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Social Exclusion of Pervitin Users
60-66Views:413The article is based on a qualitative study using narrative interviews with 13 South Bohemian Pervitin users who visit the drug advisory centre. The goal of the article is to describe how social exclusion is subjectively experienced by Pervitin users. The data were processed with the help of grounded theory. The respondents feel to be excluded in a number of normal life areas: they are rejected by their family, friends, and also by public institutions - particularly by the police and by health care facilities. Social exclusion is accompanied by feelings of guilt and remorse for the users. They are also ashamed of their situation, feeling sorrow and disappointed themselves. In some cases, the users are angry with themselves, in other cases with their surroundings for rejecting them. In both variants, exclusion may constitute an important factor in reducing the users' chances of abstinence.
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Changes in the main dimensions of quality of life in Nyíregyháza
20-64Views:413The Quality-of-Life Research Group of the University of Debrecen Faculty of Health Sciences has been examining various dimensions of the quality of life of the residents of Nyíregyháza through regular data surveys since 2008. The results from the most recent study completed in 2023/2024 focused on indicators that fundamentally determine the quality of life - economic activity and employment, income situation and income inequalities, housing conditions, social problems and support systems. This approach was taken because the research group interprets the quality of life as a complex concept and considers these indicators to be decisive from a sociological perspective.
Even though the proportion of the employees is very high in the city, significant differences were found based upon education and the perception of working conditions. Employment is a determined factor in income and while the average income has increased in recent years, the values of income inequality indicators also show an increase.
There has been improvement in housing both in quantity and quality for those living in privately owned apartments. On the other hand, those who do not have sufficient resources to purchase a home, have to face increasing rental prices and a decreasing number of municipal rental apartments. One out of five households have household expense burdened by debt.
Regarding support systems, this research shows that the poor and the less educated have smaller and less resource-rich networks than those of the better-off and more educated. Material and relational exclusion are typically intertwined, which can further exacerbate the negative effects of social exclusion. -
The chance of digital education among students in a disadvantaged settlement
89-111Views:417The study has researched the adherence of full-times tudents’ into digital study in a disadvantaged region The 240 participants consisted of 165 elementary school students, 51 secondary school students and 24 college/university students. The publication shows that part of the questionnaire that deals with the condition of the adherence, infrastructural endowment and the reasons of absence. The study carries out the survey along factors that cause digital and social exclusion, seeking after significant correlations. The furtherresults of the survey – which deal with the methods of education, successfulness, advantages, disadvantages and the improvement of digital education - will be discussed in another publication.
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A digitális egyenlőtlenség vizsgálata a társadalmi kirekesztődés szempontjából
67-81Views:924My research, which is part of a doctoral thesis, was made in Bereg the most backward subregion of Hungary in 2017. I examined the risk of poverty and social exclusion concerning the children of the age of 14 living here. I looked at this risk from a new angle, the angle of digital inequality. I looked for the answer whether the usage of the modern multi-media devices and the internet can help in the development of this subregion, the future generation will be able to meet the exigencies of the time, find a job in the digitalized labour market. Or else, the lack of these devices and the disability of using them make their position worse. I unveiled the students’ sociodemographic, socioeconomical features, the degree of the supply concerning multi-media devices, the purpose of their usage, their attributes and the factors causing digital inequality. I scrutinized the degree of ICT usage at schools, the relationship between the usage of the internet and the school achievements, the students’ relationships and their future prospects. In this article I would like to introduce the first part of my research in which I examined the socioeconomical background of the degree of supply with multimedia devices.
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Evolving Role of Roma Women in Contemporary Montenegrin Society: Challenges of Early and Underage Marriage
6-32Views:71Roma women in Montenegro stand at the crossroads of tradition and social transformation, reflecting both the resilience and structural challenges faced by their communities. This paper examines the evolving role of Roma women in contemporary Montenegrin society, with particular attention to the persistence of early and underage marriage and its impact on girls’ education, autonomy, and social participation. Using a sociological analytical approach based on existing literature, policy documents, and reports from organisations such as UNICEF, UNDP, and the European Roma Rights Centre, the study explores how cultural norms, poverty, and gender inequality interact to shape the life opportunities of Roma girls. At the same time, the paper highlights the growing role of Roma women’s activism and community initiatives in challenging restrictive norms and promoting education and empowerment. The findings suggest that Roma women are not only affected by social exclusion but are increasingly emerging as important agents of social change and integration within Montenegrin society.
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Az inklúzió és a sajátos nevelési igény lehetséges kontextusai egy nemzetközi kutatás tükrében
112-132Views:359Tanulmányunkban az iskolai inklúzió és a sajátos nevelési igénye (a továbbiakban: SNI) összefüggéseit vizsgáltuk egy nemzetközi kutatás keretében. Az elméleti részben vázoljuk a szegregációtól az integráción át az inklúzióig tartó folyamatot, mely alapján vitatott az egyes fogalmak használata. Az iskolarendszerben az integráció a fogyatékossággal élő tanulók szegregált oktatásával szemben kialakult megközelítést és gyakorlatot jelenti, melynek célja az elkülönített oktatás felszámolása volt. Az SNI nem diagnosztikus, hanem iskoláztatási fogalom, és a gyógypedagógiai és a jogi fogalomhasználat sem esik egybe. Kutatásunkba ukrajnai (kárpátaljai, 280 fő), lengyel (271 fő) és magyarországi (552 fő) tanulók kerültek. Az iskolai befogadást és a társas támogatást az iskolai sikerek alakítják, növelik. A sikerek képesek a tanulási problémákkal küzdő tanulók önbecsülését is növelni, ami együtt jár a társas támogatás növekedésének és a kirekesztés csökkenésének a szubjektív észlelésével.
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Roma School Segregation and Educational Governance in Romania
112-139Views:40This article examines the governance of Roma school segregation in Romania as a national case situated within broader Central and Eastern European debates, arguing that legal prohibition alone does not ensure effective desegregation. Although the normative framework has expanded, segregation persists through administrative opacity, weak institutional capacity, and intra-school reconfiguration. The study conceptualizes segregation as a governance problem sustained by the interaction of ethnicity, poverty, and selective policy implementation.
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Desegregation of Roma Pupils in Practice: A Realist Evaluation of the Krnov Case in the Czech Republic
84-111Views:42This paper examines Roma pupil segregation in the Czech Republic and explores why desegregation appears to succeed in some localities but not in others. Using a document-based realist evaluation, the study develops and refines context-mechanism-outcome (CMO) configurations for the city of Krnov, where a segregated primary school was closed in 2008 and Roma pupils were redistributed across the remaining schools. Drawing on publicly available policy analyses, reports, and media accounts, the paper identifies four linked mechanisms: dispersal that reduces school stigma, active municipal stewardship, a support infrastructure including tutoring and multi-agency cooperation, and school leadership that helps stabilise implementation. Secondary indicators suggest better-than-expected outcomes, including lower non-completion of primary education. The findings do not constitute causal proof, but they offer transferable principles and a “transfer test” for municipalities planning desegregation under different local conditions.
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Career preferences of Roma young people
33-62Views:413The study presents and analyses the career preferences of young Roma people who have graduated or are currently graduating, and draws on quanti-tative and qualitative data from a comprehensive national survey to identify the patterns that characterise the Roma graduate population under study. The results of the questionnaire-based research will show the correlations bet-ween the qualifications, field of study, gender, age, place of residence, future plans, and the Roma linguistic/cultural group of the respondents in order to illustrate their career preferences. The qualitative research findings show that the experience of Roma identity plays a crucial role in young Roma peoples 39; s career preferences and future plans. Irrespective of their Ro-ma community affiliation, the main dimensions of the career preferences of the sample are exclusion, prejudice, self-perceived discrimination and the marginalised situation of the Roma communities.