Informality and Nonprofits in East Central European Capitalism

Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2000

18 Pages Posted: 10 Jan 2008

Abstract

This paper presents an analysis of nonprofit organizations - the organizational infrastructure of civil society - in East Central Europe, from one important respect: by placing them in the context of the comparative historical sociology of the region's widespread informality. This involves two steps: (1) summarizing an argument about the role of informality in East Central European capitalism today in order to (2) outline its implications for the study of post-state-socialist nonprofits. Most of the empirical examples come from Hungary. These examples serve illustrative purposes and are intended as devices to provoke new analysis. They are meant to open, rather than close, discussion.

Keywords: informality, East Central Europe, nonprofit organizations, Hungary, cliques, social network assets

Suggested Citation

Borocz, Jozsef, Informality and Nonprofits in East Central European Capitalism. Voluntas: International Journal of Voluntary and Nonprofit Organizations, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2000, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1082466

Jozsef Borocz (Contact Author)

Rutgers University ( email )

Dept of Sociology
26 Nichol Ave
New Brunswick, NJ 08901
United States

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