Paper/Speech Details of Conference Program for the 18th NISPAcee Annual Conference Program Overview VII. Working Group on Policy Analysis Author(s) Milena Karadjova New Bulgarian University Sofia Bulgaria Title Influence Of the public development and cultural changes on the legislation in terms of functioning and statue of public administration in Bulgaria File Paper files are available only for conference participants, please login first. Presenter Abstract Public management has developed dynamically within the last century as it has been significantly influenced by the changes made in the political system/ including the expanded voting right and hence reaching absolute completeness, namely to vote and be elected/ as well as the changes made in social aspect, cultural dynamics and the boom of information technologies. In the mean time former communist countries are facing an additional pressure, which can be also defined as a public phenomenon. A number of social rights were put in practice during the regime in such countries, for instance the right for education free of charge/ including higher education /, free healthcare/including dental medicine/, the right for social security and pensions, that guaranteed proper life to those who had it. Simultaneously these societies were devoid of political rights in the classic sense of the word: the right for political plurality, the right for active involvement in the governance, the right for inviolability of the correspondence, the right for private property, etc. The year 1989 turned down the already established political system but also evoked a real drama. A large number of the population, mainly those at the age of 40-50 found democratic changes senseless and disastrous. The citizens gained full human and political rights in terms of legislation but fully lost all the social rights they had in real. The administration in Bulgaria faced severe requirements for reforms: -The frameworks, which were applicable for the administration were publicly execrated and rejected by the legislation - The country was influenced by the world ideas and tendencies for reform in public management and New Public Management theories. -Bulgaria was challenged to join and become a member state of the EU which was closely related to the requirement to adapt its administrative system to those of the EU member states Public administration was put to the test again in conditions of world economic crisis. Thus the aforementioned highlights raise the question for discussion what public welfare is and if the entities that earn money are willing to give a certain amount of it to those who don't, as well as the question to what extend the money-makers are willing to agree with this or in other words to get involved in public agreement reaffirming that giving their money for social activities they serve their personal interests. The aim of the current studies will be to analyse the influence of public changes and political platforms on the legislation related to the public sector and what the extent of interrelation between them is.
