Friendship, Contracts, and Collapse: Socialist Hungary and the Limits of Alternative Globalization in Libya
East European Politics and Societies
Published online on May 22, 2026
Abstract
East European Politics and Societies, Ahead of Print.
The study examines Hungary’s failed civilian housing construction project in Libya (1980–1984) as a case study of socialist globalization, reassessing relations between Eastern Europe and the Global South during the late Cold War. It argues that socialist ...
The study examines Hungary’s failed civilian housing construction project in Libya (1980–1984) as a case study of socialist globalization, reassessing relations between Eastern Europe and the Global South during the late Cold War. It argues that socialist ...