A1 Journal article (refereed)
The use and abuse of parliamentary concepts in Hungarian parliamentary debates, 1920–27 (2020)
Häkkinen, V. (2020). The use and abuse of parliamentary concepts in Hungarian parliamentary debates, 1920–27. Parliaments, Estates and Representation, 40(2), 229-244. https://doi.org/10.1080/02606755.2020.1771532
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Häkkinen, Ville
Journal or series: Parliaments, Estates and Representation
ISSN: 0260-6755
eISSN: 1947-248X
Publication year: 2020
Volume: 40
Issue number: 2
Pages range: 229-244
Publisher: Routledge
Publication country: United Kingdom
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02606755.2020.1771532
Publication open access: Not open
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Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/72536
Abstract
During and after the First World War, discourses calling for constitutional reform pervaded Europe. The break-up of the continental empires, the emergence of the new nation-states, and the western calls for democratization collectively gave rise to transnational debates about parliamentarization and parliamentary government. However, in the diverse and contingent post-war political environment, at the same time these ideals were given profoundly nation-specific meanings. They were implemented in the process of nation-building in equally diverse national contexts. This article analyses the use and abuse of the parliamentary concepts and their vernacular redescriptions in Hungarian parliamentary debates in the years 1920, 1923 and 1927. In those instances, the concepts of parliamentarism were constantly redescribed in order to construct and maintain the legitimacy of the counter-revolutionary regime.
Keywords: constitutionalism; parliamentarism; political communication
Free keywords: Hungary; constitutionalism; parliamentarism; parliamentary debate; 1920s; political language; nation-building
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Ministry reporting: Yes
VIRTA submission year: 2020
JUFO rating: 2
