11 articles in this issue
Hajnalka Fényes,Valéria Markos,Márta Mohácsi
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 tradition... see more
Eszter Siposné Dr Nándori
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 ... see more
Laimute Žalimiene,Jolita Juneviciene
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 t... see more
Oksana Parfenova
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 agen... see more
Zoltán Biró A.,Ágnes Sárosi-Blága,Kinga Katalin Székely
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 ... see more
Samuel Okafor,Cordelia O. Idoko,Jennifer E. Obidiebube,Rita C. Ume
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 d... see more
Ákos Bocskor
The paper provides an overview of the literature related to peer status and popularity. First, it reviews the theoretical and measurement issues related to the concept of popularity, then a review of the empirical findings with regards to the most importa... see more
Gábor Szászvai-Papp
Review of "Mobility and Integration in Hungarian Society", edited by Imre Kovách (Centre for Social Sciences-Argumentum, 2020).
Andrea Dettano
Social policies, as well as the ways of observing and defining them, require re-problematizations and revisions in the light of the structuring processes of this century. Because of this, this review aims to recover the central aspects of a recently publi... see more
Eszter Bartha
Review of "A Factory Town that Belongs to the Past… Social Changes in Ózd and its Surroundings from the System Change until Today", by Péter Alabán (Kronosz Publishing House, 2020).