A society transformed
Subtitle: Hungary in time-space perspective
By: edited by Rudolf Andorka ... [et al.].
Contributors: Andorka, Rudolf.
Publisher: Central European University Press; Distributed by Plymbridge Distributors, Ltd.
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Budapest, Hungary; New York; London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
Subjects: Post-communism -- Hungary; Economic stabilization -- Hungary; Hungary -- Social conditions -- 1989-; Hungary -- Economic conditions -- 1989-
Description: "In the past half-century every Central and East European society has been twice subject to transformation. Initially, Hungary was transformed by Communist-style modernization, increasing industry, expanding secondary education and improving health. The second shock was the collapse of the Communist regime and the introduction of democratic institutions and a market economy. How much or how little impact has institutional change had on the lives of ordinary people?" "Census and survey data, tables and figures highlight the extent of long-term social, economic and political change in Hungary from 1945 to 1998. It thus shows what was changing in the Communist era and what was stagnating - and the impact of introducing democracy and market economy. To evaluate the tempo of change, comparison is made with Germany, Austria and other Central European post-Communist countries."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Long-term modernization of Hungarian society / Rudolf Andorka and István Harcsa; title: Population: birth, marriage, and death / György Vukovich; title: Denomination and religious practice / Miklós Tomka and István Harcsa; title: The scope of the state and private sectors / Tamás Kolosi and Endre Sik; title: The post-Communist economic elite / György Lengyel; title: The middle strata in transformation / Zoltán Fábián; title: Consciousness of inequality / Péter Róbert; title: Welfare programmes and the alleviation of poverty / István György Tóth; title: Dissatisfaction and alienation / Rudolf Andorka; title: Parties and social divisions: a common East-Central European pattern? / Gábor Tóka; title: The long and the short of transformation in Central Europe / Richard Rose.