From the Vanguard to the Margins: Workers in Hungary, 1939 to the Present - Selected Essays by Mark Pittaway

In From the Vanguard to the Margins the late Dr Mark Pittaway offers a path-breaking account of the social history of post-war and contemporary Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) and the role of labour in shaping the politics of the region.

About the author

Mark Pittaway (1971-2010) was a Senior Lecturer in European Studies at The Open University, London, UK. He has published numerous articles, translations and monographs on workers in 'socialist' Eastern Europe, especially Hungary, including Eastern Europe, 1939-2000 (Arnold Hodder, 2004) and The Worker's State (published posthumously by University of Pittsburgh Press, 2012).

Adam Fabry is a Ph.D. Candidate at the Department for Politics & History, Brunel University, London, UK, researching on the political economy of post-transition Hungary. He currently sits on the editorial board of Debatte: Journal for Contemporary Central and Eastern Europe (Routledge) and on the corresponding editorial board of Historical Materialism: Research in Critical Marxist Theory (Brill).

Product details

• Authors: Mark Pittaway
• Assisted by: Adam Fabry (Editor)
• Publisher: Brill
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 05.06.2014
• EAN: 9789004228924
• ISBN: 978-90-04-22892-4
• No. of pages: 348
• Dimensions: 156 mm x 241 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 657 g
• Series: Historical Materialism Book
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education