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. The past two decades have been extraordinary ones for the countries of Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union. Many, indeed most, countries in the region have made the transition from dictatorial governments to democratic ones. Certainly, in some instances, the building of democratic institutions within the region has been a more difficult task than in others and, in some cases, this process of institution building remains a very fragile one. Nevertheless, when viewed in its totality, the achievements have been quite extraordinary. The 2005 annual conference of the Network of Institutes and Schools of Public Administration of Central and Eastern Europe brought together scholars from throughout the region, and many other parts of the world, to examine these developments. This book includes edited papers from that conference that address both the challenges of building democratic governance and the way that many of the countries of the region are working to respond to those challenges.
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 Oleh Protsyk
Political Rationality and Economic Rationality and the Hungarian Public Decision-Making System: Economic efficiency versus democracy in Hungary Janos Hoos
Can Bad Executive Institutions Make Good Policy? Russian government under Yeltsin and Putin Pat Gray
Involving Parliament in EU Affairs: The new member states and the Danish model Antoaneta L. Dimitrova and Ellen Mastenbroek
Enhancing Governmental Legislative Capacity? An analysis of the effects of decision making reforms in Lithuania and Romania Andreas Bagenholm
Commitment of Slovenian Civil Servants and Politicians to Democratic Values and Norms Miro Hacek and Marjan Brezovsek
II. The Bureaucracy as an Instrument of Democracy
Nomenklatura versus Civil Service in Poland: Defining politico-adminisrative relations under Leszek Miller’s government Tatiana Majcherkiewicz
Politicians and Senior Civil Servants in Former Yugoslav States: Back to discarded traditions? Aleksandra Rabrenovic and Tony Verheijen
Bureaucratic Incapacity in Transition Democracies: A case study of decision behaviour in Hungarian central government organizations Gyorgy Hajnal
Unfinished Transition – Public Administration Reform in Serbia 2001-2004 Svein Eriksen
The Strategic Role of Civil Servants’ Training for Reforming Public Administration in Bulgaria Polya Katsamunska and Pavel Pavlov
III. Local Governance and the Creation of Grassroots Democracy
City Quarter Communities: A new quality in Slovenian local democracy Irena Baclija and Marjan Brezovsek
Understanding Issues Raised by Non-governmental Organizations for Modern Russian Public Administration Carmine Scavo, Paul Dezendorf and Elena Murenina
Mayoral Leadership and Political and Administrative Relationships in Kiev and Odessa Natalya Kolisnichenko, Allan Rosenbaum and Valentina Krivtsova
Performance Management in Local Governments in Albania: A project report Zana Vokopola and Silvana Braculla
New Public Management Principles and Policy Implementation: The case of Estonian local governments Kristiina Tonnisson
Gypsy Women in Public Life: The case of Hungarian local government Agnes Recz Horvath
IV. Government Reform as a Means to Facilitate Democratic Development
Corruption: Commonality, causes and consequences comparing fifteen post-communist countries Karin Hilmer Pedersen and Lars Johannsen
Policy making and Policy Implementation Problems in Central and Eastern Europe: the case of health care delivery in Slovakia Juraj Nemec
Public Budgeting in the Czech Republic Lucie Sedmihradska and Stanislav Klazar
Preparing the Public Service for Working in Multiethnic Democracies: a survey of schools of public administration in Central and Eastern Europe Michael Brintnall
V. New Theories for Democratic Development in the CEE
Public Service and the Democratic Deficit Anetta Debicka and Marek Debicki
Political Participation and Governance Effectiveness – Does Participation Matter? Martin Nekola
Three Dimensions of Modern Social Governance: Markets, Hierarchies and Kinships Vladimir Benacek
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