Political camps, their affiliate groups and institutions and intellectual work-shops differ sharply in their definitions and become distinct from one another. The public dialogue liberated after the political transition does not become a consensus-seeking communication, political parties and their intellectual circles and media form invisible alliances. While the National Round-table Talks are characterised by the socialist vs. anti-socialist dichotomy, the divide after the first free general elections is between the national-christian and the leftist-liberalist political formations in Hungary. The public and political spheres have becom one since the 1990s, with mutually beneficial connections and a continuing opposition between certain newspapers, mediums and political figures.
Keywords: social definitions, lack of consensus, media struggle, historical memory, justice, problem-raising, problem solving ability.

It interprets the utterances of these actors as they appear embedded in communicative contexts, i.e. it interprets them in the communication space where they are made, and always reflects on feedback on the major issues of our times, such as: competition, trust, participation and collective memory. The author’s position is based on two intellectual traditions. On the one hand it is influenced by Niklas Luhmann’s concept of society expounded in his communication theory, and the critical reviews it received. On the other hand it is influenced by the theoretical reflexion on social capital concepts. The greatest virtue of the book is the combination of these two perspectives – until now no attempts have been made in the literature on social theory in Hungary to do this. Unfortunately, Luhmann’s approach in Hungarian public thinking is underrepresented, even though the majority of theorists, especially in Western Europe consider this theory one of the most successful attempts of the post-1968 period, for its clear concept and original vision. The book is at the intersection, analysing the current challenges facing modern societies, and looking at the developments in Hungary and in the world in recent years, so it is likely that the book will be of particular interest to readers. (András Karácsony, university professor, vice-rector, Eötvös Loránd University).

The interviewers tried to contact these people again in 2005, and those respondents who were available and willing to take part, they completed the questionnaire with. The surveyors found only 50% of them. Interviewers asked questions about the socioeconomic status, lifestyle, needs, physical and psychological health of respondents as well as related issues, including health care services. The complex questionnaire included my scale measuring the willingness of respondents to become a public figure. Other important modules for the book were the Hofstede Values Survey Module 1994, which looks at the following value-related attitudes: Power Distance Index, Collectivism-Individualism Index, Uncertainty Avoidance Index, Masculinity Index, Long-term Orientation Index. Furthermore, the “stress and purpose in life, the sense of coherence and life events scales” from the Rahe Brief Stress and Coping Inventory questionnaire, and the “Self-efficacy” scale. Schwarzer, 1993, Kopp, 1993.

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