Template-type: ReDIF-Article 1.0 Author-Name: Erzsébet Nováky Author-Email: erzsebet.novaky@bkae.hu Author-Workplace-Name: Corvinus University Title: Preconditions for the Realization of Socio-Economic Modernization in Hungary Abstract: In her paper the author emphasises that economic and social modernization are of equal importance nowadays in Hungary. For economic modernization the possibility of the modification of socio-economic processes, and for social modernization the future-shaping power constitutes the main precondition. While the modification of socio-economic processes can be investigated by their stability/instability analyses, the future-shaping power can be gauged by the future orientation of individuals and social organizations. "Factor four" provides the guidelines for economic modernization, and a future-oriented education and training system can ensure a solid basis for social modernization. Classification-JEL: Keywords: modernization stability, instability, future orientation factor, four future-oriented education system Pages: 39-44 Number: 01 Volume: 2 Year: 2004 File-URL: http://tmp.gtk.uni-miskolc.hu/volumes/2004/01/TMP_2004_01_06.pdf File-Format: application/pdf Handle: RePEc:mic:tmpjrn:v:2:y:2004:i:01:p:39-44