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Decentralization and Transition in the Visegrad

Poland, Hungary, the Czech Republic and Slovakia

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  • © 1999

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Editors:
  1. Emil J. Kirchner

    1. University of Essex, Colchester, UK

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Part of the book series: Studies in Economic Transition (SET)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xviii
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  2. The Importance of Local and Regional Reform

    • Emil Kirchner, Thomas Christiansen
    Pages 1-18

  3. Regionalization in Western Europe

    • Thomas Christiansen
    Pages 19-33

  4. Decentralized Government and Subsidiarity

    • Nicholas Bernard
    Pages 34-52

  5. Regional and Local Development in Poland

    • Jacek Zaucha
    Pages 53-79

  6. Territorial Government in the Czech Republic

    • Michal Illner
    Pages 80-101

  7. Slovakia: Changes in Public Administration

    • Lubomir Faltan, Vladimir Krivy
    Pages 102-131

  8. Hungarian Local Government

    • József Hegedüs
    Pages 132-158

  9. Euroregions on the Polish—German Border

    • Andrzej Kowalczyk
    Pages 159-172

  10. Poland and the EU: Trade-related Problems

    • Anna Zielinska-Glebocka
    Pages 173-190

  11. European Security and Debt Finance in Poland

    • James Sperling
    Pages 191-207

  12. The Role of the EU in Local and Regional Government

    • Emil Kirchner
    Pages 208-222

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 223-237
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The book assesses the democratization and marketization in the Visegrad states. It analyses the effectiveness of these emerging government structures at a regional and local level in terms of competencies and resources, makes comparisons with West European experiences at this level, and examines the role of external factors, especially the EU and international financial organisations, in the development of sub-national authorities in these countries.

Reviews

`This volume deals with an extremely topical and important subject. Reform of local and territorial government is at the centre of political and economic transition in Central and Eastern Europe directly affecting the EU's eastward enlargement. The book compares Western and Eastern European experiences and perspectives. It also confronts a set of theoretical assumptions accumulated in recent years on the issues of democracy, integration and decentralization, with empirical evidence fron Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and the Czech republic. As such it represents a valuable source for those studying European integration, democratic theory, regional politics and regime change.' - Jan Zielonka, Professor of Political Science, European University Institute, Florence

`This excellent volume provides detailed empirical analyses by leading Central European specialists in local government, but also sets the issues into the broader context of changing patterns of state organization across Europe in chapters by Western scholars. It thus contributes usefully to consideration of the common problems faced by both parts of a formerly divided continent in a comparative way.'

- Dr J. R. Batt, Centre for Russian and East European Studies, University of Birmingham

'...this topical and informative collection of studies, a unique publication in English on the subject, calls our attention to the contribution of the Visegrads to wider European economic and political integration.' - Miklos Lojko, International Affairs

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Essex, Colchester, UK

    Emil J. Kirchner

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NICHOLAS BERNARD Lecturer in the Department of Law at the University of Essex THOMAS CHRISTIANSEN Jean Monnet Lecturer and Director of European Studies in the Department of International Politics at the University of Wales Aberystwyth LUBOMIR FALTAN Senior Researcher and Director of Institute of Sociology, Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava ANNA ZIELINSKA-GLEBOCKA Professor in Economics at the University of Gdansk and Jean Monnet Chair in European Economic Integration JOZEF HEGEDUS Director of the Metropolital Research Institute in Budapest ANDRZEJ KOWALCZYK Lecturer in the Faculty of Geography and Regional Studies at the University of Warsaw VLADIMIR KRIVY Senior Fellow Researcher at the Institute of Sociology, Slovak Academy of Sciences in Bratislava JAMES SPERLING Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Akron JACEK ZAUCHA Associate Professor in the Department of Macroeconomics at the University of Gdansk

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