A lakás egyszerre alapfeltétele az élet újratermelésének, a társadalmi reprodukciónak, és olyan piaci termék, amelyen keresztül a tőke profitot nyerhet ki a háztartásokból. E tanulmányban ezt az ellentmondásos viszonyt vizsgáljuk Magyarországon az 1970-es évek válságával...

The paper discusses the reasons and possible resolutions of the contradictions in the Hungarian local government system, and proposes methods to resolve them. The nature of the Hungarian system cannot be described by classical normative theories of fiscal federalism. The operation of Hungarian...

A medium level price index that regards an easily definable group of economic agents is to set out in this paper starting from the well-known methodological problems of measuring inflation. The local government price index is derived from other price indices published by the Hungarian Central...

It sounds like a cliché, and a fact proven from several aspects to state that the Hungarian system of municipalities that was established in 1990 is characterized by excessive decentralization and the role of the conflict container, as well as the contradiction between the constitutional...

In April 2007, the State Audit Office (SAO) presented to Parliament a document entitled “Theses on the Regulation of Public Finances”, which the Parliament discussed, asking the government to use the theses during the “reregulation of public finances”. The renewal of regulations on...

Think global, act local Ilona Kovács Pálné Local governments in Hungary DIALÓG CAMPUS KIADÓ, 2008

In Europe, the decentralization of the exercise of public functions has been a marked tendency since the early 1980's. A related phenomenon was the wide acceptance of the European Charter, adopted within the framework of the Council of Europe. The Charter is a fine example of the process now...

In Hungarian political and professional discourse – partly as an effect of the financial crisis – the issue of reform of the local government system has been put on agenda again. This welcome – though under-pressure – fact raises various presumptions and illusions at the same time. The...

A cikk az önkormányzatok utóbbi években zajló atipikusnak tekinthető eladósodásából kiindulva elemzi a magyarországi önkormányzati rendszert. Az atipikus eladósodás egy szimptómája az atipikus önkormányzatnak. A szerző állítása szerint ez a jelenség a magyar...

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