Policy Making Under Coalition Politics in Slovakia
Policy Making Under Coalition Politics in Slovakia

Summary/Abstract: Policy Making Under Coalition Politics in Slovakia. The coalition form of the government is very common in Central European countries, and most of the countries have already experienced those relations among the coalition partners influence decision making process, which in turn has profound consequences on the development of policies, or may even result in the break or discontinuity of ongoing policies. The paper aims to present the basic data and analysis of the impacts of a coalition government on public administration, specifically on the policy making process in Slovakia. It provides an historical overview of the coalition governments and defines three basic types in the recent history of independent Slovakia: dominant party coalition (1994-1998), broad coalition (1998-2002) and right-wing oriented coalition (2002-present). The authors examine various aspects of coalition making processes within these three types of coalitions, particularly with the focus on its impact on policy making. The authors argue that type of the coalition agreement and relations within the coalition has profound consequences on the quality and speed of the policy-making processes and on the politicisation of the public administration. The terminology and final paper is a result of the discussion in the Workgroup on administrative-political relations at NISPAcee. Sociológia 2003 Vol. 35 (No. 3: 195-228)

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