WHY DID WE ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN? THE NATURE OF TERRITORIAL DECENTRALIZATION REFORMS IN HUNGARY Cover Image

MIÉRT HAGYTUK, HOGY ÍGY LEGYEN?A területi decentralizációs reformok természetrajza Magyarországon
WHY DID WE ALLOW IT TO HAPPEN? THE NATURE OF TERRITORIAL DECENTRALIZATION REFORMS IN HUNGARY

Author(s): Ilona Pálné Kovács
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences
Published by: MTA Politikai Tudományi Intézete
Keywords: Territorial reforms; decentralization; reform capacity; vetoplayers; re gionalism

Summary/Abstract: The paper is part of the project fi nanced by the National Scientifi c Research Found launched one year ago which aims at preparing the theoretical basis and hypotheses. The aim of the project is to interpret the processes and context of the territorial reforms after the systemic change; therefore empirical researches will be implemented during the following years. In this paper the author introduces the presupposed phases of territorial reforms and the main characteristics of these phases from the angle of the aspects of values followed, of professional grounds and adjustment to the real conditions and reform capacities. The paper tries to compare the Hungarian territorial reforms to the international trends and draws attention to the necessity of conducting researches in the fi eld of reform processes as privileged events of public policy.

  • Issue Year: 2013
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 07-34
  • Page Count: 28
  • Language: Hungarian