ABSTRACT
Hungary is a parliamentary democracy. From the point of view of the territorial dimension of governance, it is a unitary state with a two-tier local government system. The Hungarian administrative system has, from a formal–institutional aspect, all the features characteristic of Continental European administrative systems. Civil society has a long history in Hungary. In fact, there is a sociological concept–kalaka–that describes the mutual support of neighbors and relatives at different stages of life in rural Hungary. The local governmental is a two-tier system. This upper tier of the self-government system is responsible for, among other things, the middle-level health and secondary education services. The lower tier of the local government system includes the municipalities. In analyzing Hungarian administrative culture, examining the educational background of civil servants is also instructive. Empirical analysis of the subject concludes that graduates of law play a preeminent role in the Hungarian public administration.
