Governing After Communism - Institutions and Policymaking

Informationen zum Autor By Vesselin Dimitrov; Klaus H. Goetz and Hellmut Wollmann Klappentext This comparative analysis explores the evolution of governance in Central and Eastern Europe. The book considers post-communist leaders' key challenge: the development of central government institutions capable of coordinating, integrating, and steering the policymaking process. Building on a broad range of primary sources and extensive field research, the distinguished authors analyze the processes and outcomes of institution-building in Hungary, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Bulgaria since the late 1980s. Through their in-depth analysis of the development of national executive institutions, they cast a distinctive new light on debates about EU enlargement, Europeanization, and patterns of governance. Zusammenfassung Building on a range of primary sources and extensive field research! the distinguished authors analyze the processes and outcomes of institution - building in Hungary! Poland! the Czech Republic! and Bulgaria since the late 1980s. They cast a distinctive light on debates about EU enlargement! Europeanization! and patterns of governance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1 The Study of Postcommunist Executives Chapter 2 Core Executives after Communism Chapter 3 Executive Institutions and Policy: A Framework Analysis Part 4 Core Executive Trajectories in Four Countries Chapter 5 Hungary: A Core Supreme Chapter 6 Poland: A Core Ascendant? Chapter 7 Czech Republic: A Core Neglected Chapter 8 Bulgaria: A Core against the Odds Part 9 Comparative Assessments Chapter 10 Executive Trajectories Compared Chapter 11 Institutions and Their Effects: Budgetary and Policymaking Chapter 12 Domestic Institutions and European Governance

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• Authors: Vesselin Dimitrov, Vesselin (The London School of Economics Dimitrov, Vesselin Goetz Dimitrov, Klaus H Goetz, Klaus H. Goetz, Goetz Klaus H., Hellmut Wollmann, Wollmann Hellmut
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 27.04.2006
• EAN: 9780742540095
• ISBN: 978-0-7425-4009-5
• No. of pages: 310
• Series: Governance in Europe (Paperbac; Governance in Europe Series
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Eastern Europe, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / European, Politics & government, Central Europe, Politics and government