Hungarian sociologist and politician
Andras Bozoki
(born 23 January 1959) is a Hungarian
sociologist
and
politician
. He served as Minister of Culture between 2005 and 2006. He is professor of
political science
at
Central European University
.
[1]
His research areas are political change, political systems, Central European politics, political ideologies, the history of ideas and the political role of the intelligentsia.
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Life
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He studied at
Eotvos Lorand University
and obtained a
Doctor Juris
in
law
in 1983 and a
Master of Arts
in
sociology
in 1985. After graduation, he got a teaching position at the university, where he taught at the Department of Sociology and Law (since 2013 named as Department of Legal and
Social Theory
). In 1988?1989, he was a fellow at
UCLA
's Department of
Sociology
.
[1]
In 1985, he participated in the opposition event of the European Cultural Forum. In 1987 he was at the anti-communist
Lakitelek
meeting, where the opposition
Hungarian Democratic Forum
(MDF) was established. In May 1988 he was the founder of the Free Initiatives Network, a predecessor organization of the
Alliance of Free Democrats
(SZDSZ). Between 1988?1993 he was a member of
Fidesz
. In 1989, he participated in the
National Round Table negotiations
, where he represented Fidesz and was a member of the working committee dealing with the creation of legal guarantees excluding violent solutions. From January to May 1990, he was the spokesperson of Fidesz. In 1991?1992 he was an expert of the party's parliamentary faction. Between 1989?1992 he worked as the founding editor of newspaper
Magyar Narancs
.
[4]
In 1993 he left Fidesz.
[4]
In 1992, he defended his doctoral dissertation in
political science
at the
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
.
[1]
Since 1993, he has been a full-time lecturer at the
Central European University
, participating in the development of the doctoral program in
political science
.
[2]
In the 2000s, he was a columnist for
Magyar Hirlap
and then
Figyel?
.
[4]
Between 2003 and 2004, he was a member of the advisory board of Prime Minister
Peter Medgyessy
. From February 2005 to June 2006, he was Minister of Culture in the first
Ferenc Gyurcsany
government.
[4]
He was a visiting professor (Deak Chair) at
Columbia University
(2004, 2009, 2015),
University of Nottingham
(1993),
Smith College
,
Mount Holyoke College
,
Hampshire College
(1999?2000),
University of Tubingen
(1999?2001),
University of Bologna
(2008) and
University of Ljubljana
(2013).
[1]
He was a researcher at the
Institut fur die Wissenschaften von Menschen
(IWM) in Vienna (1990?1991 and 2018),
[5]
the Wisschenschaftskolleg in Berlin (Andrew Mellon Fellow, 1993-1994),
[6]
the European Institute of
Sussex University
(1998), the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (NIAS) (1998), the
European University Institute
(EUI) (
Jean Monnet
Fellow, 2000?2001 and Fernand Braudel Fellow, 2012), and
Sodertorn University
in Stockholm (2008).
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Works
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- Post-Communist Transition: Emerging Pluralism in Hungary London: Pinter, New York: St. Martin's Press (tarsszerz? es tarsszerk.) 1992. Bloomsbury Academic, 2016
- Democratic Legitimacy in Post-Communist Societies. Budapest ? Tubingen: T-Twins, (szerk.), 1994
- Lawful Revolution in Hungary. Boulder, Colorado: Social Science Monographs, (tarsszerk.), 1995
- Intellectuals and Politics in Central Europe. Budapest ? New York: CEU Press, (szerk.), 1999
- The Roundtable Talks of 1989: The Genesis of Hungarian Democracy
. Budapest ? New York: CEU Press (szerk.), 2002
- The Communist Successor Parties of Central and Eastern Europe
. New York ? London: M. E. Sharpe, (tarsszerk.), 2002, Re-published by Routledge
- The Future of Democracy in Europe: Trends, Analyses and Reforms.
Luxembourg: Council of Europe, (tarsszerz?), 2004
- Migrants, Minorities, Belonging and Citizenship
. Bergen. BRIC, (tarsszerz?), 2004
- Anarchism in Hungary: Theory, History, Legacies.
Boulder, Colorado: Social Science Monographs, (tarsszerz?), 2006
- Diversity and the European Public Sphere: The Case of Hungary.
Bergen: BRIC (tarsszerz?), 2010
- 25 Years after the Fall of Iron Curtain: The State of Integration of East and West in the European Union.
Brussels: European Commission, (tarsszerz?), 2014
- Rolling Transition and the Role of Intellectuals: The Case of Hungary
. Budapest - New York: CEU Press, 2022
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