States require money to function and therefore every government has to continuously raise new funds. On the financial markets, governments cannot be sure that auctions of their debt will be sufficiently attractive to financial investors, which is why governments usually enter into cooperative...

The ecosystem services approach has attracted tremendous attention from policymaking, planning and interdisciplinary sciences over the last decades. Despite its broad acknowledgement worldwide, there are a number of well-known conceptual and methodological limitations that impair its use and...

Despite decades of efforts to achieve gender equality in research and innovation (R&I), all EU member states still face remarkable difficulties in driving forward the development of their innovation system while at the same time improving gender equality by using all the available research...

Mental mapping is the science of orientation. Traffic and transportation are going to face tremendous changes in the immediate future. Yet behind the glaring lights of new technologies, we always find human beings, and although technology can indeed widen the limits of perception, its...

Magyarországon a romák több évszázados jelenléte ellenére a romakérdés kezelése csupán pár évtizedes múltra tekint vissza, melynek egyik fő eleme a romák munkaerőpiaci integrációja. Ebből kifolyólag a szerző terepkísérletet végzett, amely a roma társadalmon belül a...

Although cognitive map is a popular metaphor for people's mental representations of environments, as it is typically conceived, it is often too restrictive. Two other metaphors for mental representations are proposed and supported. Cognitive collages are consistent with research demonstrating...

A city like this – where stepping on the Széchenyi Chain Bridge one immediately arrives at the abutment leading to New York City of the Brooklyn Bridge, and what is more, in evening floodlight – obviously does not exist in reality. Yet the message of the advertisement is easy to understand....

The Northwest Hungarian village, Rajka has special geographical location: it is only fifteen kilometres from Bratislava, the capital city of Slovakia. This settlement is an excellent example of the phenomenon of cross-border suburbanization which means the migration of the urban population from...

In our paper, we examine particular aspects of cross-border influence based on the data of the survey carried out in two Slovak and two Hungarian settlements along the border. Here is a summary of the results: • Easy accessibility is much more important than geographical proximity. • Easy...

Present paper aims at enhancing understanding of perceptions of borders in cross-border regions of Serbia and to evaluate influences of these perceptions on cross-border policies and cross-border cooperation (hereafter CBC). The study relevance is rooted in fact that only a small number of CBC...

In my study I present the urban environment as a space for walking a dog from the perspective of the dog owner. I analyze the activity of walking a dog as the most characteristic manifestation of the contact between public space and the dog owner, and using the method of mental mapping I explore...

The results from two stages of a research project will be compared in this study. The research was conducted at a housing estate which used to belong to a characteristic element of the Borsod industrial region, the metallurgy in Diósgyőr. 20 years ago, when the research was done, it was also a...

Using qualitative research methods, the author explores the ways the inhabitants of the largest district of Cluj – Mănăștur – relate to their own dwelling place, investigating the mental schemes along which they structure their living space.

Gaining knowledge is a lifelong process. Humans tend to learn new things entire life, especially in recent, technologically-demanding times. This process is contradicted by lowered learning potential with aging and is often economic-dependant too, so the digital divide is a serious, growing...

The focus of the study is one of the frequently emerging topics of social science research: the investigation of metropolitan ethnic communities. The socio-political-medial-cultural changes of recent decades (globalization, mediatization, digitization) have completely transformed the phenomenon...

In our days, the foremost scene of human life is the city. The history of the last two centuries is also the history of modern cities. At the age of Napoleon, 20% of the population lived in cities, today this ratio is above 50%. Every second human on Earth lives in a city. Possibly, the most...

This paper deals with the atmosphere of Sziget Festival. My research goal was to interpret and to depict the Festival as a socio-cultural environment, an experienced material and spiritual space, as a special place, that exists only for a week. Based on the results, the mental places of Sziget...

A Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem Szociológiai Doktori Iskolájában, az EFOP-3.6.3 által támogatott kutatás keretében 2018-ban huszonkét szakmai életútinterjút készítettünk. Olyan volt oktatókat és doktorált hallgatókat kerestünk meg, akiknek pályája, vagy annak egy szakasza az...

A Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem Szociológia Doktori Iskolájában 2018 tavaszán interjús kutatást végeztünk olyan doktori fokozattal rendelkező kutató szociológusok körében, akik a Doktori Iskolában szerezték a doktori fokozatukat vagy karrierjük valamely szakasza köthető az...

Jóllehet számos kutatás született vezetői stílusok témakörben, és az egyetemi hallgatók kezdetektől gyakori szereplői a feltáró jellegű társadalomtudományi kutatásoknak, kevesebb példát találunk arra, hogy a Full Range Leadership modellt fiatalok körében alkalmazzák....

A globális felmelegedés nyilvánvaló tényeivel és a világválságot hozó koronavírus-járvánnyal a 2020-as év választóvonal lehetne a gazdaság és a természet kapcsolatáról való gondolkodásban. A gazdaságelmélet fő irányzatai közé azonban a természeti fenntarthatóság...

Theoretical explanations of corruption in Africa are inconclusive. Economic downturn and poverty are the effects of poor resource management in Africa. Yet, neopatrimonialism also stands as an alternative explanation. This survey differentiates these two theoretical alternatives to understanding...

The consumption of alcohol in one form or other has prevailed throughout the history of the world. The first half of this paper deals with the sociocultural roots of alcoholism and drinking habits in ancient India, besides discussing its socioeconomic implications and impact on several areas of...

This article provides a review of the literature on business associations (BAs) in line with the following questions: (1) What are the economic roles of BAs, (2) How are BAs institutionalized, and (3) What drives BAs to engage in socially beneficial or harmful activities? Challenging the popular...

International migration into Hungary is markedly differentiated into two types: that due to global migration, and that due to processes ongoing between Hungary and its neighboring countries, the latter which date back a long time. The main characteristic of international migration in Hungary is...

This study explores autochthonous methods of policing and law enforcement in the community, and the perception of indigenes of the efficacy of these methods. Qualitative methods were adopted, involving the use of in-depth interview technique with indigenes: namely, members of a youth forum,...

Previous research in many parts of the world has linked personality traits and biographical variables to certain money-related-attitude factors, while the situation in Austria has hardly been investigated so far. The purpose of this study was to identify possible relations between personality...

This paper reports on interviews with 13 mothers and expectant mothers who had immigrated from Latin American countries and were living in Asturias, Spain. The purpose of the study was to investigate the Latinas’ postimmigration perceptions, attitudes, and experiences. Qualitative analysis...

A hagyományosan hatalomközpontú politikai elemzésben „a nemzetközi” (the international) az államok rendszerének sajátossága: anarchikus tér, amely minőségileg különbözik az államon belüli viszonyoktól. A normaközpontú iskola ezzel szemben egyre inkább a közös értékek...

A 21. század egyik legjelentősebb demográfiai folyamata Európában az elöregedő társadalom. Az elemzések általában olyan makrogazdasági kérdésekre koncentrálnak, mint például a jóléti rendszer fenntarthatósága. Kutatásunk az Európában élő idősek szokásaiban jelentkező...

A Living Longer, Working Smarter, Ageing Well nemzetközi konferencia a Budapesti Corvinus Egyetem EFOP-3.6.2-16-2017-00017 „Fenntartható, intelligens és befogadó regionális és városi modellek” projekt III/1. Halandó alprojektjének szervezésében valósult meg 2020. május 18-19-...

A számítások közönséges legkisebb négyzetekkel becsült lineáris regresszióval és két független részminta hipotézistesztelésével történtek. A születéskor egészségesen várható életkor elméleti maximuma 76,7 évre becsülhető, mely 9,9 év potenciált jelent...

Recent changes in the organization of long-term care have had controversial effects on gender inequality in Europe. In response to the challenges of ageing populations, almost all countries have adopted reform measures to secure the increasing resource needs for care, to ensure care services by...

Research findings confirm the contradictory impact of mobile technology on work–life balance, as these tools both guarantee greater flexibility and contribute to blurring boundaries between private and working spheres. Several articles have been published on women executives’ work–life...

A Demográfia folyóirat 2019. évi 4. számában jelent meg Mihályi Péter gondolatgazdag, nagy irodalmi tájékozottságról árulkodó tanulmánya, amelyben a gyermekvállalásról ír (Mihályi, 2019a). A cikk1 méltán lehet a témáról szóló szakirodalomban állandó hivatkozás mind...

Ahogy Árva László és Vásárhelyi Tamás cikkükben a turizmussal kapcsolatban megfogalmazták, manapság a marketing nagyon sok felesleges igényt generál. Hozzászólásomban ennek okát keresem, s azt találom, hogy ennek legfontosabb oka a feleslegesen hosszú munkaidő. Az így...

A human solution to the problem of cooperation is the maintenance of informal reputation hierarchies. Reputational information contributes to cooperation by providing guidelines about previous group-beneficial or free-rider behaviour in social dilemma interactions. How reputation information...

Kiinduló hipotézisünk szerint, minél magasabb egy adott ország digitális fejlettségi szintje, annál magasabb életminőség érhető el a különböző digitális technológiai előnyök nyújtotta megoldások következtében. Kutatásunk során az Európai Uniós országok Digitális...

This thematic issue aims to shed light on different facets of the relationship between division of labour within families and couples, work–life conflict and family policy. In this afterword, we provide a summary of the contributions by emphasizing three main aspects in need of further...

This thematic issue aims to shed light on the various ways of linking division of labour within families, work–life conflict and family policy in Europe. This editorial briefly introduces key concepts and provides a general overview of the published articles.

Jelen tanulmány célja, hogy bemutassa a külön élő apa és a gyermeke közötti kapcsolattartási mintázatokat Magyarországon. A kutatási kérdésünk, hogy milyen tényezők befolyásolják a kapcsolattartás gyakoriságát a külön élő apák és gyermekeik között. Ehhez...

This study examines nonresident parents’ contact with their children in Hungary during the COVID-19 pandemic. We conducted 22 semistructured interviews with 14 nonresidential fathers, 3 resident mothers and 5 parents who have shared custody arrangements in order to reveal whether this unique...

By examining attitudes on assisted reproduction technologies (ART) in 42 European countries, we highlight individual and country-level factors that are associated with the level of social acceptance or rejection of ART. This paper contributes to the literature on social acceptance of artificial...

Az internetes zaklatás egyre elterjedtebb, súlyos következményekkel járó probléma, megelőzése ezért igen fontos közpolitikai feladat. E cikk megvizsgálja, milyen attribútumok teszik sikeressé a kapcsolódó iskolai prevenciós programokat. Az eredmények alapján a szociális,...