Theoretical and Applied Economics
No. 1 / 2013 (578)
Local reforms by political conditionality: trials and erros in Central and Eastern Europe
National School of Political Studies and Public Administration, Bucharest
Abstract. This article gives an overview of the local reforms undertaken between 1998 and 2011 in seven CEE countries (Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia). The interest lies especially in determining national actions for increasing transparency of local self-government and decentralisation. Reading the European monitoring documents prior and after accession (where available), and national strategies of reform, the author argues that for the CEE region reforms undertaken during accession to the European Union had not been entirely internalized, and that in the absence of any conditionality costs, these countries experienced a reform regress. As results are presented, the prediction proves invalid for some part of the region and the authors advocate for the need of cross-referencing data and advance research.
Keywords: political conditionality; Europeanization; transparency; decentralization; CEE region.
Contents
- Corruption, public integrity, and globalization
in South-Eastern European states.
A comparative analysis
Andrew I.E. EWOH
Ani MATEI
Lucica MATEI
- The risks of Euro adoption in Romania –
an analysis based on ten criteria
Marius-Corneliu MARINAŞ
- The impact of foreign direct investment on economic
growth: the Portuguese experience
Nuno Carlos LEITÃO
Saeed RASEKHI
- Employment in the EU countries:
a panel data analysis
Larisa STĂNILĂ
Mădălina ANDREICA
Amalia CRISTESCU
- Territorial efficiency of the cohesion policy
in Romania
Daniela Livia TRAŞCĂ
Mirela Ionela ACELEANU
Daniela SAHLIAN
- Corporate social responsibility and organizational
identity in post-crisis economy
Diana Andreia HRİSTACHE
Claudia Elena PAİCU
Nilgün İSMAİL
- Urban and rural educational system disparities
in Romania
Mihaela Roberta STANEF
- Adaptation of the tourism in Romania
to the new economic context imposed
by the global economic crisis (in 2010)
Silvia IFTIME
Paulina Cornelia PODINA