Investigation of Reforms in Hungary and Yugoslavia

To provide points of reference and lessons for the design of blueprints for reform in 1987-88, we conducted a focused investigation of two countries, [Hungary and Yugoslavia, in order to study] the problems of friction, contradictions, and the general problematic areas that have emerged in the transition from an old to a new system in these two countries, and their trend of development and orientation in resolving their problems. We conducted a total of 111 discussions with the leaders of the reform programs in the two countries, with people in charge of the party and government departments affected by the reforms, with scholarly and academic units that have served in a consultative capacity for the reforms, with well-known scholars, and with representatives of enterprises. Out of these discussions we have been able to put together a summary of the discussions, a document of some 300,000 characters….