Society and Economy
Volume/Issue:
Volume 27: Issue 2
Information Society in Hungary: Impact Assessment of Public Policies with the Help of Social Indicators
Author:
Péter Futó Department of Sociology and Social Policy, Corvinus University of Budapest Fővám tér 8, H-1093 Budapest, Hungary

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Pages:
171–193
Online Publication Date:
07 Dec 2005
Publication Date:
01 Dec 2005
Article Category:
Research Article
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/socec.27.2005.2.1
Keywords:
e-society; e-society; e-learning; e-work
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Despite significant policy efforts, in 2003 the Hungarian general population has fallen behind the Central and Eastern European (CEE) average regarding most social indicators of Internet access, usage, knowledge and attitudes. The article is a policy impact assessment interpreting the results of a population survey covering 10 countries of CEE, performed in 2003 within the framework of the SIBIS Project (Statistical Indicators Benchmarking the Information Society). The 10 Newly Associated States (NAS) covered by the survey are as follows: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. In case of Hungary the relevant strategies, legal framework development and support actions of various public policy areas are analysed with the help of an international comparative analysis of survey findings.

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