This is an informative, fun guide to one of Europe's most dynamic city-break destinations. Easy to follow walking tours around the scenic capital are featured, comprehensive coverage of Budapest's famous café culture, and special sections on the famous thermal baths and stunning…
This book explores the dynamics of language and social change in central Europe in the context of the end of the Cold War and eastern expansion of the European Union. One outcome of the profound social transformations in central Europe since the Second World War has been the res…
"Scholars of post-communist politics often argue that parties in new democracies lack strong organizations -- sizable membership, local presence, and professional management -- because they don't need them to win elections and they may hinder a party's flexibility and efficiency…
"After the end of socialism in Hungary, rapid change in the economy and society increased feelings of antagonism toward the country's largest minority, the Roma (sometimes called Gypsies). One notable exception to this atmosphere of animosity can be found in a special Pentecosta…
"By the dawn of the twentieth century Budapest was on its way to becoming a cosmopolitan metropolis. The 'Pearl of the Danube' boasted some of Europe's most beguiling architectural achievements, and its growing middle class was committed to advancing the city's liberal politics,…
Chapter 1. The Dualism of King and Estates -- Chapter 2. The Workings of the Machinery of the Diet -- Chapter 3. The Dualism of King and Estates Dominated by Confessional Questions -- Chapter 4. Taxes and Privileges -- Chapter 5. Government and Opposition at the Diet -- Chapter …
"Fascists presents a new theory of fascism based on intensive analysis of the men and women who became fascists. It covers the six European countries in which fascism became most dominant: Italy, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Romania and Spain. It is the most comprehensive analysis…
The intensely political cultural production that erupted during Hungary's short-lived Soviet Republic of 1919 encompassed music, art, literature, film and theatre. 'Painting the Town Red' is the little-known history of these developments. The book opens with an overview of the p…