10 articles in this issue
Felix Riedl,Max Haller
The transition from socialism to capitalism has led to diverging socioeconomic outcomes for the Post-Communist countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). While typical social problems of capitalist societies were virtually unknown prior to the collaps... see more
Bruno Dallago
The paper deals with the role that universities can have in promoting innovation in general and at local and regional level in particular. In doing this, the nature of universities and the quality of their relations to industry and governments is of param... see more
Aiste Balzekiene,Audrone Telesiene,Egle Butkeviciene
This article investigates public perceptions of food risks and food purchasing in Lithuania. Study results identify that food related concerns are prevailing in Lithuanian society over many environmental, health and technological risks, such as global cli... see more
Olga Kuzina,Nigel Dodd
The paper focuses on the concept of ‘financial strategies’ and addresses two problems: first, how to define the concepts of financial strategy and strategizing, and second, how to operationalize them into indicators for empirical research. The introductio... see more
Tibor Kuczi,Lilla Toth
ABSTRACT In this paper the behavior of economic actors shown in the uncertain quality goods markets is examined from the perspective of the sociology of markets. The analysis uses the findings of in-depth interviews conducted in 2011 and 2012 respectively... see more
Roland Keszi,Pál Judit,Gergo Papp
In this paper we present the results of analysis into the collaboration network of disability organizations in Hungary using survey and social network research methods. The aim was to compare Hungarian and international cases regarding cooperation between... see more
Zsuzsanna Géring,Gábor Király,Veronika Paksi
The annual conference for Hungarian sociologists in 2013 was an exceptional event for both those working in Hungary and those who are active abroad. The Institute for Sociology of the Centre for Social Sciences of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (IS CSS... see more
Wazir Ali
The welcome address by the president of the Turkish-German Education Foundation and by the mayor of Mannheim highlighted the fact that schools can play a better role in peace education in divided societies. The language of the conference was German but tr... see more
Maximiliano E. Korstanje
book review.
Anna Vancsó
In each and every scientific field, when a new approach rears its head, the related experts try to find its place in their own scientific system. However, with network science one question emerges again and again: Is network science a simple approach, or ... see more