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• Positioning Opportunities for Rural Areas Through the Example of Ciuc-Basin

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  Kinga Katalin Székely

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  Those development approaches that support social inclusion, exploitation of endogenous
  resources and community development may be an alternative, and can offer new opportunities
  for the economically and socially disadvantaged rural areas and for peripheral settlements
  that have missed the mainstream of development. The new rural paradigm, and the related
  regional development approaches, such as marketing-oriented settlement development, point to
  a new community-based trend, where places, local communities get a more important role, the
  function of local management changes and endogenous factors become the main resource. The
  communication activity and positioning practice becomes more important.

• Where do young villagers work? Types of social bonds and occupational characters of young generations living in small villages

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  One of the defining elements of local identity is the opportunity to work and the chance ofear- ning money. These factors are especially important in small villages within low-populated rural areas, where due to changes in the production structure and land ownership job opportunities become less and less. In the absence of livelihood opportunities and adequate income for young people living in the countryside, the migration process is intensifying, the villages are aging and become more and more depopulated. A smaller part of young villagers however remain in the settlement, with new marginalized settlers from urban areas, who appear alongside them.

  Our case study, based on 104 interviews in 12 settlements, seeks to find whether young peop- le – aged 19–25 – look at village life as a constraint or an opportunity. The central question is whether they think that this marginal status, with an assumingly cheap village life, is the only choice for them, or they are convinced that they are staying in small villages due to their cons- cious choice in favour of a rural lifestyle.

  Focusing on employment strategies, the aim of this paper is to look at the dimensions of local attachment of the target group, and to show the various labour market characteristics of the target groupthat develops within the given framework.

• Barriers to parental involvement in school life of a rural settlement in Szeklerland

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  Mária-Magdolna Szász

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  This study examines the barriers of parental involvement in school life through a sample of a rural settlement in Szeklerland, using the six areas of parental involvement discussed by Epstein (1987). In the study area, the actual process of parental involvement in the Epsteinian sense is in its initial stages. Although behaviours that can be categorised as school-parent cooperation are emerging, conscious parent-school cooperation is not yet characteristic.