Az igazságosabb és ökológiailag fenntarthatóbb társadalmak előmozdítása érdekében alapjaiban kell átalakítanunk a jelenlegi társadalmi-gazdasági rendszert. A részvételi akciókutatás (RAK) nagy jelentőséget tulajdonít az „átalakulás” („transzformáció”)...

A cikkben Málovics György, Méreiné Berki Boglárka és Mihály Melinda „Rendszerszintű átalakulás helyett szakpolitikai reform?” című írása alapján teszek kísérletet arra, hogy megértsem miért függesztettem ki egy M.C. Escher képet a falamra, valamint mit is jelent a...

Although researchers have investigated the association between education and crime, few studies have studied Sub-Saharan Africa, which has the lowest rate of youth enrolled in high school. Notwithstanding, some countries are paying attention to high school education, whereby specific policies...

Az elmúlt évtized során számos országban, így a kelet-közép-európai régióban is fontos politikai és gazdaságpolitikai változások zajlottak le. A politikai közbeszédben megjelentek a korábbi főáramtól eltérő demokrácia- és kapitalizmusfelfogások, protekcionista...

A szegénység definíciójának kiterjesztésével és értelmezésének átalakulásával párhuzamosan a szegénység mérési módszerei is megváltoztak. Tanulmányunkban a többdimenziós szegénységi mutatók kidolgozásának és alkalmazásának tapasztalatait vizsgáljuk a...

In this study, we estimate unadjusted and adjusted gender gaps in time preference, risk attitudes, altruism, trust, trustworthiness, cooperation, and competitiveness using data on 1088 high school students from 53 classes. These data, collected by running incentivized experiments in Hungarian...

Between March 2019 and March 2020, we visited 53 school groups (classes) in 9 Hungarian schools to measure time, risk, social and competitive preferences of 1108 secondary school students using incentivized laboratory experimental tasks. We applied the unfolding brackets method to measure time...

Consumers use increasingly Near Field Communication mobile payment to buy products and services. However, the adoption of NFC mobile payment varies by individual attributes of consumers. This paper aims to study the generational differences in mobile payment acceptance based on the theory of...

Magyar Bálint–Madlovics Bálint: A posztkommunista rendszerek anatómiája. Egy fogalmi keret. c. könyv ismertetése. Noran Libro, Budapest, 2021, 906 o.

This article contributes to the empirical evidence for women’s scarcity in academic governance. The study evaluates to what extend women lean towards non-management careers and dismiss opportunities to attain executive roles in Colombian public universities, as well as the support received...

Trust in those who lead the government, trust in the way society is ordered, and trust in other people can all influence how individuals perceive the country in which they live. This study examines the different facets of societal trust (the complex network of state, political, national and...

Many ways of classifying themiddle class more or less reflect the level of local prices, historical background or social aspects. The middle class is generally considered one of the main pillars of the market economy without which achieving and maintaining political stability would be...

A különböző közgazdasági irányzatok között egységes álláspont, hogy a háztartások megtakarítása a beruházáson keresztül a gazdasági növekedés egyik motorja. Azt illetően azonban, hogy a lakossági megtakarításokat, illetve az eladósodottságot milyen tényezők...

The paper uses data from the World Values Survey and the European Values Study on individuals in Hungary and its neighbouring countries to examine the effects of political borders on different beliefs, as opposed to that of ethnic differences or historical borders. The focus on Hungary and its...

Central and Eastern European countries faced a serious mortality crisis in the second part of the 20th century, resulting in many years of decreasing life expectancy. In the last few decades, however, this was followed by a period in which mortality improved. This dichotomy of past trends makes...

Crowdfunding is a disruptive innovation and has provoked interest as a new way of raising finance. The objective of our research was to analyse both the demand and supply sides of the crowdfunding ecosystem. The study used two methods. The first was a database analysis of 259,114 Kickstarter...

A politika moralizálódásával egyre többször kifejezetten emberközeli, sőt, testközeli ügyek keltenek nagy hullámverést a politikában és a közéletben. Ennek egyik eklatáns példája a 2017-es metoo-botrány, majd vita. A tanulmány a Sárosdi Lilla és Marton László között...

Cultural anthropology is primarily concerned with understanding other cultures. It is therefore about translation. It will therefore be extremely exciting for German readers that this introduction has been translated from Hungarian. General trends are reflected in this country, such as the...

Mélyinterjúkkal és célzott kérdőíves felméréssel vizsgáltuk, hogyan hatnak a lejárt tartozások a munkavállalásra, a bankszámlahasználatra és az egészségi állapotra Magyarország egyik legelmaradottabb térségében, ahol még a Covid-válságot megelőző, prosperáló...

A rejtett gazdaság kiterjedtsége alapvetően befolyásolja az adóbevételeket és a gazdaságpolitikai döntések hatásosságát. Ebben a tanulmányban a rejtett gazdaság munkaerőpiaci jellemzőinek vizsgálatával a háztartások eltitkolt jövedelmének arányát próbáltuk...

Az energiaszegénység csökkentése egyre fontosabb feladat az Európai Unióban. Jelen cikk az energiaszegénység-érzet és a leggyakrabban alkalmazott szubjektív indikátorok kapcsolatát vizsgálja. A standard szubjektív indikátorok az egyének szubjektív beszámolóira hagyatkoznak, a...

Peer-reviewed academic journals and special issues are no easy match to make. Special occasions beget special issues, and such occasions are often fleeting moments compared to the lengthy process of peer-review. By the time (and if) articles worthy of publishing are submitted, evaluated,...

Elemér Hankiss was one of the most influential and brilliant thinkers of the past half century in Hungary and Central Europe. His work overarches disciplines from literary criticism and sociology, to political science, anthropological philosophy and civilizational theory. Thanks to his numerous...

The paper assesses housing as a global issue affecting wide sectors of societies not just in less developed countries. Trends and cases show the crucial role that building industry cycles have played in the financialization of the economy and its speculative side effects, even in sectors...

Az új kultúrákkal való találkozás és az egyének beilleszkedésének folyamata önmagában is érdekes kutatási terület, de az különösen, hogy azonos kultúra tagjai más kultúrákat mi alapján találnak vonzónak, míg más kultúrák semleges vagy épp negatív érzéseket...

This article presents the results of a project funded by the Research Council of Lithuania: ‘Public policy solutions and their improvement to overcome the COVID-19 crisis in Lithuanian municipalities: solution tools and service delivery.’ The research methodology is based on street-level...

The academic profession has significantly transformed in the past few decades due to the industrialization of higher education and research. Based on sixteen career path interviews, the study investigates how the career paths of sociology doctoral graduates who obtained their master’s or PhD...

The Treaty of Trianon and its consequences continue to be considered traumatic by both scholars and much of society in general. Trianon’s identification as a social or historical trauma not only spread amongst the public in general, but also penetrated historical discourse and journalism. A...

Social values in Indian society in general and Tamil society in particular are subject to fluctuation, in accordance with on-going social changes ushered in by various modern forces. Consequently, these values metamorphose and degenerate into counter-cultural practices that pose a threat to...

The latest wave of refugees, which peaked in 2015, raises the question of what we mean by integration, not only in terms of the rules adopted in the EU, but also in terms of the social inclusion of individual refugees and their families. This is because the concepts in the literature, in EU...

Vietnam’s voluntary social insurance (VSI) policy has been in force since 2008 and by 2018 included 270,000 participants (accounting for 0.79% of the labor force). Hanoi City is the capital of Vietnam, with 21,156 participants (0.56%). The proportion of people participating in VSI is still...

The COVID-19 pandemic has left a mark on nearly all events since the start of the year 2020. There are many studies that examine the medical, economic, and social effects of the pandemic; however, only a few are concerned with how the reactions of society affect the spread of the virus. The goal...

A gyorsuló digitalizáció hatására egyre hangsúlyosabb téma a gyerekek képernyők előtt töltött ideje és technológiahasználata. A közelmúlt populáris és tudományos irodalma is gyakran a technológiahasználat negatív következményeire fókuszált, az elmúlt pár évben...

Az élelmiszerrendszer működése és jellemzői számos kérdést felvetnek az igazságosság szempontjából, köszönhetően elsősorban a nagyüzemi gazdálkodásnak, a foglalkoztatási sajátosságoknak és a kapcsolódó egészségügyi következményeknek. Az élelmiszer-igazságosság...

This paper offers tools to rethink global critical insights on “race” in the contemporary structural transforma-tion of European identity politics from the perspectives of postcolonial global historical sociologies. “Race”regimes rest on the following background assumptions: (1) The...

Millions commute to work every day in cities and interact with colleagues, partners, friends, and strangers. Commuting facilitates the mixing of people from distant and diverse neighborhoods, but whether this has an imprint on social inclusion or instead, connections remain assortative is less...

Purpose: This research was designed to discover the impact of restrictions connected with the COVID- 19 pandemic on the work and life of international professional women with children. Design/methodology/approach: Qualitative, explorative research was conducted with twelve international...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine how and to what extent social enterprise can contribute to improving women’s life in Hungary. Design/methodology/approach – The case study was based on a four-month organizational ethnographic study of a cafe. Participant and...

The progressive aging of developed societies, caused by profound demographic changes, brings with it the necessity of confronting the subject of discrimination against older people. In the last 50 years, many scales of ageism have been developed to measure beliefs and attitudes towards older...

Purpose What is the future of work going to look like? The aim of this paper is to show how the sociology of expectations (SE) – which deals with the power of visions – can make important contributions in terms of thinking about this issue by critically evaluating the dominant expert...

MI IS PONTOSAN A BULLSHIT MUNKA?David Graeber Bullshit munkák című könyvében hosszan értekezik az általa „bullshit”-nek (magyarul ostobaság, marhaság) titulált felesleges munkákról. Ahhoz azonban, hogy mélyebben értelmezhessük a problémát, valamint további...

Az idősödő európai társadalmakban kiemelten fontos közpolitikai kérdés, hogy milyen formális és informális intézményi keretekben szerveződik a tartós gondoskodás. Az elmúlt évtizedek európai reformjai a gondoskodás területén az ellátások hozzáférhetőségének és...

Some people spend their leisure time dealing with ’obligations,’ whereas others spend it more freely. This depends on several factors, including external (opportunities, location) and internal attributes, individual characteristics (demographics, personality, attitudes, values). This...

A tanulmány a Kárpát-medencei magyarság társadalmi és gazdasági pozícióinak meghatározásával foglalkozó első átfogó, minden nagyobb nemzetrészre kiterjedő, egységes módszertannal végrehajtott rendszerszerű kutatás eredményeit ismerteti. A kutatás alapjául egy olyan...

In this study, we examine the motives behind higher education students’ volunteering and its determinants based on a survey (N=2,199) conducted in five Central and Eastern European countries. Based on the literature, we hypothesize that, besides traditional volunteering, which has the...

The paper analyzes subjective poverty in Hungary. The results of the data collection in 2019 are compared to the results of former data collections carried out in 2007 and 2011. The methods of systematic data collection are used to collect data about the belief of the population. The paper...

The article uses an interpretive and qualitative framework to analyze elderly care policy with a focus on the instrumental effectiveness of this policy. The framework of the research offers an understanding of informal carers needs for formal support at the level of social policy measures. The...

In this article, we analyze eldercare in the post-Soviet space on the example of Russia. Our research questions are: How transforming the care arrangements of older adults in the post-soviet state? How do the transforming care arrangements affect the agency of the elderly? The materials for the...

The focus of our study is a high school with an agricultural education programme operating in a rural micro-region within Harghita County (Romania), in which context the relationship between the school and the regional society comes under analysis. Since the 1970s, it has been the school’s...

Social capital in sociology, economics, psychology and allied disciplines had been explored mostly, in the direction of its positive utility values in the society. However, the phenomenon has more negative impacts on the public institutions of the developing nations, especially with regard to...