Download or read book From Totalitarian to Democratic Hungary written by Mária Schmidt and published by East European Monographs. This book was released on 2000 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By 1989 it was obvious that the majority of Hungary's population wanted fundamental political, economic, and social changes. The situation resembled what prevailed in 1956, when massive Soviet aggression suppressed a newborn Hungarian democracy. This time it was totally up to the Hungarians. Essays by leading Hungarian and Western scholars expose the political, economic, moral, legal, judicial, and cultural components of the peaceful transition that over a ten-year period led to democracy in Hungary.