After balancing the arguments in favour and against voting rights for foreigners, the article
reviews non-citizens 'rights to vote and to stand as candidates in local, regional and national …

ABSTRACT The Czech Republic and Slovakia rank among the extremely fragmented
European countries in terms of their local government structure. In addition to local …

The goal of this paper is to document and to analyse public administration reform dynamics
and outcomes in three selected areas–transparency and accountability, civil service and …

The paper contributes to the research on social enterprises. Based on historical
institutionalism, we map the evolution of social enterprises in the Czech Republic and …

Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative (LGI), as one of the programs of the
Open Society Institute (OSI), is an international development and grant-giving organization …

Дисертація є однією з перших вітчизняних робіт з муніципального права, в якій
проаналізовано інститут муніципально-правового статусу територіальної громади …

Path dependence is a concept often used by scholars in fields such as eco‑nomics,
economic geography, political science, law and sociology to explain recent developments …

In the transition experience, the Czech and Slovak Republics have made some effort to
achieve fiscal decentralization. From independence to EU accession, the devolution of …

This chapter examines the differences and similarities between the local governance of two
young democracies in Slovakia and Lithuania. Using literature, legal analysis, and logical …

A comparative analysis of the process of public sector transition from central planning to
market democracy. It is the story of the difficulties and complexities of moving to a system of …