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This paper presents a cross examination of findings from a content analytic study into the ideological implications of the democratic transformation in Hungary during the first years after the transition. For example, based on rhetoric within a sample of Hungarian editorials the study provides evidence of a shift between 1990 and 1997 in depictions of political activities from ones of achievement to ones of necessity. Support for these and other findings is sought and found in International Social Survey Program data from 1990, 1996, and 2006.
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Popping, R. Democratic transformation in Hungary 1990–1997 a cross examination. Qual Quant 47, 2415–2424 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11135-012-9661-z
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