Centre for Social SciencesHungarian Academy of Sciences Centre of Excellence

The Centre for Social Sciences (CSS) launches a call for applications for inviting internationally acclaimed foreign researchers for a period of 1–8 months to conduct research in Hungary.

Rudolf Metz has published an article entitled "Democratic leadership as a political weapon: competition between fictions and practices" in the International Journal of Public Leadership

András Bíró-Nagy has published an article entitled “Orbán’s political jackpot: migration and the Hungarian electorate” in  Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies.

Theories, Methods, and Interpretations
Editors: Rudas, Tamás, Péli, Gábor

Vol 10 No SI8 (2020): Special issue in English No. 8 (2020) The sociology of architecture - Theories, methods, and subjects (Guest Editor: Máté Tamáska)

Active Youth? 
Trends of political participation in East Central Europe

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In democratic political systems, the main actors of representative democracy are party leaders, elected parliamentarians, and cabinet members. In addition to these, there are other ways of decision-making in a democratic political system such as participatory and deliberative democracy. These involve citizens and non-governmental organizations that aim to improve the social acceptance and effectiveness of political decisions. Research on democratic innovations focuses on successful practices and methods aimed at changing democratic governance and political structures to improve them. Such innovations range from direct democracy (e.g. referendums, agenda initiatives, recall) to deliberative practices (e.g. deliberative polling, consultative mini-publics, participatory budgeting etc.) in offline and online settings.