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Hopes and Illusions: Idealism in Hungarian Politics | IWM WEBSITE

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Andread Bozoki confronts some political expectations of 1989 with the realities of democratic politics of the past two decades. Naturally, after all revolutions, post-revolutionary decades always represent an era of lost illusions. The often quoted ’return to normalcy’ does not only mean the institutionalization and consolidation of democracy but also the return of everyday politics with its long-established, not necessarily democratic, informal customs and habits. For some of these behaviours, reasonably or not, communism was blamed, but it turned out that pre-communist legacies played their role as well. There is a long list of disappointments in Hungary and I do not aim to offer a comprehensive overview. Instead, I will discuss some of the most debated issues which demonstrate most clearly the tension between idealism of ’89 and the disturbing political outcomes afterwards. These topics can be characterized by the belief in: These dimensions demonstrate some major fields of failed e

Tr@nsit Online Author: András Bozoki Andread Bozoki confronts some political expectations of 1989 with the realities of democratic politics of the past two decades. Naturally, after all revolutions, post-revolutionary decades always represent an era of lost illusions. The often quoted ’return to normalcy’ does not only mean the institutionalization and consolidation of democracy but also the return of everyday politics with its long-established, not necessarily democratic, informal customs and habits. For some of these behaviours, reasonably or not, communism was blamed, but it turned out that

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