Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents V
3. List of Contributors VII
4. List of Appendices and Tables IX
5. List of Abbreviations XI
6. Acknowledgments XIII
7. Introduction: The Significance of the Roundtable Talks XV
8. Appendix XXXII
9. PART ONE: ANALYTICAL APPROACHES
10. 1. The Politics of the Roundtable Talks
11. Unity and Division: The Opposition Roundtable and Its Relationship to the Communist Party 1
12. From 'Model Change' to Regime Change: The Metamorphosis of the MSZMP's Tactics in the Democratic Transition 41
13. The Making of a Political Elite: Participants in the Hungarian Roundtable Talks of 1989 71
14. 2. The Institution-building Process
15. Institution Building in Hungary: Analytical Issues and Constitutional Models, 1989-90 107
16. Beyond the One-party System: The Debate on "The Party Law" 137
17. The Negotiated Origins of the Hungarian Electoral System 165
18. 3. Roundtable Talks in Context: Historical and Comparative Analyses
19. The Role of Non-elite Forces in Hungary's Negotiated Revolution 191
20. Regime Change and the Tradition of 1956 211
21. The Roundtables, Democratic Institutions and the Problem of Justice 223
22. Back to Europe: The International Background of the Political Transition in Hungary, 1988-90 237
23. PART TWO: KEY DOCUMENTS
24. Introduction to the Documents 275
25. 1. Proclamation of the Independent Lawyers' Forum to the Organizations of the Opposition (March 15, 1989) 279
26. 2. Proposal of the Opposition Roundtable to the Central Committee of the Hungarian Socialist Worker's Party (April 19th, 1989) 283
27. 3. Agreement on the Commencement of National Roundtable Talks (June 10th, 1989) 287
28. 4. Opening Plenary Meeting of the National Roundtable Talks (June 13th, 1989) 293
29. 5. Agreement among Members of the National Roundtable on the Thematic Structure and Schedule of the Talks (June 21st, 1989) 311
30. 6. Plenary Session of the National Roundtable Talks (June 21st, 1989) 313
31. 7. Plenary Session of the National Roundtable Talks (September 18th, 1989) 335
32. 8. Agreement Concluding the Political Reconciliation Talks. June 13th to September 18th, 1989 (September 18th, 198 359
33. Chronology of the Hungarian Roundtable Talks. January 1989-April 1990 365
34. Biographies of the Key Participants 385
35. Selected Bibliography 411
36. Name and Place Index 423