Local Reforms in Transition Democracies

From Table of Contents: - Local Public Reforms in Central and Eastern Europe: Agendas for the Future - Policy Analysis: Methods of Policy Analysis and Their Importance on Local Government Level - Corruption and the Necessity of Openness and Transparency Within Local Public Policy Making - 'Semi Towns' and Micro Villages. Reconsideration of the Relationship between Cities and the Country Side - Public Administration and Local Government Reform in Slovakia - An Unfinished Step Forward - Two Decades of Decentralization Failures in Slovenia - Reforms of Local Self-Government in Russia (2003-2008) and France (2010): Impact on Local Democracy - Territorial Fragmentation as an Obstacle to Territorial Consolidation Reform the Case of Slovakia - Introducing Multi-Level Governance to the Czech Republic - International Dimension of Local Policy-Making: Advantages, Limits and Challenges of Cross-Border Cooperation - Developments of Regional Settlements. The Case of the Transcarpathian Region - Outlines of the Future of ICT in Public Administration - Creative Economy and its Impact on Local and Regional Development Local Reforms in Transition Democracies analyses local public reforms in Central and Eastern Europe, Russia and Ukraine. Practitioners and researchers (economists, lawyers, geographers and political scientists) investigate the transition to democracy and the reform efforts for good governance that Czech Republic, Hungary, Russia, Slovakia and Slovenia undertook in the recent decades. With a broad theoretical framework, this volume gives a pertinent account of good practices and failures in local and regional reforms. For Romania, this book is one of the first comprehensive researches focused on sub-national reforms of states of Central and Eastern Europe.   Lucrarea propune o analiză pertinentă a reformelor administrației publice locale în Europa Centrală și de Est, Rusia și Ucraina. Practicieni și cercetători (economiști, juriști, geografi, politologi) investighează tranziția spre democrație și eforturile de reformă întru bună guvernantă din Republica Cehă, Slovacia, Slovenia, Rusia și Ungaria. Pe lângă corpul teoretic extrem de variat, volumul conține exemple de bună practică și analize ale eșecurilor intervențiilor publice la nivel local și regional. Pentru piața românească de profil, volumul este primul de această anvergură dedicat reformelor subnaționale și singurul care reunește atât de multe state din Europa Centrală și de Est.   Contributors: Csachova, Stela; Jacko, Tomas; Klimovsky, Daniel; Kozakova, Viera; Matatkova, Katerina; Muranyi, Peter; Pinteric, Uroš; Prijon, LeaSharapova, Olga; Sicakova-Beblavă, Emilia; Staronova, Katarína; Stefcekova, Lenka; Stejskal, Jan; Tovt-Brenzovych, Kateryna; Tozsa, Istvan; Voloshyna, Yulianna.