The Democratic Puzzle

Has Hungary Solved It

Bibliographic Data

ID2397704
AuthorsElemér Hanki, Elemér Hankiss (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary, corresponding author)
Year2005
Volume8
Issue4
Pages487-502
Publication date2005-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Social Theory (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1368-4310 • E-ISSN: 1461-7137
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/1368431005057568
OpenAlexW2117604058
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited15

This article is an attempt to describe how far democracy has developed in Hungary since 1989. It takes an inventory of those factors that have been described by political scientists as essential criteria for a working democracy and considers how far these criteria have been satisfied in Hungary up to now. It concludes that every democracy in the world must struggle with deficiencies, every society must incessantly work to solve the emerging problems and to rearrange the pieces of the 'democratic puzzle'. This is especially true of those East Central European countries that have emerged from 40 years of authoritarian rule

Authoritarianism · Democracy · Law and economics · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Political Conflict and Governance · Post-Communist Economic and Political Transition · Religion and Society Interactions

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