Crucibles of Political Loyalty - Church Institutions and Electoral Continuity in Hungary

Klappentext This book explores Hungary's path from pre- to post-communism, drawing on archival materials and an original election database. Zusammenfassung This book investigates one of the oldest paradoxes in political science: why do mass political loyalties persist even amid prolonged social and economic upheaval? Drawing on archival materials and an original election database! this book explores this question by examining Hungary's path from pre- to post-communism. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Explaining political persistence; 2. Electoral persistence and volatility in Hungary; 3. The churches first confront communism; 4. The battle for souls, 1948-56; 5. The battle for souls after 1956; 6. Church community and rightist persistence: statistical evidence; 7. Conclusion.

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• Authors: Jason Wittenberg, Jason (University of California Wittenberg, Wittenberg Jason
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 19.07.2012
• EAN: 9781107404847
• ISBN: 978-1-107-40484-7
• No. of pages: 312
• Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics; Cambridge Studies in Comparati; Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Comparative Politics, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Comparative Politics, Hungary, Elections & referenda, Elections and referenda / suffrage