In order to include a wide array of potential contributors and to make the NISPAcee Annual Conference even more attractive to Public Administration and Policy scholars, experts, and practitioners and to further enhance its position as one of the most important meetings in the field internationally, the 20^th NISPAcee Annual Conference again includes General Sessions, in which papers that cover topics, which go beyond the conference or working group themes, are presented. The only criteria for acceptance were (a) scholarly quality, (b) interest of the topic and (c) "from or about the region”.

Paper: Grabbing the means of administration political competition and party patronage in East Central European state-building
Author/Presenter:
Kim Sass Mikkelsen, Aarhus University, Arhus C, Denmark

Paper: Effectiveness of anti-corruption efforts according to civil servants
Author(s):
Lars Johannsen, Aarhus University, Arhus C, Denmark
Karin Hilmer Pedersen, Aarhus University, Arhus C, Denmark
Presenter(s):
Lars Johannsen, Aarhus University, Arhus C, Denmark

Paper: Europeanization as a factor influencing multiple interest representation: Lithuanian environmental policies’ case
Author(s):
Liudas Mazylis, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania
Liucija Mazylyte
Presenter(s):
Liudas Mazylis, Vytautas Magnus University, Kaunas, Lithuania

Paper: Capitalism: Discontent, partial remedies, lingering doubts
Author/Presenter:
Donald Fuller, American University of Armenia, Yerevan, Armenia