Letters

Between Hopes and Reality : About Civil Society and Political Participation in Hungary Between 1990 and 2010

“…This latter, broader-definition is recalled by Salamon and Anheier in 2006 as well (Salamon -Anheier, 2006). Kuti (1998) mentions two further characteristics of non-profit organizations. First, their necessary contribution to the interests of the wider public or to the public good, second, the organization's activity has a support from the citizens.…”

“…As Glózer (2008) and Kuti (1998) (Anheier, 2017;Antal, 2016;Kuti, 2017;Vándor et al, 2017). The main reason for that is change of the political structure.…”

“…There are some ambiguities with regards the formal or informal nature of this organization. While Salamon et al (Salamon et al, 2003) state that the organization-like operation and not its legal personality is important, the Hungarian approach tends to be more formalistic and usually requires a legal personality (Kuti, 1998).…”

“…Furthermore, they can operate on the same ground as for-profit organizations, 79 As an illustration of the prevalence of the definition, see: (Bocz, 2009;Kuti, 1998;Salamon, 1994;Salamon et al, 2003) competing for the same pool of clients, providing similar services (Galaskiewicz -Bielefeld, 1998). What is distinctive in this case is the -mostly legal -restriction on distributing profit among members.…”

“…They have the competence to make decisions, to start and to cease actions, alliances etc. d) private or independent from the state: Salamon et al Salamon et al (2003Salamon et al ( )(2003 emphasize the private nature of these organizations, while Kuti (1998) only the institutional separation from state institutions. This separation does not prevent them from contributing to the public good or to the tasks the state has.…”