Politico-Administrative Relations in the National Reception of OMC Policies: Comparing Policy Sectors in Slovenia
Politico-Administrative Relations in the National Reception of OMC Policies: Comparing Policy Sectors in Slovenia

Summary/Abstract: The article examines the relationship between the national politicians and their civil servants in the reception of the Open Method of Coordination (OMC) policies. Our comparative case study of three policy fields in Slovenia identifies variations in the politico-administrative relations among different policy sectors. These variations can be explained by the weight of the ideological-political burden that determines the extent to which a particular policy sector is politicised. Although the reception of OMC policy is first and foremost in the hands of the national politicians, national civil servants have greater scope to act autonomously in those policy sectors which are less politicised.

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