Liberalization Challenges In Hungary

Author : U. Korkut
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137075678
Total Pages : 246 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Liberalization Challenges in Hungary written by U. Korkut and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-06-18 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Hungary, as in all of "new Europe," liberalization is troubled. Using Hungary as an in-depth case study, Korkut demonstrates that, in squandering popular goodwill, credibility, and favorable circumstances after 1989, liberal politicians have found themselves vulnerable to conservative populist politics and the global economic crisis.

Author : U. Korkut
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137075678
Total Pages : 382 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Liberalization Challenges in Hungary written by U. Korkut and published by Springer. This book was released on 2012-06-18 with total page 382 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Hungary, as in all of "new Europe," liberalization is troubled. Using Hungary as an in-depth case study, Korkut demonstrates that, in squandering popular goodwill, credibility, and favorable circumstances after 1989, liberal politicians have found themselves vulnerable to conservative populist politics and the global economic crisis.

Author : Akos Valentinyi
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Macroeconomic Policy, Liberalization and Transition written by Akos Valentinyi and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The paper concentrates on economic developments; it does not treat issues related to domestic and foreign policy. It may well be the case that in the latter fields the trends are not encouraging, but these problems are beyond the focus of our paper. One of the major points we wish to demonstrate is that in spite of the clearly unfavourable recent economic developments, it would be too early to attribute Hungary`s present economic problems to its specific - "non-shock" - approach to the transition. Economic transition from a centrally planned economy to a market economy has no precedents and experience clearly indicates that almost all respective predictions turned out to be unfounded. The transition seems to be an extremely difficult Process, involving heavy economic and social costs. Temporary successes may be followed by lengthy set-backs. This is not to say that without political and economic transformation countries of the region would be better off; it only implies that as yet there are no solid grounds for forming strong judgements on the observed performance or the strategies pursued by individual countries. This paper discusses some of the major macroeconomic issues related to economic transition in Hungary and touches certain points related to comparison with other countries of the region. The first section treats the economic legacy of the democratically elected Hungarian government. The second deals with the initial policy-dilemma: shock-therapy or gradual changes. The major macroeconomic developments and policy issues of 1991-1992 are covered in section three. The fourth section deals with the major challenges facing the country in and after 1993. As a conclusion, the outlook of the Hungarian economy is discussed, comparisons with other countries of Central-Eastern Europe (CEE) are drawn and some lessons of the Hungarian experience are spelled out. It should be emphasized that the present survey does not cover the specific issues related to privatization in Hungary and in other CEE countries. This is explained by two reasons. First, the (English language) literature on the Hungarian transition and those of other CEE economies is saturated with publications on privatization; there is very little one can add to the already existing, vast amount of information.1 Second, and more importantly, those issues of macroeconomic policy that this study wishes to treat are not related directly to the problems of privatization. To put it more strongly, the over-discussed and over-politicised question of privatization is not considered to be a fundamental issue from the point of view of short-term macroeconomic management by the authors. The latter questions are covered only in the context of macroeconomic policies in this paper.

Author : Ram Rattan Sharma
Publisher : Gyan Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Economic Reforms, Liberalization, and Structural Change written by Ram Rattan Sharma and published by Gyan Books. This book was released on 1997 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Today most of the countries have opened their borders for trade. The process of liberalization that began a couple of years back has yielded tangible results and there are now better opportunities for new markets. How this process has completely changed the economic structure of both the countries, i.e., India and Hungary. The scholars of both these countries have shared their fruitful experiences with us.

Author : Alan Roe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trade Reform and External Adjustment written by Alan Roe and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This document is one of a series reporting on policy seminars organized by the Economic Development Institute of the World Bank" -- foreword.

Author : János Gács
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 25 pages
Book Rating : 4.25/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Progress of Liberalization of Foreign Trade in Hungary written by János Gács and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Gábor Scheiring
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030487520
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.22/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Retreat of Liberal Democracy written by Gábor Scheiring and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-08-26 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the product of three years of empirical research, four years in politics, and a lifetime in a country experiencing three different regimes. Transcending disciplinary boundaries, it provides a fresh answer to a simple yet profound question: why has liberal democracy retreated? Scheiring argues that Hungary’s new hybrid authoritarian regime emerged as a political response to the tensions of globalisation. He demonstrates how Viktor Orbán’s Fidesz exploited the rising nationalism among the working-class casualties of deindustrialisation and the national bourgeoisie to consolidate illiberal hegemony. As the world faces a new wave of autocratisation, Hungary’s lessons become relevant across the globe, and this book represents a significant contribution to understanding challenges to democracy. This work will be useful to students and researchers across political sociology, political science, economics and social anthropology, as well democracy advocates.

Author : André Bank
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429838751
Total Pages : 138 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Authoritarian Diffusion and Cooperation written by André Bank and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-04-02 with total page 138 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: To shed light on the global reassertion of authoritarianism in recent years, this volume analyses transnational diffusion and international cooperation among non-democratic regimes. How and with what effect do authoritarian regimes learn from each other? For what purpose and how successfully do they cooperate? The volume highlights that present-day autocrats pursue mainly pragmatic interests, rather than ideological missions. Consequently, the connections among authoritarian regimes have primarily defensive purposes, especially insulation against democracy promotion by the West. As a result, the authors do not foresee a major recession of democracy, as occurred with the rise of fascism during the interwar years. The chapters in this book were originally published in a special issue of Democratization.

Author : Peter Wilkin
Publisher : Lexington Books
ISBN 13 : 0739187929
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hungary’s Crisis of Democracy written by Peter Wilkin and published by Lexington Books. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the crisis of democracy that has arisen in Hungary since the election of the Fidesz government in 2010. After moving swiftly to transform the Hungarian constitution, Fidesz created a new political system which has led its critics to argue that the era of democracy in Hungary is over. US Senator John McCain has gone so far as to describe Hungary as an illiberal democracy on a path toward fascism. The author argues that Fidesz has sought to challenge the capitalist and democratic transformation that shaped Hungary for 20 years after the fall of communism by increasing the power of the state over crucial aspects of the economy, society, and the political system. In so doing Fidesz’ actions resemble those undertaken by many authoritarian states that have emerged since the end of the Second World War, all aiming to build up a national capitalism and protect their economies whilst undertaking nation-building. To make sense of this the author draws upon two traditions of thought, world systems-analysis, which situates Hungary in the context of its incorporation in the modern capitalist world-system after the fall of communism; and anarchist social thought which provides a unique way of seeing the actions of states and political elites. In so doing the book argues that the events unfolding in Hungary cannot be explained on the basis of Hungarian exceptionalism but must be situated in the broader political and economic context that has shaped the development of Hungary since 1990. The form of capitalism introduced in Hungary and across the region of East and Central Europe has systematically undermined the strong state and social security that had existed under communism, and when added to the failure of the left and liberals in the region it has paved the way for far-right and neo-fascist political movements to emerge claiming the mantle of defenders of society from the market. This represents a fundamental threat to the enlightenment traditions that have shaped dominant modern political ideologies and raises profound problems for both the EU and NATO.

Author : Árpád von Klimó
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1315397404
Total Pages : 227 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Hungary since 1945 written by Árpád von Klimó and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-12-14 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lying on the political fault line between East and West for the past seventy-five years, the significance of Hungary in geopolitical terms has far outweighed the modest size of its population. This book charts the main events of these tumultuous decades including the 1956 Uprising, the end of Hungarian communism, entry into the European Union and the rise to power of Viktor Orbán and the national-conservative ruling party Fidesz.