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© 2006 by Pieter Vanhuysse Published in 2006 by Central European University Press An imprint of the Central European University Share Company Nádor utca 11, H-1051 Budapest, Hungary Tel: +36-1-327-3138 or 327-3000 Fax: +36-1-327-3183 E-mail: ceupress@ceu.hu Website: www.ceupress.com 400 West 59th Street, New York NY 10019, USA Tel: +1-212-547-6932 Fax: +1-646-557-2416 E-mail: mgreenwald@sorosny.org All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the permission of the Publisher. ISBN 963 7326 79 0 cloth ISBN 978-963-7326-79-0 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Vanhuysse, Pieter. Divide and pacify : strategic social policies and political protests in postcommunist democracies / by Pieter Vanhuysse. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 9637326790 1. New democracies--Europe, Central. 2. Europe, Central--Social policy. 3. Patronage, Political--Europe, Central. 4. Poland--Politics and government-1989 - 5. Czech Republic--Politics and government--1993- 6. Hungary--Politics and government--1989- I. Title. JN96.A58V36 2006 320.9437--dc22 2006022348 Printed in Hungary by Akadémiai Nyomda, Martonvásár to Zvia [3.145.23.123] Project MUSE (2024-04-25 10:30 GMT) ...

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