Rolling Transition and the Role of Intellectuals: The Case of Hungary
András Bozóki, "Rolling Transition and the Role of Intellectuals: The Case of Hungary"
English | ISBN: 963386478X | 2022 | 618 pages | PDF | 4 MB
English | ISBN: 963386478X | 2022 | 618 pages | PDF | 4 MB
Utilizing a new and original framework for examining the role of intellectuals in countries transitioning to democracy, Bozóki analyses the rise and fall of dissident intellectuals in Hungary in the late 20th century. He shows how that framework is applicable to other countries too as he forensically examines their activities.
Bozóki argues that the Hungarian intellectuals did not become a 'New Class'. By rolling transition, he means an incremental, non-violent, elite driven political transformation which is based on the rotation of agency, and it results in a new regime. This is led mainly by different groups of intellectuals who do not construct a vanguard movement but create an open network which might transform itself into different political parties. Their roles changed from dissidents to reformers, to movement organizers and negotiators through the periods of dissidence, open network building, roundtable negotiations, parliamentary activities, and new movement politics.
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