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Obesity around Retirement Age: International Comparison Using SHARE
AbstractIn this article, we aim to explain international differences in socio-demographic structure of population among people around retirement age. We further test if... -
Policy Implementation: Lessons from the Chilean Policy on Public Management M...
Abstract This paper analyzes the implementation of public management modernization policy between 1990 and 2013. Programs and initiatives included in the modernization policy... -
Advocacy Coalitions in Transport Policy: A Case of Rail Sector in Croatia
Abstract The author analyses the transport policy of the rail sector in Croatia and tries to give answers regarding the policy stability and change based on the actors in the... -
Childcare policy in the Czech Republic and Norway: two countries, two paths w...
Abstract The objective of this paper is to analyse and compare the design and governance of the contemporary childcare policy in the Czech Republic and Norway in relation to the... -
Policy Entrepreneurship and Policy Transfer: Flood Risk Governance in Norther...
AbstractCentral to policies relating to risk governance at the regional and local levels is the interaction between the public and private sectors also referred to as networked... -
The fuzzy concept of collaborative governance: A systematic review of the sta...
This article contributes to the consolidation and synthesis of scholarship on collaborative governance by expanding our knowledge of how the term is used in the academic... -
The influence of age factors on the reform of the public service of Ukraine
Abstract It had been established that the heads of institutions should form teams of workers of different generations with different expectations and methods of work in the... -
A policy fiasco: The institutional (non-)reform of Czech public employment se...
Abstract The article deals with an institutional reform of public employment services implemented in the Czech Republic in 2011. By merging social benefits administration... -
Designing an Accountability Index: A Case Study of South America Central Gove...
Abstract The aim of this paper is to evaluate accountability using a newly constructed multivariate accountability index based on the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), as well... -
The scheduling power of the EU Council Presidency
ABSTRACTDoes the Presidency of the Council of the European Union have the ability to direct the political attention of this body by emphasizing and de-emphasizing policy issues... -
Alan Krueger: Worker in the Vineyard of Economics
Obituary of Alan Krueger and summary of his achievements on the field of the labour theory. -
The European Union as a Trigger of Discursive Change: The Impact of the Struc...
Abstract Our paper explores how a rule prescribed by the European Union can bring about changes in the policy discourse of a member state. Drawing on the literatures of... -
The Development of Mental Health Policies in the Czech Republic and Slovak Re...
The article aims to describe the key events in the development of mental health care policies after 1990 in the two countries and identify the main reasons for stagnation or... -
Policy, learning and regime change: Western concepts and CEE experience
Abstract This article offers an outsider’s perspective on the place of policy in the analysis of governing in Central and Eastern Europe, both before the change from a communist... -
Budget transparency innovation in the Czech local government
Abstract Budget transparency innovations bring new extent and forms of transparency. The aim of the article is to explore the diffusion of budget explorers, that is, a budget... -
Administrative Burden Reduction Policies in Slovenia Revisited
AbstractThis article explores non-stimulating regulatory environment that can effect economic activities. Specific focus is on the so-called administrative burdens as it has... -
Who are the officials in the central administration of the Czech Republic and...
AbstractThe article examines the section of officials in the central administration who belong to the ministerial staff of the Czech Republic. It examines those persons engaged... -
Politicizing immigration in Western Europe
Immigration has become a hot topic in West European politics. The factors responsible for the intensification of political conflict on this issue are a matter of considerable... -
From Knowledge Utilization to Building Knowledge Networks
This special section is devoted to the topic of knowledge in policy making. Knowledge – data, arguments, scientific findings, ideas about policy instruments and their effects,... -
The EU Regulatory Competition in Asylum Law
AbstractThis paper deals with the principle of subsidiarity in asylum law. It exposes some of the most important ‘push’ factors that have been considered by the European Union...
