Bedők, Péter will explore prevalent forms of work in the Hungarian-speaking regions of Yugoslavia as a pilot study. He will focus on how the connections between regional urban centers and neighboring rural areas shaped the organization of work. Bedők will work on three town centers in the former Yugoslavia: Čakovec, Varasdin, and Osijek (Csáktornya, Varasd, Eszék). His work will provide comparative material on the Yugoslav second economy and semi-private economic forms. He will focus on how the income generated via commuting and working in the second economy shaped patterns of consumption.
He will explore the historical origins of the forms of work and study how earlier legacies of labor and lobbying continued to shape patterns of work in these regions. Bedők will also add research on the impacts of specific interethnic relationships on workplace relations.
Keywords: Međimurje, Mura Region, Hungarian–Croatian Relations, Second Economy, Market Centres