The solitary center: The core executive in Central and Eastern Europe

• 成果类型: Article; Proceedings Paper
• 署名作者: Goetz, KH; Margetts, HZ
• 署名单位: University of London; London School Economics & Political Science; University of London; University College London
• 刊物名称: GOVERNANCE-AN INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF POLICY ADMINISTRATION AND INSTITUTIONS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0952-1895
• DOI: 10.1111/0952-1895.00112
• 发表日期: 1999
• 关键词: hungary; parliaments; POLICY

摘要

This article discusses the coordinative capacity of Centers of Government (COGs) in several Central and Eastern Europe countries. Informal terms, COGs are at the heart of the executive process; but their contribution to coherence in executive policymaking has remained limited. This observation applies both to coordination within the executive, and between the executive and other key participants in the political process. In important respects, the solitary centers operate in isolation from their political and institutional environment. In part, this weakness of linkage reflects the particular features of the post-Communist political systems; in part, it can be explained by a lack of nodality, authority and policy expertise at the COG. There are good reasons to assume that, as policy systems mature, problems of linkage will decline in significance. But this outcome cannot be taken for granted. Instead, we might be witnessing the emergence of a new administrative type in some Central and Eastern European countries.