The Tunnel at the End of the Light: the Crisis of Transition in Hungary |
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Authors: | Ferenc Miszlivetz |
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Institution: | (1) Institute for Political Sciences, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Országház utca 30, 1054 Budapest, Hungary |
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Abstract: | The economic, political and social transition processes of the last two decades, far from being in harmony, clearly have a
detrimental rather than an enriching influence on each other. These processes will never become harmonised just by themselves
in a natural fashion. The worst obstacle of a successful transformation is that the chief actors, such as the government,
the market and the representatives of the society. The Prince, the Merchant and the Citizen do not show the necessary commitment,
competence and determination to create a new, effective type of partnership. This is a challenge which urgently demands answers
on all levels of governance, economic and social life. This must be done in the frames of local communities, and on the regional,
the European and the global levels. Nearly twenty years after the political turnabout, Hungary now needs a new social contract
and must lay down the ethical, political, institutional and intellectual foundations for its twenty-first century democracy.
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Keywords: | Civil society Democratic transition Power elite European integration Public good New social contract Social trust Social cohesion Scapegoating Corruption Central European cooperation |
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