JENEI, Gÿorgy; KUTI, Éva <br/><br/>
Duality in the third sector :  the hungarian case 

 - Hong Kong :  University of Hong Kong,  June 2003 
<br/><br/> This article examines the duality in the role of the third sector in Hungary. Is the third sector an expression of civil society, rooted in as emerging democratic culture, and based on a broadening social participation or is the third sector largely an extension of the central and local governements in the sense that a large part of its organisations play an important role in the provision of public services? The first part of this article seeks the explanatory factors of this duality in certain elements of the social and economic background. Sucessive sections with given an overview of the dual system, and try to explore its relations with present social, political and economic challenges. The article concludes by considering opportunities for a more developed partnership´between government and non-profit organisations.