Clientelism and Slovenian Public Administration Reform
Clientelism and Slovenian Public Administration Reform
Author(s): Lea PrijonSubject(s): Social Sciences
Published by: Polskie Towarzystwo Socjologiczne
Keywords: Slovenia; public administration; Bureaucracy; elite; post-communism reforms
Summary/Abstract: Since disintegration of former Yugoslavia, Slovenia applied series of reforms in all spheres of life, including public administration. The main reform was contracted on introduction of modern trends in public administration. The article discusses main reforms of Slovenian public administration and their efficiency to change the bureaucratic system into an effective modern one. However, the article aims to understand modern Slovenian public administration within the elitist approach, which seems to explain certain malfunctions of Slovenian public administration after these reforms.
Journal: Polish Sociological Review
- Issue Year: 180/2012
- Issue No: 4
- Page Range: 545-560
- Page Count: 15
- Language: English