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The Radiant Past

Ideology and Reality in Hungary's Road to Capitalism

Michael Burawoy author Janos Lukacs author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:The University of Chicago Press

Published:1st Jan '92

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Communism, once heralded as the "radiant future" of all humanity, has now become part of Eastern Europe's past. What does the record say about the legacy of communism as an organizational system? Michael Burawoy and Janos Lukacs consider this question from the standpoint of the Hungarian working class. Between 1983 and 1990 the authors carried out intensive studies in two core Hungarian industries, machine building and steel production, to produce the first extended participant-observation study of work and politics in state socialism.

ISBN: 9780226080413

Dimensions: 24mm x 16mm x 2mm

Weight: 510g

232 pages