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Contemporary Hungarian Society - Social Changes in Hungary From Late State Socialism

English · Hardback

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This book examines social change in Hungary, commencing with the period of late-stage socialism, the country's immediate post-communist transition, its subsequent consolidation and the emergence of authoritarian leadership since 2010.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Approaches to the regime change, post-communism and illiberalism: Concepts and interpretations 3. Demographic change shifts in Hungarian society, 1980–2021 4. The spatial distribution of Hungarian society 5. Minority groups and ethnicities, from within and beyond the borders of Hungary 6. Social stratification: Mobility and social structure during the post-communist transition and in the illiberal system 7. Old, new and reviving social groups, from the post-communist transition to the illiberal system 8. Society and politics during the post-communist transition, the early twenty-first century, and under illiberalism 9. Collective opinion and values 10. Social relations and situations 11. Unique aspects of the transformation of Hungarian society between 1980 and 2020: From the perspective of a Central and Eastern European comparison

About the author

Tibor Valuch is a social historian and research professor at the Center for Social Sciences, Institute of Political Science, Budapest. He is also a professor at the Institute of History, Eszterházy Károly Catholic University in Eger. His main research fields include the contemporary Hungarian and (Central) European social and cultural history, history of everyday life, and labor history. His latest publication is: Everyday life under Communism and after –Consumption an Lifestyle in Hungary, 1945–2000 (2021).

Summary

This book examines social change in Hungary, commencing with the period of late-stage socialism, the country’s immediate post-communist transition, its subsequent consolidation and the emergence of authoritarian leadership since 2010.

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