Jason Wittenberg

Crucibles of Political Loyalty

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Why do mass political loyalties persist even amid prolonged social and economic upheaval? Drawing on archival materials and an original election database, this book explores this question by examining Hungary's path from pre- to post-communism. Despite the many depredations of communism, the Churches transmitted loyalties to right-wing parties. Harassed by communist party cadres, local clergymen employed ingenious tactics to ensure the survival of local church institutions. These institutions insulated their adherents from pressures to assimilate into the surrounding socialist milieu, leading to political continuity between pre- and post-communism.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 312
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. Januar 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 23mm
• Gewicht: 661g
• ISBN-13: 9780521849128
• ISBN-10: 0521849128
• Artikelnr.: 21691828

Autorenporträt

Jason Wittenberg is assistant professor of political science at the University of California, Berkeley. He has published articles in the American Journal of Political Science, Organization Science, Political Analysis, Slavic Review, and the System Dynamics Review.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Explaining political persistence
2. Electoral persistence and volatility in Hungary
3. The churches first confront communism
4. The battle for souls, 1948-56
5. The battle for souls after 1956
6. Church community and rightist persistence: statistical evidence
7. Conclusion.