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• Changes in family decision-making and division of labor among weekly families

  148-165

  Zsuzsa Kukucka

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  68

  The study deals with the transformation of decisions and division of labor within the family by
  processing the results of a qualitative, interviewed study of the target group of weekly workers.
  The study shows how decisions are restructured according to roles within the family and how
  the roles of women and men change as a result of the regular absence of one family member.
  From the point of view of the approach to domestic work, the differences between weekdays and
  weekends, which can be considered as a consequence of weekend, come to the fore. In the course
  of the analysis, we examined whether there was a change in the decision-making processes
  within the family as a result of the weekly (and if so, what areas were affected by the change)
  and whether there was a radical change in the division of family responsibilities as a result of the
  weekend. I present the results on the basis of two dimensions, on the one hand, of the phenomena
  of disposition and decision-making over income, and, on the other hand, of the division of family
  responsibilities and problem-solving.

• Majority Decision Making

  81-100

  Levente Nagy

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  26

  Modern democracies, based on pluralism, recognize and affirm diversity, permit peaceful
  coexistence of different interests, values and convictions, and advocate a form of political
  moderation. For democracy to function and to be successful two of the most challenging
  questions must be raised and answered: Who have the right for collective decision-making?
  What principle should be used for these people to be elected? With the development of modern
  democracies it has become more and more accepted the idea that democracy should rest upon
  the principle of majority rule, coupled with individual and minority rights. Majority rule thus
  refers to the quantitative aspect of democracy, while individual and minority rights express
  the qualitative or constitutional aspect of it. A detailed analysis of democratic decision-making
  processes shows that not all decisions made by legislature – whose members are elected by the
  majority of the people – are effective and good decisions, and points at the fact that most of the
  democratic decisions are not made by the majority but by minority groups, who quite often take
  the initiative and can seriously influence the majority. This paper focuses on these issues.