László Makkai

Political Systems and Nationalism The Stalinist regimes of East Central Europe bom after 1948 did not offer opportunity for the so-called nation-states of the region to develop effective diplomatic channels to manage the problem of the national minorities. The relations of these states resembled...

PREFACE When we first submitted a draft of this volume to Indiana University Press, Hungary was preparing for the 1985 Congress of its Communist Party. The deteriorating economic situation in the country demanded drastic reforms, and these were expected from the Congress. As it could not be...