A Critical Insight into Policy Implementation and Implementation Performance

Author(s): Anisur Rahman Khan,Shahriar Khandaker / Language(s): English Issue: 4/2016

Policy implementation involves translating the goals and objectives of policy into action. Although seen as an integral part of the policy cycle, substantial research has not yet been carried out in this area. This paper examines the state and status of policy implementation as a discipline and the factors associated with implementation performance, based on a review of the literature and analysis by researchers.The assessment in this study confirms the dearth of theoretical development of this subject as a major concern for this discipline and a barrier for perfect execution. It was also found that multiple factors are linked to poor policy performance, such as a lack of coordination, funding, commitment, capabilities among implementers and top-downsupport. Finally, by critically looking into loopholes associated with performance in policy implementation, five theoretical models were developed for improving performance.These respectively had a rational, organisational, political, bureaucratic and management basis. It is expected that the application of these standards would help to overcome issues, leading to successful policy performance.

Poland and Hungary after the 2008 Global Crisis

Author(s): Bogdan Góralczyk / Language(s): English Issue: 02/2015

Under an unprecedented political system, created since 2010, the Orbán government in Hungary has been dismantling liberal democracy. But this devlopment has remainedrelatively unknown to the world – even to Hungary’s neighbour states and countries in the European Union. This study follows the internal political dynamics in both Hungary and Poland in the decade that has elapsed since the EU enlargement of 2004 brought these countries into the European Union. Traditionally Poland and Hungary have stayed close to each other in development. In 2005-07 Poland tried to establish a “Fourth Republic” foreshadowing the types of policy change the Orbán government later espoused. This Polish attempt collapsed, but the ideology is still very much alive.

Slučajevi sistemske korupcije u Srbiji (2003-2011)

Author(s): Author Not Specified / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 3-4/2013

Ostrakizam intelektualaca u Srbiji

Author(s): Jovica Trkulja,Anđelka Cvijić / Language(s): Serbian Issue: 3-4/2013

Savremeni izazovi politike proširenja Evropske unije na Zapadni Balkan

Author(s): Tanja Miščević / Language(s): Croatian Issue: 02/2016

EU Enlargement Policy, one of the newest EU policies created during the last decade of the 20th century, is facing a very difficult period of its development, similar to the challenges facing the EU today. This Policy has been under constant evolution on the basis of experiences with the new Member States, and it has been closely connected with the wider context of European Integration of the Member States. In this article we present an overview of the major challenges for the Union as well as for candidate countries and to point out that there is no good reason why, even in the crisis situation, enlargement should not be continued. It is, we argue, part of the solution to the problems of EU,and not yet another problem.

Pravni status Gradonačelnika Grada Mostara poslije isteka mandata

Author(s): Nurko Pobrić / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian Issue: 26/2016

Ustavni sud Bosne i Hercegovine je svojom odlukom broj: U-9/09 od 26. novembra 2010. godine utvrdio da određeni članovi Izbornog zakona Bosne i Hercegovine nisu u skladu sa Ustavom Bosne i Hercegovine, kao i određene odredbe Statuta Grada Mostara. Ove odredbe (i Izbornog zakona BiH i Statuta Grada Mostara) odnose se na postupak izbora vijećnika u Gradsko vijeće Grada Mostara. Stručnoj i općoj publici je poznato da Parlamentarna skupština Bosne i Hercegovine nije još izvršila navedenu odluku Ustavnog suda Bosne i Hercegovine, pa zbog toga ni izbori za Gradsko vijeće Grada Mostara nisu održani u protekla dva ciklusa lokalnih izbora u Bosni i Hercegovini. Stoga, Grad Mostar više od osam godina “funkcionira” bez Gradskog vijeća.

Načela dobre uprave — primena u upravno-procesnom pravu Republike Srbije

Author(s): Bojana Todorović / Language(s): Bosnian,Croatian,Serbian Issue: 23/2016

„Ako je opšta misija uprave služenje opštem dobru, da bi se ona postigla, i uprava mora biti dobra“ . Javna uprava, kao operativni deo izvršne vlasti, nosilac je značajnih javnih ovlašćenja kojima konstantno teži da uskladi dva naizgled protivrečna cilja – zaštitu javnih interesa sa zahtevima građana i njihovih organizacija da u pravnom poretku zaštite i ostvare svoja prava i pravne interese. Zbog toga je opasnost od zloupotrebe ovih ovlašćenja inherentna samoj ulozi javne uprave . U cilju prevencije takvih zloupotreba, javila se potreba za uspostavljanjem određenih poželjnih standarda, odnosno principa koji bi trebalo da obezbede da javna uprava svoju odgovornu ulogu obavlja ne samo zakonito, već i efikasno i kvalitetno. Ukupnost tih brojnih i raznolikih principa označava se genusnim pojmom „dobre“ uprave.

Neue Formen autoritärer Gouvernementalität

Author(s): Vedran Džihić / Language(s): German Issue: 02/2017

The article illustrates the emergence of new forms of authoritarian governmentality by looking at recent trends and developments in Serbia, Macedonia and Turkey.Based on some general debates concerning the character of neo-authoritarian regimes, the paper discusses central characteristics of newly emerging forms of governmentality. Hence,the question whether and how the rather slow pace of EU integration correlates with the emergence of authoritarian tendencies is discussed. Additionally, the role of ‘strong men’ in the three countries and the use of nationalist rhetoric to secure legitimacy are put under scrutiny. The further paper takes a look at informal and clientelistic networks established by ruling parties with the aim to provide infrastructure for securing power and satisfying particular needs of the ruling elites.The paper finally highlights possible alternatives to authoritarian governmentality. A major alternative is presented by today’s new protest movements and citizen actions. These new civic coalitions, currently formed in all three countries, stand for open societies, democracy and human rights. They constitute an emancipatory resistance to any form of illiberal and authoritarian governmentality.

Przywództwo polityczne w opozycji. Przypadek Jarosława Kaczyńskiego

Author(s): Marcin Dobrowolski / Language(s): Polish Issue: 17/2016

The aim of this article is to characterize the determinants of the political leadership of Jarosław Kaczyński in 2007—2015 to two groups. First, I will explain the institutional andrelational conditions of his leadership in the party Law and Justice. He was its president forthe entire period of its stay in the political opposition. Secondly, I will describe the key elements affecting the maintenance of a strong bond J. Kaczyński had with his followers, whoconsequently remained the electorate of his party. Their voices enabled Law and Justice to win parliamentary election in 2015.

Alternatywne mechanizmy rządzenia na szczeblu samorządów lokalnych z perspektywy nowej ekonomii instytucjonalnej

Author(s): Joe Wallis,Brian Dollery / Language(s): Polish Issue: 11/2010

The “new institutional economics” (NIE) can go a long way toward comprehending the emerging complexities of local government. As local bodies seek to forge collaborative partnerships with other organizations, they have to decide whether to solve horizontal co-ordination problems through market, hierarchy or network mechanisms. NIE can show that where other governance mechanisms are incomplete or subject to high transaction costs, trust and cooperation can develop informally through the process by which network interactions become embedded within each other. We show how this approach can be revised to take into account the expressive dimension of behavior in hope-based networks whose members are bound together not so much by structures of resource dependence as by the hope they place in the advancement of common goals. To co-ordinate these networks in multi-organizational partnerships, local authorities may have to play a transformational leadership as well as a facilitative role.

Transitions Online_Around the Bloc-Romanian Ruling Party Turns on Own Man

Author(s): TOL TOL / Language(s): English Issue: 06/20/2017

Premier Grindeanu has refused to step down ahead of no-confidence motion next week.

Transitions Online_Around the Bloc-New U.S. Sanctions Could Hit Russo-German Pipeline Project

Author(s): TOL TOL / Language(s): English Issue: 06/20/2017

White House reportedly working to defang Senate bill that would limit Trump’s powers to ease sanctions.

Transitions Online_Around the Bloc-Tajik Book Ban Seen as Targeting Radical Literature

Author(s): TOL TOL / Language(s): English Issue: 04/25/2017

On a related note, will mandatory attendance at the theater improve the Tajik police’s poor human rights record?

In Defence of Democracy

Author(s): Tina Olteanu / Language(s): English Issue: 03/2017

The article provides insights into the anti-corruption protests arising in Romania in early 2017.It analyses the two legislative proposals that motivated Romanian citizens to organize streetdemonstrations since January 2017 as well as the reactions by the political elite.The events are discussed in the larger frame of anti-corruption efforts and political participationin Romania. Even though the most controversial emergency decree OUG 13 (concerningchanges in the penal code) was withdrawn in February 2017, this constitutes only a partialsuccess for Romanian citizens. The link between the political elite and its electorate in Romaniais fundamentally broken. A societal discourse about the future course of the country is still missing.

Transitions Online_Around the Bloc-Moldovan President and Prime Minister Increasingly at Loggerheads

Author(s): TOL TOL / Language(s): English Issue: 04/11/2017

From a potential referendum, to membership in the Eurasian Economic Union and the relationship with the EU, Igor Dodon and Pavel Filip cannot find any common ground.

Transitions Online_Around the Bloc-Second Kyrgyz Opposition Leader Faces Graft Probe

Author(s): TOL TOL / Language(s): English Issue: 04/04/2017

Country’s president is trying to stifle his opponents and the media, critics charge.

POLITYCZNE DZIAŁANIA AMERYKAŃSKIEJ PARTII DEMOKRATYCZNEJ OD POŁOWY XIX WIEKU DO ROKU 1945 W OCENIE REPREZENTANTÓW SZKOŁY AUSTRIACKIEJ. WSTĘP DO ANALIZY I INTERPRETACJI WYBRANYCH PROBLEMÓW

Author(s): Wojciech Szabaciuk / Language(s): Polish Issue: 02/2017

This article is an attempt to analyze and interpret the evaluation of the politicians of the American Democratic Party in the period from the second half of the 19th century to 1945, which was conducted by representatives of the Austrian School. This article shows that the Democratic Party, from the political group which conforms to laissez faire, individual liberties, and the free trade was later to become a party, which support subsidies, “war for democracy” and the state-sponsored works. The account which was adopted by the representatives of the Austrian School was support for the market economy and personal liberties, and all violations of these issues have become of the subject of their criticism. In this article the author used an interpretative method and content analysis.

Transitions Online_Around the Bloc-Uzbek Stars Warned Over Untraditional Videos

Author(s): TOL TOL / Language(s): English Issue: 07/04/2017

If you can’t conform to national values or you’re too patriotic, you can stop thinking about being a singer in Uzbekistan

Transitions Online_Around the Bloc-Kosovo PM Submits Disputed Border Pact for Ratification

Author(s): TOL TOL / Language(s): English Issue: 05/09/2017

Pressure from Washington and Brussels seen as crucial factor in decision that could further undermine the fragile government.

Public diplomacy and cooperation with non-governmental organizations in the liberal perspective of international relations

Author(s): Natalia Broś / Language(s): English Issue: 1/2017

This article discusses the issue of state cooperation with non-governmental organizations in public diplomacy. This has been explored in relation to the liberal perspective in international relations, which very clearly highlights the importance of NGOs as an influential participant in world politics. The article contains an analysis of the international system, categorizes the roles and functions of NGOs in international relations. It shows concepts on contemporary understanding of power and a clear focus on reinforcing and using components of soft power, including public diplomacy, in moden international relations. Methodological aspects are deepened by an analytical layer exploring Civil Society 2.0 Program, what is an example of an effective combination of diplomatic efforts between the state and NGOs to achieve common goals.