Aufsatz(gedruckt)#11992
CAREER TYPES AND MOBILIZATION CHANNELS IN THE HUNGARIAN COMMUNIST PARTY, 1945-90
In: The journal of communist studies, Band 8, Heft 3, S. 46-61
ISSN: 0268-4535
A STUDY OF THE CAREER ROUTES OF THOSE WHO REACHED THE POLITBURO AND SECRETARIATE OF THE HUNGARIAN SOCIALIST WORKERS' PARTY FOCUSES ON THE POSITIONS OCCUPIED AND FUNCTIONS EXERCISED BY THOSE WHO REACHED THE COUNTRY'S POLITICAL SUMMIT DURING FOUR DECADES OF COMMUNIST RULE. THIS ARTICLE BUILDS UP A PICTURE OF CAREER TYPES AND ROUTES TO THE TOP, DRAWING DISTINCTIONS OVER TIME, AND PARTICULARLY BETWEEN DIFFERENT LEADERSHIP ERAS. THIS ENABLES THE IDENTITY OF THE EXPERIENCE BROUGHT BY VARIOUS INDIVIDUALS TO THE TASK OF GOVERNMENT.