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This paper describes the different components of mass-migration-related fear based on the theoretical framework of integrated threat theory developed by Stephan et al. (1999) and reveals the social basis of fear in relation to the recent migration crisis that has been affecting Europe since 2015. The paper uses survey data from the research entitled The Social Aspects of the 2015 Migration Crisis in Hungary implemented in 2016 by TÁRKI Social Research Institute. Results show that the majority of respondents worried a lot about both the realistic and the symbolic threat of migration (around 60% of respondents perceive intense migration related threats). We identified only a small subsample of people who worried more about the realistic than the symbolic threat of mass migration (15% of respondents), and only a tiny subsample of respondents who worried more about the symbolic than realistic the threat of mass migration. Regarding the socio-demographic predictors, respondents' age as well as their place of residence played important roles in the perception of threat, but not exactly in the same way as in case of xenophobic attitudes. On the other hand, respondents' level of educational and political activity did not predict perceptions of threat, in contrast to our hypothesis based on the literature about predictors of xenophobia. In addition, personal contact with migrants, social trust, political activity and affiliation are also directly associated with the perceived threat towards mass migration, both in the European and the national context. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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This paper reanalyzes the forecasts of the 2002 Hungarian parliamentary elections based on a rarely used statistical approach, Bayesian analysis. In contrast to the frequentist approach of statistics, this method enables the researcher to include prior information in the analysis. It may be relevant in the case of the elections under investigation, since although many polling companies had measured a higher support for the Hungarian Socialist Party in the first three months of 2002, before the elections incorrectly they all predicted the victory of the Fidesz-Hungarian Democratic Forum coalition. The empirical analysis is based on two samples used by Ipsos and by Tárki to produce their forecasts published eight days before the elections. The results show that in this particular case the Bayesian analysis is more precise than the frequentist analysis of the same data or the forecasts the same opinion polling companies published. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article examines the movement of grassroots organizations and volunteers in Hungary that suddenly emerged during the European migration and refugee crisis in 2015. This movement emerged in a society with low level of trust and high level of xenophobia, without any relevant previous examples. This movement was built from scratch via Facebook groups and provided humanitarian aid for the refugees and migrants on streets and railway stations of major cities in Hungary as a response to the lack of sufficient aid by the official relief organizations and the state. The analysis is based on various qualitative data sources and covers the motivational structure of the volunteers and grassroots organizations, their operational methods, including the nature of cooperation and conflicts that emerged during relief work. In addition, the article also deals with the attitudes and (the lack of) activity of the established charities and other NGOs. The study reflects on the political context and the public debates and also analyses the role of online and social media during the migration crisis, focusing on the summer and fall of 2015. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

While appreciating the novelty of Ákos Huszáir's model, the article criticizes his normative concept of capitalism by drawing the attention to the essential differences between postsocialist capitalism and the normatively understood West-European and Anglo-Saxon capitalist development. Privatization has never been accepted by Hungarian society as legitimate. The dispossession of the working people, who were the "owners" of property in principle, reinforced unequal competition. This undermined social trust in the established norms and the new democracy, which rendered democratic institutions essentially fragile in Hungary. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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