Scandal in a Small Town : Understanding Modern Hungary Through the Stories of Three Families.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of Maps, Figures, and Tables -- Preface -- Guide to Hungarian Names and Phonetics -- 1. Introduction -- The Death of a Mayor -- Unearned Honors at Tiszadomb High School -- Studying Tiszadomb -- Overview of the Community -- 2. The Boglárs: An Ódomb Peasant Family -- The "Blessed Village" -- Beginnings: Turn of the Century -- World War I: Sándor -- Between the Wars: Dénes -- World War II -- End of the War: Tamás -- The "Peasant Question" -- Ódomb No More -- The First Cooperatives -- The Revolution of 1956 -- The Collectivization of Agriculture -- Tamás: A New Beginning -- The New Economic Mechanism -- New Age at Tiszadomb -- Tamás: The Making of an Entrepreneur -- 3. The Faragós of Ujdomb -- Origins -- The Turn of the Century -- Mihály: The First Bolshevik -- Ujdomb Between the Wars -- Béla: Eking Out an Existence in the Interwar Years -- World War II -- Land Reform -- The Proletarian Dictatorship -- Béla: Early Collectives -- Ferenc: A Socialist Childhood -- Counterrevolution -- The New Wave of Collectivization -- Ferenc: Out of Peasantry -- The Golden Years -- 4. Pintér Katalin: A Life Formed on the Farmlands -- The "Borderlands" or "Farm World" -- Family -- Early Years -- School Years -- High School -- Teachers' College -- After College -- University Student and High School Teacher -- Economic and Political Developments in the Country -- The Opposition -- The Dawning of Political Consciousness -- 5. Conclusion: The Beginning and the End -- "Unearned Honors" and the Press -- The Court Hearing -- 6. Postscript: Waiting for Rebirth -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Index -- About the Author.

Part of "ASPA Classics" series, this book compiles various contributions to the theory and practice of performance measurement that have been published in various journals affiliated with the American Society for Public Administration. This book includes methods and techniques for developing effective performance measurement systems.

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