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The NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy
Volume XIII, Number 2, Winter 2020
Special issue: Politics of Bureaucracy: Roles of Top Public Officials in Turbulent Times
Guest editors: Tobias Bach Jan-Hinrik Meyer-Sahling Katarína Staroňová
Published online by the Open Access publisher Sciendo:
ISSN: 1338-4309 (e-version)
Table of Contents
About the Authors
Editorial
Public Policy during COVID-19: Challenges for Public Administration and Policy Research in Central and Eastern Europe
Juraj Nemec,Wolfgang Drechsler, Gyorgy Hajnal
PART I – Special Issue
Top Officials in Turbulent Times: Converging Research Agendas in Europe East and West
Tobias Bach, Jan-Hinrik Meyer-Sahling, Katarína Staroňová
Top Officials’ Careers and the Relationship between Politics and Administration
Tobias Bach
Functional Politicization in the Dutch Senior Civil Service: Evidence from Longitudinal Surveys and Qualitative Research (2007–2019)
Alexandre Belloir, Caspar van den Berg
The Politics of Appointment of Top Civil Servants: Career Backgrounds and Civil Service Politicization in the Czech Republic
Marek Rybář, Milan Podmaník
Governing Illiberal Democracies: Democratic Backsliding and the Political Appointment of Top Officials in Hungary
Jan-Hinrik Meyer-Sahling, Fanni Toth
Ministerial Advisers in Slovakia: Profiles and Career Paths, 2010–2020
Samuel Krajňák, Katarína Staronova, Heath Pickering
The Relationship between Politics and Administration at the Flemish Local Level: Intermunicipal Differences Explained
Sofie Hennau
The Five Tasks of Public Value Management: Public Value as a Programme of Administrative and Societal Democratisation
Michal Sedlačko
Independence despite Political Appointment? The Curious Case of the Austrian Ombudsman Board
Julia Dahlvik, Axel Pohn-Weidinger, Martina Kollegger
The Politics of Bureaucracy: A Continuing Saga
B. Guy Peters
Conclusions: TED Dialogue on Politico-Administrative Relations
Tony Verheijen
PART II – Regular Issue
The Innovative HR Practices of Regional Administrations: Is it a New Round of Civil Service Reform in Russia?
Alexey G. Barabashev, Tatiana V. Zaytseva
Using Game Theory in Public Domains: The Potential and Limitations of Security Games
Zuzana Špačková, David Špaček
