Laszlo J Kulcsar
Biographic Data
| ID | 282440 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Laszlo J Kulcsar |
| GIVEN NAMES | Laszlo J |
| FAMILY NAME | Kulcsar |
| SIGNATURE | KULCSAR L J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kansas State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6173-6351 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 152 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 22 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 8 |
Coerced Modernization in the Eastern European Countryside
Mungiu-Pippidi A. (2010), A Tale of Two Villages. Coerced Modernization in the East European Countryside, CEU: Budapest–New York, pp. 232
The Chain of Equivalent Demands in the Rise of Rural Neo-populism. Introduction to Special Issue
Since the referendum on Brexit on June 23, 2016, many observers have \nhighlighted the territorial dimension of the profound political changes \nthat have taken place in Western countries. In every country where citizens \nhave been called to the polls, a significant difference has emerged \nbetween urban and rural areas, between large and medium- sized cities, \nand between the centers and suburbs of the most important cities. \nSomeone brought …
Leaving Fury Road
This issue marks the departure of Rural Sociology from Penn State, moving the journal to Brigham Young University (BYU) from 2021. My three-year term as the editor has been a remarkable service experience to the scholarly community of our discipline. What made it truly unique is the opportunity to work closely together with colleagues in the editorial team whose dedication to the journal was second to none. I would like to offer my heartfelt grat…
A burdus élet a legszebb a világon.” A „nagy háború” előtti amerikai kivándorlás regionális, gazdasági és szociológiai háttere
Az 1867 és 1914 közötti időszakról hagyományosan két ellentétes kép él a magyar köztudatban. Az egyik szerint ez az egyértelmű polgári fejlődés időszaka volt, amikor az ország a Monarchia keretein belül sikeresen kapcsolódott az európai gazdasághoz. A másik alapján a korszak a társadalmi és területi egyenlőtlenségek gyors növekedését eredményezte, amelynek egyik legfontosabb mutatója az Amerikába „kitántorgott” magyarság volt, akik az anyaországb…
The multi-scalar organization of aging-related services in US rural places
Beyond Thunderdome
A Demographic Deficit? Local Population Aging and Access to Services in Rural America, 1990-2010
Population aging is being experienced by many rural communities in the United States, as evidenced by increases in the median age and the high incidence of natural population decrease. The implications of these changes in population structure for the daily lives of the residents in such communities have received little attention. We address this issue in this study by examining the relationship between population aging and the availability of ser…
Privileged access and rural vulnerabilities
The Greying Periphery—Ageing and Community Development in Rural Romania and Bulgaria
The impact of ageing on community well-being has been part of the policy discourse in the West, but it is a relatively new problem for the post-socialist countries in Eastern Europe. This study focuses on the patterns of ageing in rural Romania and Bulgaria, offering a holistic view of vulnerabilities, including persistent rural disadvantages, ageing in the countryside and the post-socialist transformation. Aggregate statistics and community case…
When the Educated Leave the East
If you build it, will they come? Biofuel plants and demographic trends in the Midwest
The Political Economy of Urban Reclassification in Post-Socialist Hungary
Kulcsar L. J. and Brown D. L. The political economy of urban reclassification in post-socialist Hungary, Regional Studies. Urban reclassification is usually a statistical exercise, acknowledging that places have met certain development criteria. In some countries, though, it is also an important political game. Local leaders believe that the urban title is the key to future development, while national politicians perceive reclassification as a to…
Intercounty Variability of Net Migration at Older Ages as a Path‐Dependent Process
A bstract This article seeks to identify factors associated with the formation and development of nonmetropolitan destinations for older in‐migration, thereby explaining why some U.S. counties are more likely than others to be nonmetro retirement destinations. We contend that most nonmetro retirement destinations are established and developed over time through a path‐dependent process. When amenities are commodified as recreation and tourism, mig…
Public Perceptions of Population Changes in Hungary
Public Perceptions of Population Changes in Hungary This study examines the public perceptions of population dynamics in Hungary. Based on a representative national sample survey from 2005, we discuss how the general public perceives demographic trends and attitudes people have towards the possible reasons behind these trends and solutions they believe are appropriate to contend with the trends. Rural populations were expected to have poorer know…
Choosing between Marriage and Cohabitation
In this paper, we study the patterns of women first union formation in Hungary. We use competing risk models (Cox regression) to analyze retrospective data (women sub sample, N=8931) from the Gender and Generations Survey for Hungary, wave 1. We found that cohabitation is increasing popular choice among the young cohorts in Hungary and it works as a marriage replacement for women who start their union career later in life. While there is a well d…
Politics without frontiers
Throughout the past years, substantial discussions have dealt with the factors associated with ethnic conflicts such as institutional designs, group dynamics and the influence of external peacemakers. However, one area remains largely uncovered: this is how the domestic politics of a nation state shape minority issues from the same ethnicity in another country. In this paper we discuss the dynamics of Hungarian politics relative to the Hungarian …
Something Old, Something New
Marriage patterns are probably the most sensitive to changes in social norms or economic structure, and closely follow the development path of a society. This study investigates the changing trends of nuptiality in Hungary from the late-nineteenth to the early-twenty-first century. With the help of Hungarian historical statistical data, changes are presented from the perspective of broader socioeconomic development over time, during which Hungary…
Leading Sectors and Leading Regions
This article examines factors accounting for persisting regional inequality in Hungary during the regime change from socialism to a market economy in 1990. We examine the determinants of regional inequality through the lens of leading sector theory which has been used to explain why some ex-socialist countries have done better than others during the transformation. In other words, we ask whether some regions of Hungary are doing better than other…
The Post-Socialist Growth Machine
When the concept of growth machine was created more than twenty years ago, it seemed unlikely that it would ever reach Eastern Europe. Now, about fifteen years after the beginning of the post-socialist transformation, the growth machine is also part of urban politics in the former socialist countries. This article will try to fill a gap in growth machine research, examining this concept in a post-socialist environment through the case of Hungary.…
Post-Socialist Restructuring and Population Redistribution in Hungary
This research focuses on pathways by which national level macro-social transformations are transmitted to local communities. Our case is Hungary where we examine the relationship between post-socialist economic restructuring, widespread industrial dislocations, and urban-rural migration. Using secondary data from the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) and survey data from a study of 49 villages in 4 distinct rural regions, we demonstrate …
Micropolitan Areas and the Measurement of American Urbanization
Household Economic Behavior in Post-Socialist Rural Hungary
This paper investigates the organization of household economic behavior in post-socialist rural Hungary. Data from 751 randomly selected households in three rural regions of the country showed weak labor force attachment and heavy reliance on social welfare programs among these households. Self-provisioning and interhousehold exchange were also prevalent. The data showed that interhousehold exchange is motivated by both economic and social logics…
A Demographic Deficit? Local Population Aging and Access to Services in Rural America, 1990-2010
Population aging is being experienced by many rural communities in the United States, as evidenced by increases in the median age and the high incidence of natural population decrease. The implications of these changes in population structure for the daily lives of the residents in such communities have received little attention. We address this issue in this study by examining the relationship between population aging and the availability of ser…
Household Economic Behavior in Post-Socialist Rural Hungary
This paper investigates the organization of household economic behavior in post-socialist rural Hungary. Data from 751 randomly selected households in three rural regions of the country showed weak labor force attachment and heavy reliance on social welfare programs among these households. Self-provisioning and interhousehold exchange were also prevalent. The data showed that interhousehold exchange is motivated by both economic and social logics…
Intercounty Variability of Net Migration at Older Ages as a Path‐Dependent Process
A bstract This article seeks to identify factors associated with the formation and development of nonmetropolitan destinations for older in‐migration, thereby explaining why some U.S. counties are more likely than others to be nonmetro retirement destinations. We contend that most nonmetro retirement destinations are established and developed over time through a path‐dependent process. When amenities are commodified as recreation and tourism, mig…
Post-Socialist Restructuring and Population Redistribution in Hungary
This research focuses on pathways by which national level macro-social transformations are transmitted to local communities. Our case is Hungary where we examine the relationship between post-socialist economic restructuring, widespread industrial dislocations, and urban-rural migration. Using secondary data from the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) and survey data from a study of 49 villages in 4 distinct rural regions, we demonstrate …
Privileged access and rural vulnerabilities
The Post-Socialist Growth Machine
When the concept of growth machine was created more than twenty years ago, it seemed unlikely that it would ever reach Eastern Europe. Now, about fifteen years after the beginning of the post-socialist transformation, the growth machine is also part of urban politics in the former socialist countries. This article will try to fill a gap in growth machine research, examining this concept in a post-socialist environment through the case of Hungary.…
Micropolitan Areas and the Measurement of American Urbanization
Choosing between Marriage and Cohabitation
In this paper, we study the patterns of women first union formation in Hungary. We use competing risk models (Cox regression) to analyze retrospective data (women sub sample, N=8931) from the Gender and Generations Survey for Hungary, wave 1. We found that cohabitation is increasing popular choice among the young cohorts in Hungary and it works as a marriage replacement for women who start their union career later in life. While there is a well d…
The multi-scalar organization of aging-related services in US rural places
When the Educated Leave the East
The Political Economy of Urban Reclassification in Post-Socialist Hungary
Kulcsar L. J. and Brown D. L. The political economy of urban reclassification in post-socialist Hungary, Regional Studies. Urban reclassification is usually a statistical exercise, acknowledging that places have met certain development criteria. In some countries, though, it is also an important political game. Local leaders believe that the urban title is the key to future development, while national politicians perceive reclassification as a to…
The Greying Periphery—Ageing and Community Development in Rural Romania and Bulgaria
The impact of ageing on community well-being has been part of the policy discourse in the West, but it is a relatively new problem for the post-socialist countries in Eastern Europe. This study focuses on the patterns of ageing in rural Romania and Bulgaria, offering a holistic view of vulnerabilities, including persistent rural disadvantages, ageing in the countryside and the post-socialist transformation. Aggregate statistics and community case…
Leading Sectors and Leading Regions
This article examines factors accounting for persisting regional inequality in Hungary during the regime change from socialism to a market economy in 1990. We examine the determinants of regional inequality through the lens of leading sector theory which has been used to explain why some ex-socialist countries have done better than others during the transformation. In other words, we ask whether some regions of Hungary are doing better than other…
The Chain of Equivalent Demands in the Rise of Rural Neo-populism. Introduction to Special Issue
Since the referendum on Brexit on June 23, 2016, many observers have \nhighlighted the territorial dimension of the profound political changes \nthat have taken place in Western countries. In every country where citizens \nhave been called to the polls, a significant difference has emerged \nbetween urban and rural areas, between large and medium- sized cities, \nand between the centers and suburbs of the most important cities. \nSomeone brought …
Politics without frontiers
Throughout the past years, substantial discussions have dealt with the factors associated with ethnic conflicts such as institutional designs, group dynamics and the influence of external peacemakers. However, one area remains largely uncovered: this is how the domestic politics of a nation state shape minority issues from the same ethnicity in another country. In this paper we discuss the dynamics of Hungarian politics relative to the Hungarian …
Beyond Thunderdome
If you build it, will they come? Biofuel plants and demographic trends in the Midwest
Household Economic Behavior in Post-Socialist Rural Hungary
This paper investigates the organization of household economic behavior in post-socialist rural Hungary. Data from 751 randomly selected households in three rural regions of the country showed weak labor force attachment and heavy reliance on social welfare programs among these households. Self-provisioning and interhousehold exchange were also prevalent. The data showed that interhousehold exchange is motivated by both economic and social logics…
Micropolitan Areas and the Measurement of American Urbanization
The Post-Socialist Growth Machine
When the concept of growth machine was created more than twenty years ago, it seemed unlikely that it would ever reach Eastern Europe. Now, about fifteen years after the beginning of the post-socialist transformation, the growth machine is also part of urban politics in the former socialist countries. This article will try to fill a gap in growth machine research, examining this concept in a post-socialist environment through the case of Hungary.…
Post-Socialist Restructuring and Population Redistribution in Hungary
This research focuses on pathways by which national level macro-social transformations are transmitted to local communities. Our case is Hungary where we examine the relationship between post-socialist economic restructuring, widespread industrial dislocations, and urban-rural migration. Using secondary data from the Hungarian Central Statistical Office (KSH) and survey data from a study of 49 villages in 4 distinct rural regions, we demonstrate …
Politics without frontiers
Throughout the past years, substantial discussions have dealt with the factors associated with ethnic conflicts such as institutional designs, group dynamics and the influence of external peacemakers. However, one area remains largely uncovered: this is how the domestic politics of a nation state shape minority issues from the same ethnicity in another country. In this paper we discuss the dynamics of Hungarian politics relative to the Hungarian …
Something Old, Something New
Marriage patterns are probably the most sensitive to changes in social norms or economic structure, and closely follow the development path of a society. This study investigates the changing trends of nuptiality in Hungary from the late-nineteenth to the early-twenty-first century. With the help of Hungarian historical statistical data, changes are presented from the perspective of broader socioeconomic development over time, during which Hungary…
Leading Sectors and Leading Regions
This article examines factors accounting for persisting regional inequality in Hungary during the regime change from socialism to a market economy in 1990. We examine the determinants of regional inequality through the lens of leading sector theory which has been used to explain why some ex-socialist countries have done better than others during the transformation. In other words, we ask whether some regions of Hungary are doing better than other…
Choosing between Marriage and Cohabitation
In this paper, we study the patterns of women first union formation in Hungary. We use competing risk models (Cox regression) to analyze retrospective data (women sub sample, N=8931) from the Gender and Generations Survey for Hungary, wave 1. We found that cohabitation is increasing popular choice among the young cohorts in Hungary and it works as a marriage replacement for women who start their union career later in life. While there is a well d…
Public Perceptions of Population Changes in Hungary
Public Perceptions of Population Changes in Hungary This study examines the public perceptions of population dynamics in Hungary. Based on a representative national sample survey from 2005, we discuss how the general public perceives demographic trends and attitudes people have towards the possible reasons behind these trends and solutions they believe are appropriate to contend with the trends. Rural populations were expected to have poorer know…
The Political Economy of Urban Reclassification in Post-Socialist Hungary
Kulcsar L. J. and Brown D. L. The political economy of urban reclassification in post-socialist Hungary, Regional Studies. Urban reclassification is usually a statistical exercise, acknowledging that places have met certain development criteria. In some countries, though, it is also an important political game. Local leaders believe that the urban title is the key to future development, while national politicians perceive reclassification as a to…
Intercounty Variability of Net Migration at Older Ages as a Path‐Dependent Process
A bstract This article seeks to identify factors associated with the formation and development of nonmetropolitan destinations for older in‐migration, thereby explaining why some U.S. counties are more likely than others to be nonmetro retirement destinations. We contend that most nonmetro retirement destinations are established and developed over time through a path‐dependent process. When amenities are commodified as recreation and tourism, mig…
If you build it, will they come? Biofuel plants and demographic trends in the Midwest
The Greying Periphery—Ageing and Community Development in Rural Romania and Bulgaria
The impact of ageing on community well-being has been part of the policy discourse in the West, but it is a relatively new problem for the post-socialist countries in Eastern Europe. This study focuses on the patterns of ageing in rural Romania and Bulgaria, offering a holistic view of vulnerabilities, including persistent rural disadvantages, ageing in the countryside and the post-socialist transformation. Aggregate statistics and community case…
When the Educated Leave the East
Privileged access and rural vulnerabilities
A Demographic Deficit? Local Population Aging and Access to Services in Rural America, 1990-2010
Population aging is being experienced by many rural communities in the United States, as evidenced by increases in the median age and the high incidence of natural population decrease. The implications of these changes in population structure for the daily lives of the residents in such communities have received little attention. We address this issue in this study by examining the relationship between population aging and the availability of ser…
The multi-scalar organization of aging-related services in US rural places
Beyond Thunderdome
A burdus élet a legszebb a világon.” A „nagy háború” előtti amerikai kivándorlás regionális, gazdasági és szociológiai háttere
Az 1867 és 1914 közötti időszakról hagyományosan két ellentétes kép él a magyar köztudatban. Az egyik szerint ez az egyértelmű polgári fejlődés időszaka volt, amikor az ország a Monarchia keretein belül sikeresen kapcsolódott az európai gazdasághoz. A másik alapján a korszak a társadalmi és területi egyenlőtlenségek gyors növekedését eredményezte, amelynek egyik legfontosabb mutatója az Amerikába „kitántorgott” magyarság volt, akik az anyaországb…
Leaving Fury Road
This issue marks the departure of Rural Sociology from Penn State, moving the journal to Brigham Young University (BYU) from 2021. My three-year term as the editor has been a remarkable service experience to the scholarly community of our discipline. What made it truly unique is the opportunity to work closely together with colleagues in the editorial team whose dedication to the journal was second to none. I would like to offer my heartfelt grat…
The Chain of Equivalent Demands in the Rise of Rural Neo-populism. Introduction to Special Issue
Since the referendum on Brexit on June 23, 2016, many observers have \nhighlighted the territorial dimension of the profound political changes \nthat have taken place in Western countries. In every country where citizens \nhave been called to the polls, a significant difference has emerged \nbetween urban and rural areas, between large and medium- sized cities, \nand between the centers and suburbs of the most important cities. \nSomeone brought …
Coerced Modernization in the Eastern European Countryside
Mungiu-Pippidi A. (2010), A Tale of Two Villages. Coerced Modernization in the East European Countryside, CEU: Budapest–New York, pp. 232
Political science (18 works) · Economics (16 works) · Sociology (16 works) · Economic growth (13 works) · Geography (11 works) · Demography (8 works) · Law (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · Population (8 works) · Rural area (8 works)