The Choice-Architecture behind Policy Designs
From Policy Design to Policy Practice in the European Integration Context

The book contains selected revised papers from the 27th NISPAcee Annual Conference "From Policy Design to Policy Practice”, May 24-26, 2019, Prague, Czech Republic organized in co-operation with Charles University, Prague and Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic, co-funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union under the Jean Monnet Action – Jean Monnet Project No. 599737-EPP-1-2018-1-SKEPPJMO-PROJECT "PRACTIC - From Policy Design to Policy Practice in the European Integration Context”.
This publication was funded by the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union under the Jean Monnet Action – Jean Monnet Project No. 599737-EPP-1-2018-1SK-EPPJMO-PROJECT "PRACTIC - From Policy Design to Policy Practice in the European Integration Context”.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction The Choice-Architecture behind Policy Designs: An Introduction to this Volume

Michiel S. de Vries, Juraj Nemec, Veronica Junjan

Policy Design: Just a Fad or a Fundamental Concept ? (Or How to Deal with Policy Design in Interesting Times)

Veronica Junjan

2. Empirical Research Papers on Policy Design and Policy Practice

Editors: Michiel S. de Vries, Juraj Nemec, Veronica Junjan

Policy Design and its Relevance for Practice in Public Administration

B. Guy Peters

Redesigning Policy Cycles and their Design
Geert Bouckaert

Public Policy in Troubled Waters

Martin Potůček

The Rule of Law in CEE Public Administration through the Content Analysis of Selected Articles

Polonca Kovač

3. Case Studies

Editors: Juraj Nemec, Martin Klus

A Framework for Political Leadership to Build Sustainable Public Institutions: Addressing Wicked Problems
Richard F. Callahan

Co-creation and Co-production on the Local Level: The Case Study of the "Citizens’ Initiatives” Service in the City of Ljubljana

Mitja Dečman

Performance Appraisal of Civil Servants – as Introduced by the New Law of Civil Service in the Georgian Public Sector

Nino Dolidze

Increasing Democratic Legitimacy of Elections and Referendums in Slovakia

Martin Klus, Juraj Nemec

E-government and Digitalisation of Core Administrative Services for Citizens in Selected CEE Countries

David Špaček, Mihály Csótó, Nicolae Urs

4. Policy papers

Editors: Lesya Ilchenko-Syuyva, Jaroslav Dvorak, Mihaela Victorita Carausan

4.1. Use of Evidence in Public Policy Design and Implementation Increasing Reliance on Wood Energy?

A Case Study on Policy-Practice Interface in Selected European Countries

Francesca Ferranti

Re-thinking the Importance of Equity Principles in Carbon Emissions Policy for the Future: A Policy Driven Empirical Narration for India vs. European Union

Sovik Mukherjee

The Development of Foreign Language Professional Competencies of Public Administration Students

Guliya K. Nurlybaeva

Building a Cybersecurity Ecosystem in a Hungarian City – The Potential for Innovative Growth

Judit Szakos, Tamas Szadeczky

Towards More Evidence-Based Policy Making in Montenegro in the Context of the Advanced Stage of EU Accession Negotiations

Almedina Vukić

4.2. Citizens’ Participation

Civil Participation by Means of Participatory Budgeting: Checking of Possibilities for Decentralised Cooperation in Belarus

Yuri Krivorotko

Networked Individualism: A New Narrative for Citizens’ Participation in the Decision-Making Process in Latvia

Lilita Seimuskane, Eduards Lielpeters

4.3. Reforms and Change

Changes in the Organisational-Legal Form of Hospitals
Olga Angelovská

Open Information, Contract Management, Transparency and Ethical Standards: In Local Government Units Contracting Out for Case Management Service Delivery

Esien Eddy Bruno

Improving Public Services in the Post-Soviet Settings: The Potential for Optimisation of Public Services in Kazakhstan

Bakhytzhan Kurmanov

Potential for Improvements in the Reporting and Financing of Museums in the Czech Republic

Milan Jan Půček

The Reform of Territorial Public Administration in Hungary

Edit Soós

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