Separated at Birth or Separated by Birth? The Communist Successor Parties in Romania and Hungary
Separated at Birth or Separated by Birth? The Communist Successor Parties in Romania and Hungary

Summary/Abstract: After dominating political life for almost 45 years, the communist parties of Eastern Europe practically collapsed within a few months in 1989 only to experience what were often spectacular comebacks relatively soon afterward. But while, with the exception of the Czech Republic, the communist successor parties have managed to regain much of their lost political influence, they have chosen very different approaches in their attempt to recast their political profiles and images. The current paper will try to contribute to a better understanding of this controversial process by analyzing the trajectories of communist successor parties in Romania and Hungary and by trying to identify the factors that have shaped the development of these parties. [...]

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