Social Capital, Diversity and Trust in Hungary: Two Case Studies

This paper addresses the question of how far diversity in Hungary may be connected to levels of trust in communities. It focuses on various analyses of two phenomena: first, the attitudes to the, albeit small, increases in foreign born nationals living in Hungary, secondly, the debate on the increasing differentiation of education in Hungary and asks whether this is seen as influencing patterns of trust. Both topics have been the subject of widespread comment and debate in Hungary, although without much systematic study so far.