Politics and the development of the Hungarian non-profit sector |
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Authors: | Jenkins Robert M |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Sociology, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill, 27599-3210 Chapel Hill, North Carolina, USA |
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Abstract: | One of the important developments in post-Communist Hungary has been the growth of the voluntary or non-profit sector. Under
the Communist regime, voluntary associations were controlled and independent organisations were largely suppressed. During
the 1980s, advocacy groups and independent associations emerged to challenge the Communist monopoly on organisation. These
challenges were instrumental in laying the foundation for the post-Communist non-profit sector, providing models of organisation
and experienced activists. After the creation of a new legal framework in 1989 and 1990, the growth of the non-profit sector
was dramatic. Two types of non-profit organisations have developed in democratic Hungary: associations predominate in membership
activities, while foundations are active in fields requiring fund-raising. Attempts by the Hungarian Democratic Forum-led
government to shape the non-profit sector to meet its goals were met with political pressure from professionals in the non-profit
sector. The result was the beginnings of a contract-for-service regime and increased organisation of a contract-for-service
regime and increased organisation of interests within the non-profit sector itself.
This is a revised version of a paper presented at the 1994 Annual Conference of the Association for Research on Nonprofit
Organizations and Voluntary Action (ARNOVA), Berkeley, California, October 1994. The author gratefully acknowledges support
from the Program on Nonprofit Organizations (PONPO), Yale University. Helpful comments were provided by David Bronkema, éva
Kuti, Debra Minkoff, Suzanne Morrah and members of the PONPO Colloquium. |
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