<abstract xml:lang="en" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The study analyses the role of - two so-called collective factors - spatiality and ethnicity in social exclusion in Hungary. Furthermore, it highlights the unfavourable effects of incorrect political decisions concerning regional development on rural poverty and exclusion in Hungary's history since the end of World War II. It suggests the need for a new practice of monitoring and focused reporting at micro-regional level, close cooperation of regional development and social policy actors in regional planning, as well as a definite commitment of local decision makers in order to reduce spatial inequalities and avoid further escalation of exclusion.</p></abstract>

The study analyses the role of - two so-called collective factors - spatiality and ethnicity in social exclusion in Hungary. Furthermore, it highlights the unfavourable effects of incorrect political decisions concerning regional development on rural poverty and exclusion in Hungary's history since the end of World War II. It suggests the need for a new practice of monitoring and focused reporting at micro-regional level, close cooperation of regional development and social policy actors in regional planning, as well as a definite commitment of local decision makers in order to reduce spatial inequalities and avoid further escalation of exclusion.

Poverty and Social Exclusion in the Rural Areas of Hungary

Eastern European Countryside

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The study analyses the role of - two so-called collective factors - spatiality and ethnicity in social exclusion in Hungary. Furthermore, it highlights the...

Poverty and Social Exclusion in the Rural Areas of Hungary

Publié en ligne: 06 janv. 2011

Pages: 157 - 174

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10130-010-0008-2

Mots clés
social exclusion, rural poverty, collective factors, ethnicity, spatiality, peripherisation, cohesion policy, cooperation, monitoring

This content is open access.

Poverty and Social Exclusion in the Rural Areas of Hungary

Publié en ligne: 06 janv. 2011

Pages: 157 - 174

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/v10130-010-0008-2

Mots cléssocial exclusion, rural poverty, collective factors, ethnicity, spatiality, peripherisation, cohesion policy, cooperation, monitoring

This content is open access.

Mots clés
social exclusion, rural poverty, collective factors, ethnicity, spatiality, peripherisation, cohesion policy, cooperation, monitoring