List of Contributors
List of Appendices and Tables
List of Abbreviations
Acknowledgments

Introduction (by András Bozóki)

PART ONE: ANALYTICAL APPROACHES

1. The Politics of the Roundtable Talks

Zoltán Ripp: Unity and Division: The Opposition Roundtable and Its Relationship to the
Communist Party

Melinda Kalmár: From ‘Model Change’ to Regime Change: The Metamorphosis of the MSZMP’s Tactics in the Democratic Transition

András Bozóki and Gergely Karácsony: The Making of a Political Elite: Participants in the
Hungarian Roundtable Talks of 1989

2. The Institution-building Process

Rudolf L. Tőkés: Institution-building in Hungary: Analytical Issues and Constitutional Models,
1989–90

Ádám Masát: Beyond the One-party System: The Debate on the “Party-Law”

John W. Schiemann: The Negotiated Origins of the Electoral System

3. Roundtable Talks in Context: Historical and Comparative Analyses

Alan Renwick: The Role of Non-elite Forces in Hungary's Negotiated Revolution

János M Rainer: Regime Change and the Tradition of 1956

Andrew Arato: The Roundtables, Democratic Institutions and the Problem of Justice

Csaba Békés: Back to Europe: The International Background of the Political Transition in
Hungary, 1988–90

PART TWO: KEY DOCUMENTS

András Bozóki and Zoltán Ripp: Introduction to the Documents

1. Proclamation of the Independent Lawyers' Forum to the Organizations of the Opposition (March 15, 1989)

2. Proposal of the Opposition Roundtable to the Central Committee of the Hungarian Socialist Workers’ Party, April 19th, 1989

3. Agreement on the Commencement of National Roundtable Talks (June 10th, 1989 )

4. Opening Plenary Meeting of the National Roundtable Talks ( June 13th, 1989)

5. Agreement among Members of the National Roundtable on the Thematic Structure and Schedule of the Talks (June 21st, 1989)

6. Plenary Session of the Opposition Roundtable Talks (June 21st, 1989)

7. Plenary Session of the National Roundtable Talks (September 18th., 1989)

8. Agreement Concluding the Political Reconciliation Talks June 13th. to September 18th, 1989 (September 18th, 1989)

Chronology of the Hungarian Roundtable Talks January 1989–April 1990 (by Erzsébet Ripp)
Biographies of the Key Participants (by András Bozóki)
Selected Bibliography
Index