History in the background of politics

Specialties of the political system of Hungary after the 1989–90 transition, and antecedents from the 19th and 20th centuries

Abstract

Paper contains a research report entitled “History in the Background of Politics” supported by “Younger and Renewing University – Innovative Knowledge City” project. The research period divided into two parts: 1. Specialties of the political system of Hungary after the 1989–90 transition (common research with Sándor Fekete) 2. Antecedents of the Hungarian political system from the 19^th and 20^th centuries (own researches). Paper presents the most important fields and results of the research projects: self-governments and political party structure of post-transition Hungary, the heritage of the 19^th century liberalism and the so-called “Christian nationalist” ideology of the interwar Hungary.