“Success is a kind of faith in doing something correctly”
Cases of subjective success in peripheral areas of Hungary from the vantage point of the rural elite
Réka Horeczki, Ildikó Egyed, Péter Póla
Institute for Regional Studies, Centre for Economic and Regional Studies,
Eötvös Loránd University
Regional and Business Studies (2025) Vol 17 No 2, 31–48
Abstract
In the life of each municipality, settlement leadership is always a key factor of success. The study demonstrates that stable loyalty and confidence in municipal leadership is felt not only toward the figure of the leader but also his entourage, i.e., the administrative staff and the representative body. The primary data collection in the framework of the research conducted by the Institute for Regional Studies enabled us to examine a specific layer of local elites in peripheral areas from various perspectives. The study reviews the composition, role, and functions of the representative body during the successive local government election cycles in Baranya County in Hungary, with a view to examining the subjective determinants of settlement success.
Keywords: periphery, mayor, success, local government, Hungary
JEL codes: O18
