Democratic Governance in CEE Countries: Challenges and Responses for the XXI Century | ||
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Author(s)/Editor(s): Alan Rosenbaum, Juraj Nemec Date: 2006 ISBN: 80-89013-25-2 Price: 15 EUR + postage Order mail: nispa@nispa.org | |
This book contains papers from the 13th NISPAcee Annual Conference "Democratic Governance for the XXI Century: Challenges and Responses in CEE Countries, Moscow, Russia, May 19-21, 2005. Contents Introduction
Allan Rosenbaum and Juraj Nemec I. The Central Instruments of Governance and the Processes of Democratic Development Cabinet Decision-Making in the Western CIS Countries: Dual executive and the diffusion of policy-making authority in Ukraine Political Rationality and Economic Rationality and the Hungarian Public Decision-Making System: Economic efficiency versus democracy in Hungary Can Bad Executive Institutions Make Good Policy? Russian government under Yeltsin and Putin Involving Parliament in EU Affairs: The new member states and the Danish model Enhancing Governmental Legislative Capacity? An analysis of the effects of decision making reforms in Lithuania and Romania Commitment of Slovenian Civil Servants and Politicians to Democratic Values and Norms II. The Bureaucracy as an Instrument of Democracy Nomenklatura versus Civil Service in Poland: Defining politico-adminisrative relations under Leszek Miller’s government Politicians and Senior Civil Servants in Former Yugoslav States: Back to discarded traditions? Bureaucratic Incapacity in Transition Democracies: A case study of decision behaviour in Hungarian central government organizations Unfinished Transition – Public Administration Reform in Serbia 2001-2004 The Strategic Role of Civil Servants’ Training for Reforming Public Administration in Bulgaria III. Local Governance and the Creation of Grassroots Democracy
City Quarter Communities: A new quality in Slovenian local democracy Understanding Issues Raised by Non-governmental Organizations for Modern Russian Public Administration Mayoral Leadership and Political and Administrative Relationships in Kiev and Odessa Performance Management in Local Governments in Albania: A project report New Public Management Principles and Policy Implementation: The case of Estonian local governments Gypsy Women in Public Life: The case of Hungarian local government Corruption: Commonality, causes and consequences comparing fifteen post-communist countries Policy making and Policy Implementation Problems in Central and Eastern Europe: the case of health care delivery in Slovakia Public Budgeting in the Czech Republic Preparing the Public Service for Working in Multiethnic Democracies: a survey of schools of public administration in Central and Eastern Europe V. New Theories for Democratic Development in the CEE
Public Service and the Democratic Deficit Political Participation and Governance Effectiveness – Does Participation Matter? Three Dimensions of Modern Social Governance: Markets, Hierarchies and Kinships |