In this article, we define a schema for the class structure of Hungary, in which we consider a case for an Eastern-European capitalist system emerging from post-communist societies. Our schema is based on the findings of the Hungarian Class Survey, 2014. Using six measures of Bourdieusian economic, cultural, and social capital and applying the methodology of latent class analysis (LCa), we have constructed a model of eight LCa-based classes: upper class, cultural middle class, affluent middle class, young urban consumers, network-embedded rural workers, young drifters, middle-aged deprived, and the precariat. Hungarian society seems to be quite hierarchical but is also fragmented within the upper and lower strata. Status inconsistency in terms of possessing economic, cultural, and social capital is strongly present even for the middle XXX10.1177/0888325417739954East European Politics and SocietiesAlbert et al. / Mapping the Post-communist Class Structure research-article2017 2 East European Politics and Societies and Cultures classes. There is a clear divide in our class model between the upper four and the lower four classes, in terms of vertical and nonvertical aspects of social stratification. We also compare our new multidimensional class typology to the traditional occupation-based one and demonstrate its added value for class analysis in Hungary.

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Intersections. EEJSP 3(1): 120-146. DOI: 10.17356/ieejsp.v3i1.299 http://intersections.tk.mta.hu AbstractYoung Europeans' political responses to the economic crisis have neither been uniform nor overly promising for the future of democratic Europe. We seek to identify potential causal relationships between young peoples' employment status and choice of political participation (i.e. both traditional and non-traditional forms of political participation, as well as emerging alternatives). Although politicians and academics highlight that young people are increasingly disengaged from conventional politics, and papers have been published about different aspects of this topic, young peoples' perspectives and generational differences are rarely taken into account simultaneously. In this paper we characterize the consequences of the economic and employment conditions of youth on political engagement. Our paper focuses on Hungary, which has struggled with youth unemployment. The paper involves secondary data analysis of cross-national surveys, involving six datasets

A tanulmány célja egyfelől a politikai attitűdök vizsgálatakor a Részvétel, képviselet, pártosság (NKFI119603) kutatás adatain keresztül a demokráciára vonatkozó asszociációk elemzése, a fogalom hazai értelmezése mögötti összefüggések vizsgálata, valamint a politikai meggyőződésből, a gazdasági teljesítmény értékeléséből, illetve a demográfiai különbségekből adódó eltérések feltárása. Másfelől, bemutatjuk a demokráciával való elégedettség, és a pártos polarizáció időbeli változását Európában, felhasználva az European Social Survey (ESS) adatait. Eredményeink, a pártos polarizációs elméleteknek megfelelően igazolják, hogy a demokráciával való elégedettség politikai preferencia függvénye is: a kormánypárti szavazók jóval elégedettebbek a demokráciával, mint az ellenzékiek. Ez a különbség a vizsgált európai országok körében Magyarországon kiemelkedően nagy, ráadásul az elmúlt években folyamatosan növekszik is. Azonban nemcsak a demokráciával való elégedettség esetén, hanem a demokrácia értelmezése vonatkozásában is érvényesül a pártosság. A kormánypárti szavazók más szavakkal, szókapcsolatokkal írták le a demokráciát, mint a 2018 nyarán erősen kiábrándultnak tűnő ellenzéki szavazók.

In our study, we wish to give an overview of integration mechanisms in Hungarian society. We focus on system integration, that is, on the political processes and interactions that re-establish social mechanisms of co-existence in society. We approach system integration from the dimension of action. Three hypotheses are tested on the database of Integration and Disintegration Processes within the Hungarian Society project. We present what explanatory factors influence the electoral, traditional and direct forms of political activity. We also discuss the relationship between cohorts, life events and participation, as well as the link between clients and participation.