategies affect outcomes. The result is an increased understanding of how actors and their interaction can make peaceful transition possible.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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