Politics and Policy in East-Central Europe in the Early 21st Century: Synergies and Conflicts Between Policy Regimes and Political Systems

Attila Ágh

doi:10.2478/v10110-009-0001-1

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Politics and Policy in East-Central Europe in the Early 21st Century: Synergies and Conflicts Between Policy Regimes and Political Systems

NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy

Volume 2 (2009): Issue 1 (June 2009)

By: Attila Ágh

Open Access

|Aug 2009

Abstract

This paper is a short summary on the ECE reforms. The focus of this research has been "complying with Europe", i.e. the necessary transformations in ECE due to the Europeanization process.

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