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Contemporary Governance Models and Practices in Central and Eastern Europe
Editor(s): Polonca Kovač, György Gajduschek
Date: 2015
ISBN: 978-80-89013-75-3
Publisher: NISPAcee Press
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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION
Developing New Governance Models and Administrative Practices in Central and Eastern Europe
Polonca Kovač........................................................................................................ 7
SECTION I
From Pre-Weberianism to New Weberian State
Universal Rationalization: Max Weber’s Great Narrative
Dirk Kaesler.......................................................................................................... 21
What Would Max Weber Say About Public Sector Innovation ?
Rainer Kattel........................................................................................................ 29
The Afterlife of Weber’s Bureaucratic Model
Mark Gal.............................................................................................................. 41
Effects of Western Governance Models in Eastern Europe After the Transition, Enlargement and Crises
Tamás M. Horváth............................................................................................... 53
SECTION II
Post-New Public Management and Good Governance
From Pre-Weber to Post-NPM: Challenges to Modernization of Public Administration in Latvia and Norway
Harald Koht, Iveta Reinholde.............................................................................. 75
Rationality and Bureaucracy in Hungary Before and After the Transition
György Jenei......................................................................................................... 97
Why Do We Need a Strong but Constitutionally Limited State ? The Paradigm of Good Government
István Stumpf..................................................................................................... 113
Illiberalism in the Making: Orbán-era Governance Reforms in the View of the Administrative Elite
György Hajnal.................................................................................................... 133
CRITICAL NOTES
Critical Notes on Four Major Theories of Public Administration as they Appear in Central and Eastern Europe
György Gajduschek............................................................................................ 157
