Factors and Determinants of the Quality of Public Administration in the CEE Region

NEMEC, Juraj and Michiel S. DE VRIES. Factors and Determinants of the Quality of Public Administration in the CEE Region. In Edoardo Ongaro and Sandra van Thiel. The Palgrave Handbook of Public Administration and Management in Europe. London: Palgrave, 2018, p. 865-880. Palgrave Handbooks. ISBN 978-1-137-55269-3. Available from: https://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55269-3.

Basic information

• Original name: Factors and Determinants of the Quality of Public Administration in the CEE Region
• Authors: NEMEC, Juraj (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Michiel S. DE VRIES (528 Netherlands).
• Edition: London, The Palgrave Handbook of Public Administration and Management in Europe, p. 865-880, 16 pp. Palgrave Handbooks, 2018.
• Publisher: Palgrave

Other information

• Original language: English
• Type of outcome: Chapter(s) of a specialized book
• Field of Study: 50602 Public administration
• Country of publisher: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Confidentiality degree: is not subject to a state or trade secret
• Publication form: printed version "print"
• RIV identification code: RIV/00216224:14560/18:00102125
• Organization unit: Faculty of Economics and Administration
• ISBN: 978-1-137-55269-3
• Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/978-1-137-55269-3
• Keywords in English: public administration; Central and Eastern Europe; performance
• Tags: topvydavatel
• Tags: International impact, Reviewed

Abstract

This chapter addresses the progress seen in PA research in Central and Eastern Europe. It does so by first describing the societal contexts with their problems, historical legacies and transformation during the last 25 years. Subsequently it addresses the professionalization of the civil service and other important dimensions of PA reforms in the region. The main conclusion is that, although huge differences are seen in the context of varying countries in the CEE-region, especially the Baltics and most countries in Central Europe are rapidly catching up. The same tendency is seen in the study of Public Administration. PA-research in this region may also still be seen as lagging behind, but is rapidly developing.