Gerő András: The Hungarian Parliament (1867 - 1918). A Mirage of Power - East European Monographs 470. Atlantic Studies on Society Change 92. (New York, 1997)

The Hungarian Parliament (1867'1918). A Mirage of Power analyses parliamentary representation in Hungary under the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. It offers an insight into the workings of a specifically Central European form of liberalism by describing the legal, social, national and cultural aspects of the representation mechanism and depicting the atmosphere in which a legitimation process characterised by both conservative and liberal elements gradually unfolded. This book attempts to discover why the first modem attempt to establish a constitutional state in Central Europe was so unsuccessful, while nevertheless creating a solid and liberal framework for pre-Trianon multinational Hungary and the region as a whole for over half a century. Jacket photo, montage, design: Agnes Eperjesi

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