Állandóság és változás: A hagyományos önkormányzati struktúra újjászerveződésének problémái az 1920-as években.

In 1919, the traditional system of local government and administration in Hungary was restored in a slightly modified form, firstly in the territory occupied by the Romanians, and then in the rest of the country. The need for modernization, embodied in legislation, arose as a general demand from the very beginning, and the issue was on the agenda several times in the 1920s, but--partly due to resistance from the county committees concerned--it was only implemented at the end of the decade. In connection with the previous question, only some municipalities held general elections before 1929, and the necessity of holding by-elections was one of the recurrent topics of discussion in political life. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]