Torsello, Davide - Pappová, Melinda: Social Networks in Movement. Time, interaction and interethnic spaces in Central Eastern Europe - Nostra Tempora 8. (Somorja-Dunaszerdahely, 2003)
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Research on the ethnic problematic 283 participated in this research project: the Institute for Social Sciences, SAV, in Košice; the Slovak Research Institute in Békéscsaba, Hungary; the Institute for Ethnic Research, MAV, in Budapest; and the Slavic, Germanic, Croatian and Bulgarian Institutes at the EUE University in Budapest. The overall objective was to reveal mechanisms of preservation, change and reproduction of ethnic identities in German, Croatian, Slovak and Bulgarian families living in Hungary. This interdisciplinary, sociologic-socio-psychological study was characterized by applied field research. The survey was conducted across the entire country, in those counties where German, Croatian, Slovak and Bulgarian ethnic minorities had their majorities. Because of the multiple topics of inquiry in these investigations, the project consisted of four relatively independent surveys that used identical methodologies. The subjects of the study were the intergenerational coherences related to the identity of ethnically homogeneous and heterogeneous families living in Hungary on both an individual level (i.e. family members) and on a group level (i.e. the family as a social unit). The main aim of this research was to study aspects of ethnic identity among German, Croatian, Slovak and Bulgarian families living in conditions of social transformation. The topics of our survey included: social and demographic structures of German, Croatian, Slovak and Bulgarian families; ethnic identity of family members in present times and the intergenerational identity changes; ethnic awakening activities and ethno-cultural orientation of single families; inter-marriage relations, networks of relatives, and intergenerational relations and their influence on the strengthening and development of ethnic identity; and the migration of families as well as the effects of this migration on the state of ethnic identity. The survey sample consisted of 650 respondents who were divided into four subgroups: 200 German, 200 Croatian, 200 Slovak and 50 Bulgarian families (the lower number of this last group is due to the smaller representation of ethnic Bulgarians in Hungary). By the end of
