{"product_id":"the-making-of-dissidents-victoria-harms-9780822967637","title":"The Making of Dissidents: Hungary's Democratic Opposition and Its Western Friends, 1973-1998","description":"Before Hungary's transition from communism to democracy, local dissidents and like-minded intellectuals, activists, and academics from the West influenced each other and inspired the fight for human rights and civil liberties in Eastern Europe. Hungarian dissidents provided Westerners with a new purpose and legitimized their public interventions in a bipolar world order. \u003ci\u003eThe Making of Dissidents \u003c\/i\u003edemonstrates how Hungary's Western friends shaped public perceptions and institutionalized their advocacy long before the peaceful revolutions of 1989. But liberalism failed to take root in Hungary, and Victoria Harms explores how many former dissidents retreated and Westerners shifted their attention elsewhere during the 1990s, paving the way for nationalism and democratic backsliding.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Victoria Harms\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0822967634\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780822967637\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Pittsburgh Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 400\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Victoria Harms","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46974512496895,"sku":"9780822967637","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_11d7eaf8-f5a2-4e21-86c4-b430db30a143.jpg?v=1750875251","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-making-of-dissidents-victoria-harms-9780822967637","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}