Transformations in Hungary

During the first decade after the turn towards democracy and market economy, Hungary's society experienced profound changes. The book analyses related political, legal, institutional and socio-economic structures and processes in order to contribute to a further understanding of Hungary's ongoing transformation processes and its current situation as one of the leading candidates for EU membership. The topics include constitutive elements of a modern market economy as well as education, income structures, the poverty situation, post-communist voting behaviour, regional and urban development and Hungary's cross-border co-operations. The role of Budapest within the European city system and Hungary's economic situation within Europe are also discussed. Drawing together comprehensive empirical data and a geat variety of viewpoints, the book offers innovative examples of the application of different theoretical approaches to transformation studies and studies of economy and society in general. TOC:The Role of Knowledge in the Socio-Economic Transformation of Hungary in the 1990s.- New Regional Patterns in Hungary.- Foreign Banks Are Branching Out: Changing Geographies of Hungarian Banking, 1987-1999.- International Competitiveness: Impacts of Foreign Direct Investment in Hungary and Other Central and East European Countries.- The Spread of Entrepreneurship in Eastern Europe.- Spatial and Social Disparities of Employment and Income in Hungary in the 1990s. Development and Spatial Disparities of Unemployment in Hungary.- Poverty Dynamics in Hungary During the Transformation.- The Geography of Post-Communist Parliamentary Elections in Hungary.- The New Role of Budapest in the Central European City System.- Recent Differentiation Processes in Budapest's Suburban Belt.- The Changing Hungarian Cityscape in the 1990s: A Survey of Four Sample Cities.- Residential Mobility During Transformation: Hungarian Cities in the 1990s.- Cross-Border Co-operations in Hungary in the1990s.