Central European Papers, 2016 (roč. 4), číslo 2

Prologue to the second issue of the fourth volume of Central European Papers (C.E.P.)

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Central European Papers 2016, 4(2):5  

The Nation and the Nation State in the Mirror of Czech and Polish Sociological Journals in the Interwar Era

Dušan JANÁK jr.

Central European Papers 2016, 4(2):8-24 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2016.011  

The following text offers a comparison of Czech and Polish sociological journals of the interwar era related to the problems of the nation and the nation state. A combination of quantitative and qualitative content analysis is used for comparing formal characteristics (institutionalization, periodicity, types, number and size of articles), and thematic structure. Czech sociology had a closer relationship to nation-state politics, which was shown at the level of institutional (in)stability of the journals, at the level of personal involvement of journals' leading figures in politics as well as at the level of discourse, where different relevance and...

A Struggle for Domination - A Role of the Carpathian German Party in Nazification of the German Community in Slovakia

Milan OLEJNÍK

Central European Papers 2016, 4(2):25-37 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2016.012  

Two decades of existence of the First Czechoslovak Republic (CSR) were a time of adaptation of its citizens to the flow of changes, which affected all aspects of political, economic and social life. As a consequence of democratic political system, inhabitants of Czechoslovakia could actively participate in political activities in the Republic. Shortly after establishment of CSR, a number of political parties were founded, including associations representing ethnic minorities. In Slovakia, the most numerous minority was the Hungarian one and next to it the German minority. Similarly like the Slovak majority, also these ethnic groups were represented...

Czech Refugees in the Papers of the National Archives of Hungary

Daniel MIKLÓS

Central European Papers 2016, 4(2):38-52 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2016.013  

In the Czech Republic, the history of the Czech refugees who used the "Balkan Way" - that went through Hungary as well between 1939 and 1945 - is well known. However, due to the lack of knowledge of the Hungarian language, the Czech historians did not research the sources that can be found in the Hungarian archives. Although the Hungarian scholars could use those documents, they denied them, because - de iure - the Czech exiles weren't refugees according to the Hungarian government during World War II.This essay tries to demonstrate that the National Archives of Hungary have important and nearly unknown documents about the Czech refugees. These...

The Comparison of the Czechoslovak and Hungarian Electoral Law in the Light of the Hungarian Interwar Literature

Gábor HOLLÓSI

Central European Papers 2016, 4(2):53-67 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2016.014  

Based on Hungarian period literature, the study presents the main features of 1920s Czechoslovak electoral law, while comparing it to the Hungarian electoral law of the same period. Those elements of Czechoslovak electoral law are highlighted that the interwar Hungarian literature covers. Likewise, the study outlines the two differing directions which - already apparent in the first decades following the world war - the development of Czechoslovak and Hungarian electoral law had taken, despite starting out on a similar footing in the wake of independent statehood. Before drawing conclusions - with a consideration of their impact on political life -...

Community Life of Slovaks in Budapest between 1850 and 1875

Ľuboš KAČÍREK

Central European Papers 2016, 4(2):68-79 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2016.015  

This work seeks to provide a picture of the Slovak community in the capital of the Kingdom of Hungary from the period between the conclusion of the 1848/1849 revolution and the onset of the social and political upheavals it brought to the suppression of Slovak national ambitions and all related activities in 1875. They culminated in the closing of Slovak secondary schools and Matica slovenská, as well as the collapse of the New School of the Slovak national movement which attempted reconciliation and cooperation with the Hungarian government.

The Role of Public Administration in the Hungarian Holocaust General Assessment and Case Study in Historical Social Psychology

Éva GULYÁS

Central European Papers 2016, 4(2):80-99 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2016.016  

The role of public administration in the Holocaust has become an intensely debated issue recently. A large number of researchers have been dealing with the legal frameworks and the means of the administrative apparatus but only a few take up the issue of the moral responsibility of the public servants themselves. This specific aspect is highlighted in the present study, which seeks to answer the question on both theoretical and historical level. Of the theories concerning this topic, the most significant is that of the noted sociologist, late Zygmunt Bauman. The now-classic Polish-born sociologist holds that the major reason triggering the Holocaust...

Hungarian Public Administration and Administrative Law

Zoltán HEGYESI

Central European Papers 2016, 4(2):101-103  

Passau: Schenk Verlag 2014, 552 pages.ISBN 394-4850-12-2, 978-394-4850-12-2

Ritecz GYÖRGY - Sallai JÁNOS, A migráció trendjei, okai és kezelésének lehetőségei 2.0 [The Causes and Trends of Migration and the Possibilities to Handle it 2.0]

Szabolcs MÁTYÁS

Central European Papers 2016, 4(2):104-106  

Budapest: Hanns Seidel Alapítvány 2016, 169 pages.ISBN 978-963-8848-46-8