Cover; Half-title; Series-title; Dedication; Title; Copyright; Contents; List of Figures; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Explaining Political Persistence; 2 Electoral Persistence and Volatility in Hungary; 3 The Churches First Confront Communism; 4 The Battle for Souls, 1948-1956; 5 The Battle for Souls after 1956; 6 Church Community and Rightist Persistence; 7 Conclusion; Appendices; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This book investigates one of the oldest paradoxes in political science: 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
