Opposing peripheralization? A case study of rural social enterprises in Hungary

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dc.author.affiliationNYUTOhu
dc.author.mtmtid10054203
dc.contributor.authorMihály, Melinda
dc.coverage.mtmtmtmthu
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-09T09:09:10Z
dc.date.available2019-10-09T09:09:10Z
dc.date.issued2019
dc.description.abstractSince the collapse of state socialism in 1989 regional disparities have been growing considerably in Hungary. In particular, small settlements in structurally disadvantaged areas are affected by different dimensions of peripheralization processes, such as stigmatization (they are labelled as “lagged behind”, “backwards” or “underdeveloped” areas), selective migration, disconnection, dependence and social exclusion. In addition, social exclusion in Hungary has an ethnic dimension, as Roma people tend to concentrate in peripheralized areas. As a response to these processes, local initiatives, such as rural social enterprises or social and solidarity economy initiatives, have emerged, counting Roma people amongst their stakeholders. Based on ethnographic methods the article examines the capacity of three rural social enterprises to counteract these peripheralization processes, particularly the dimensions of political dependence and social or ethnic exclusion. The analysis has two parts. On the one hand, this paper examines how the institutional basis (civilian-based, municipality-based or faith based social enterprise) influences the political autonomy of a social enterprise, its access to funding and consequently its room for maneuverability. On the other hand, this paper looks to which extent the so-called Gypsy-Hungarian differentiation (Kovai, 2018, Horváth, 2008, Horváth and Kovai, 2010) determines local realities in peripheralized villages and how rural social enterprises can empower Roma people and divert the differentiation between the conceptual “Gypsy” and the conceptual “Hungarian”. The findings suggest that only the civilian-based social enterprise reflects the racialized and gendered oppression of Roma and thus has the greatest potential concerning Roma empowerment. On the other hand, the civilian-based social enterprise faces the most severe structural and financial challenges due to the constraining institutional framework, which favors centralized organization structures.hu
dc.description.accessszabadon elérhető / Free accesshu
dc.format.extentfirstpage551hu
dc.format.extentlastpage575hu
dc.identifier.citationACME: An international e-journal for critical geographies 18:(2) pp. 551-575. (2019)hu
dc.identifier.issn1492-9732hu
dc.identifier.mtmt-recordid30830214
dc.identifier.urihttps://acme-journal.org/index.php/acme/article/view/1559
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11155/2027
dc.languageangolhu
dc.relation.ispartofjournalACME: An international e-journal for critical geographieshu
dc.relation.ispartofjournalissue2hu
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dc.subjectperiferizációhu
dc.subjecttársadalmi vállalkozásokhu
dc.subjectvidéki térségek - Magyarországhu
dc.subjectvidéki vállalkozásokhu
dc.titleOpposing peripheralization? A case study of rural social enterprises in Hungaryen
dc.type.descriptionfolyóiratcikkhu
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