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Public Policy in Central and Eastern Europe: Theories, Methods, Practices
Potucek, LeLoup, Jenei, Varadi
Date: 2003
ISBN: 80-89013-13-9
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This textbook represents the collaborative work of social scientists in CEE with the assistant of several American colleagues to map out the emerging world of public policy analysis since the economic and political transition. The articles encompass a range of topics: approaches to public policy, various theories of public policy, the role of the state and bureaucracies, ethics, the public interest, the policy process, coordination, non-profit actors, budgeting, implementation, and substantive policies of education, health care, and social policy. The approaches are interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary. The chapters benefited from the two authors’ conferences that took place in Prague and Budapest in the late 1990s as the contributors shared ideas and gained insights from others. The results is a unique perspective from Central and Eastern Europe.
Table of contents
Preface
György Jenei, Lance T. LeLoup and Martin Potůček ................................... 7
Chapter 1
Approaches to Public Policy in Central and Eastern Europe
Martin Potůček and Lance T. LeLoup ......................................................... 11
Chapter 2
Economic Theories of Policymaking
Gyula Gulyás ................................................................................................ 27
Chapter 3
Dimensions of Public Policy: Values, Processes,
Implementation, and Results
Martin Potůček and László Vass ................................................................... 55
Chapter 4
Policy Coordination: Government, Markets, and the Civic
Sector
Martin Potůček .............................................................................................. 77
Chapter 5
Public Policy Institutions: The State and Bureaucracy
György Jenei, János Hoós, and László Vass .............................................. 105
Chapter 6
Public Administration and Public Management: Approaches
and Reforms
György Jenei, János Hoós and László Vass ............................................... 123
Chapter 7
The Role of the Nonprofit Sector in Public Policy
Pavol Fric and Martin Bútora .................................................................... 145
Chapter 8
Ethics and Public Policymaking: An Incomplete Transition
in Central and Eastern Europe
Brack Brown ............................................................................................... 175
Chapter 9
Evaluation of Public Programs
David Greenberg ......................................................................................... 203
Chapter 10
Budgeting as a Policy Process
Mihály Hőgye .............................................................................................. 231
Chapter 11
Social Policy in Central and Eastern Europe
János Hoós .................................................................................................. 259
Chapter 12
Efficiency Issues in Education
Dóra Vámos ................................................................................................. 279
Chapter 13
Health Care in Central and Eastern Europe
László Gulácsi ............................................................................................. 299
Appendix
Application of Sociological Methods in Public Policy
Miroslav Purkrábek ..................................................................................... 331
About authors ...................................................................................... 339
