Aurel Braun is professor of international relations and political science at the University of Toronto.Zoltan Barany is associate professor of government at the University of Texas, Austin.

This insightful and well-balanced volume contains an excellent blend: chapters dealing with the wide-ranging common problems of all post-socialist countries and others focusing on the specific characteristics of the Hungarian transition. It will become an indispensable handbook for students of recent Hungarian history, and at the same time it will be used by researchers and teachers of post-socialist transition as a source of inspiring thoughts and valuable information.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: The Continuing Dilemmas of TransitionPart 2 TransitionChapter 3 Rethinking TransitologyChapter 4 Transitions and ElitesChapter 5 Post-Communist Economic TransformationPart 6 Hungary's Post-Communist TransitionChapter 7 The Regional PerspectiveChapter 8 Political Transition and Social TransformationChapter 9 The Foundations of Post-Socialist LegitimacyPart 10 Marketization and Social Change in HungaryChapter 11 Economic TransformationChapter 12 Privatization PoliciesChapter 13 Civil Society, Transition, and Consolidation of DemocracyPart 14 Hungary's International Relations and SecurityChapter 15 European IntegrationChapter 16 The Russian FactorChapter 17 Regional Security and Ethnic MinoritiesChapter 18 The Unfolding Transition and ConsolidationChapter 19 IndexChapter 20 About the Contributors

Aurel Braun is professor of international relations and political science at the University of Toronto.Zoltan Barany is associate professor of government at the University of Texas, Austin.

This insightful and well-balanced volume contains an excellent blend: chapters dealing with the wide-ranging common problems of all post-socialist countries and others focusing on the specific characteristics of the Hungarian transition. It will become an indispensable handbook for students of recent Hungarian history, and at the same time it will be used by researchers and teachers of post-socialist transition as a source of inspiring thoughts and valuable information.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: The Continuing Dilemmas of TransitionPart 2 TransitionChapter 3 Rethinking TransitologyChapter 4 Transitions and ElitesChapter 5 Post-Communist Economic TransformationPart 6 Hungary's Post-Communist TransitionChapter 7 The Regional PerspectiveChapter 8 Political Transition and Social TransformationChapter 9 The Foundations of Post-Socialist LegitimacyPart 10 Marketization and Social Change in HungaryChapter 11 Economic TransformationChapter 12 Privatization PoliciesChapter 13 Civil Society, Transition, and Consolidation of DemocracyPart 14 Hungary's International Relations and SecurityChapter 15 European IntegrationChapter 16 The Russian FactorChapter 17 Regional Security and Ethnic MinoritiesChapter 18 The Unfolding Transition and ConsolidationChapter 19 IndexChapter 20 About the Contributors

Aurel Braun is professor of international relations and political science at the University of Toronto.Zoltan Barany is associate professor of government at the University of Texas, Austin.

This insightful and well-balanced volume contains an excellent blend: chapters dealing with the wide-ranging common problems of all post-socialist countries and others focusing on the specific characteristics of the Hungarian transition. It will become an indispensable handbook for students of recent Hungarian history, and at the same time it will be used by researchers and teachers of post-socialist transition as a source of inspiring thoughts and valuable information.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: The Continuing Dilemmas of TransitionPart 2 TransitionChapter 3 Rethinking TransitologyChapter 4 Transitions and ElitesChapter 5 Post-Communist Economic TransformationPart 6 Hungary's Post-Communist TransitionChapter 7 The Regional PerspectiveChapter 8 Political Transition and Social TransformationChapter 9 The Foundations of Post-Socialist LegitimacyPart 10 Marketization and Social Change in HungaryChapter 11 Economic TransformationChapter 12 Privatization PoliciesChapter 13 Civil Society, Transition, and Consolidation of DemocracyPart 14 Hungary's International Relations and SecurityChapter 15 European IntegrationChapter 16 The Russian FactorChapter 17 Regional Security and Ethnic MinoritiesChapter 18 The Unfolding Transition and ConsolidationChapter 19 IndexChapter 20 About the Contributors