Civil Society, Social Movements and Political Participation in Hungary

Mikecz, Dániel

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“…Only in one case did we see evidence of a desire to become involved in voluntary activities or to participate in public affairs (C#2). This may be attributed to relatively low public engagement in Hungary (Mikecz, 2023), but it is also possible that fewer workers are motivated to spend time in ecologically beneficial ways through collective WTRs than through individual arrangements. After all, one potential reason to choose shorter hours is ecological (Hanbury et al, 2019), so people with such motivations are probably overrepresented among downshifters.…”

Section: Impacts On Workersmentioning

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Working time reduction: Employers’ perspectives and eco-social implications – ten cases from Hungary

Hidasi,

Venczel,

Antal

2023

European Journal of Social Security

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Working time reduction (WTR) refers to an increasingly popular group of eco-social policies, with various potential implications for social security and sustainable welfare depending on the details of implementation. Despite the growing number of international examples, WTRs constitute a countertrend in Hungary where the government aims to create a ‘work-based society’. In this context, we investigate whether and how companies launch WTRs, and study their effects. Our approach is comparative and explorative. We draw on interviews with managers of 10 companies to understand the motivations behind WTRs. In addition, we use 34 interviews and two focus groups conducted at four companies, considering impacts on employees’ workload and working conditions. We show that the drivers, mechanisms and impacts of WTRs differ by company size. There is far more diversity among smaller companies, where the attitudes of managers and personal relationships are decisive. Larger companies either choose low-risk WTRs that offer low gains, or target further growth and potentially cause a reduction of sectoral output while maximising profit. The latter may be the first example of profit-driven degrowth in the literature. Insights generated here can be useful to understand the potential reasons for, and barriers to, a more widespread adoption of WTRs, as well as the role of positive and negative impacts on workers in this process. We argue that this is important not only for social and economic outcomes, but also for the environment, since WTRs are necessary for a precautionary approach to sustainability. We highlight the limitations of current WTRs, in order to catalyse thinking about more radical variants.

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Section: Impacts On Workersmentioning

confidence: 99%

Working time reduction: Employers’ perspectives and eco-social implications – ten cases from Hungary

Hidasi,

Venczel,

Antal

2023

European Journal of Social Security

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Challenges for Participation and Empowerment. Six Youth Dialogue Projects in Comparative Perspective

Treimer,

Lorenz

2023

The Future of Europe

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Youth work aimed at empowering people to be active citizens is demanding in organisational and didactic terms, and because of diverse contexts and EU perceptions which have to be respected. This chapter compares the practical challenges encountered by organisers of six youth dialogue projects in post-socialist regions of the European Union funded by Erasmus+ in 2019. It identifies typical challenges, including varying attitudes toward the EU and EU citizenship, a low interest in politics, challenging living conditions, underdeveloped youth work opportunities in remote rural areas, the difficulties in reaching a target group, the unstable motivation of young people, a lack of prior knowledge, no systematic consideration of the youth dialogue results by decision-makers, the unclear long-term effects of the projects and problems with funding. It also discusses the findings in light of previous studies on youth work and European citizenship that did not specifically focus on our region of interest.

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Civil Society, Social Movements and Political Participation in Hungary

Cited by 2 publications

References 9 publications

Working time reduction: Employers’ perspectives and eco-social implications – ten cases from Hungary

Working time reduction: Employers’ perspectives and eco-social implications – ten cases from Hungary

Challenges for Participation and Empowerment. Six Youth Dialogue Projects in Comparative Perspective

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