<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The CEE countries are celebrating the 15th anniversary of joining the European Union. The ‘feast’ is also of note because the EP elections are just in front of us. Instead of weighing up the expected results, we can surmise that the resolution of Central European voters is now weaker in terms of belonging to the European community and their trust in democratic institutions is also considerably lower than it was in the transition era. But what happened? The answer is too complex to be summarised in just one study; the examination of this issue would require a complex analysis of facts from economic transformation to transitions in social and economic subsystems. Of these elements, I wish to introduce the system-level transformation and the current state of civil society.</p></abstract>

The CEE countries are celebrating the 15th anniversary of joining the European Union. The ‘feast’ is also of note because the EP elections are just in front of us. Instead of weighing up the expected results, we can surmise that the resolution of Central European voters is now weaker in terms of belonging to the European community and their trust in democratic institutions is also considerably lower than it was in the transition era. But what happened? The answer is too complex to be summarised in just one study; the examination of this issue would require a complex analysis of facts from economic transformation to transitions in social and economic subsystems. Of these elements, I wish to introduce the system-level transformation and the current state of civil society.

Development or reflections of the nonprofit sector in Central and Eastern Europe and Hungary

Faculty of Humanities of the University of Pécs

Politics in Central Europe

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The CEE countries are celebrating the 15th anniversary of joining the European Union. The ‘feast’ is also of note because the EP elections are just in front of...

Development or reflections of the nonprofit sector in Central and Eastern Europe and Hungary

Published Online: Feb 13, 2020

Page range: 135 - 158

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2020-0007

Keywords
nonprofit sector, Central-Eastern Europe, civil society, NGOs

© 2020 László Kákai, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Development or reflections of the nonprofit sector in Central and Eastern Europe and Hungary

Published Online: Feb 13, 2020

Page range: 135 - 158

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/pce-2020-0007

Keywordsnonprofit sector, Central-Eastern Europe, civil society, NGOs

© 2020 László Kákai, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
nonprofit sector, Central-Eastern Europe, civil society, NGOs