Transformations in Hungary

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XIV

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2. The Role of Knowledge in the Socio-Economic Transformation of Hungary in the 1990s

   • Peter Meusburger

   Pages 1-38

3. New Regional Patterns in Hungary

   • József Nemes-Nagy

   Pages 39-64

4. Foreign Banks are Branching out: Changing Geographies of Hungarian Banking, 1987–1999

   • Heike Jöns

   Pages 65-124

5. International Competitiveness: Impacts of Foreign Direct Investment in Hungary and Other Central and East European Countries

   • Gábor Hunya

   Pages 125-156

6. The Spread of Entrepreneurship in Eastern Europe

   • Tibor Kuczi, György Lengyel

   Pages 157-172

7. Spatial and Social Disparities of Employment and Income in Hungary in the 1990s

   • Peter Meusburger

   Pages 173-206

8. Development and Spatial Disparities of Unemployment in Hungary

   • Zoltán Dövényi

   Pages 207-224

9. Poverty Dynamics in Hungary during the Transformation

   • Zsolt Spéder

   Pages 225-247

10. The Geography of Post-Communist Parliamentary Elections in Hungary

    • Zoltán Kovács

    Pages 249-271

11. The New Role of Budapest in the Central European City System

    • Zoltán Cséfalvay

    Pages 273-289

12. Recent Differentiation Processes in Budapest’s Suburban Belt

    • Éva Izsák, Ferenc Probáld

    Pages 291-315

13. The Changing Hungarian Cityscape in the 1990s: A Survey of Four Sample Cities

    • Éva Izsák, József Nemes-Nagy

    Pages 317-327

14. Residential Mobility during Transformation: Hungarian Cities in the 1990s

    • Ulrike Sailer

    Pages 329-354

15. Cross-Border Co-operations in Hungary in the 1990s

    • János Rechnitzer

    Pages 355-382

16. Back Matter

    Pages 384-384

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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.

• Central Europe
• EU
• European Union (EU)
• Hungary
• Osteuropa
• Stadtentwicklung
• Transformation Process
• Transformationsprozess
• Ungarn
• education
• geography
• mobility
• urban development

• Department of Geography, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

  Peter Meusburger, Heike Jöns

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