After a short theoretical overview about the interplay between institutions and elites, the paper analyses the economic performance operationalized by the GDP and the quality of governance in Hungary in comparative perspective, considering two milestones, namely, the impact of the Great...

Undeniably, the economic crisis of 2008 was a critical juncture and a stress test for the EU and the Europeanness of its populations and elites. The crisis therefore offers an appropriate research setting for addressing two major research questions. In the following paragraphs, we first question...

In this paper I analyze to what extent the Eurozone crisis has affected the representativeness of parties’ positions with respect to the issue of European integration. Public opinion data and many analyses have provided evidence that, since 2010, public support for the European Union (EU) has...

Magyar Bálint–Madlovics Bálint: A posztkommunista rendszerek anatómiája. Egy fogalmi keret. c. könyv ismertetése. Noran Libro, Budapest, 2021, 906 o.

The Russian invasion of Ukraine places Central and Eastern Europe once again at the centre of international policy attention. The region is experiencing a sharp crisis: economies are slowing dramatically as Russian gas and energy supplies are being scaled down or cut altogether, while inflation...

While decarbonization and hydrogen energy are at the top of European policymakers' agenda, research and innovation (R&I) management of energy companies must focus on clean technologies (cleantech) which could decrease greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the sector. The Central European energy...

Az energiaszegénység csökkentése egyre fontosabb feladat az Európai Unióban. Jelen cikk az energiaszegénység-érzet és a leggyakrabban alkalmazott szubjektív indikátorok kapcsolatát vizsgálja. A standard szubjektív indikátorok az egyének szubjektív beszámolóira hagyatkoznak, a...