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Governance and public administration in the context of Croatian accession to the European Union
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Institute of Public Finance, Zagreb
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Kroatien
Abstract This paper analyses the quality of governance and public administration as key determinants for successful functioning within the European Union (EU). A comparison between Croatia and future and present EU members is made, according to separate governance indicators (rule of law, democracy, corrupti... view more
This paper analyses the quality of governance and public administration as key determinants for successful functioning within the European Union (EU). A comparison between Croatia and future and present EU members is made, according to separate governance indicators (rule of law, democracy, corruption, political stability, government effectiveness) and experience in reform of the public administration. The paper shows that Croatia by all quality of governance indicators, particularly with respect to the rule of law, lags considerably behind the EU and the Central Europe candidate countries. The low level of the rule of law in combination with an inadequate public administration is potentially the greatest obstacle in Croatia’s accession to the EU as well as in the creation of sustainable economic and social development.... view less
Keywords
EU; Croatia; international comparison; constitutional state; governance; political stability; democracy; effectiveness; criterion; public administration; joining the European Union; corruption
Classification
European Politics
Method
descriptive study
Free Keywords
public administration; institutions; government; economic development; Croatia; European Union
Collection Title
Croatian accession to the European Union. Vol. 2, Institutional challenges
Editor
Ott, Katarina
Document language
English
Publication Year
2004
City
Zagreb
Page/Pages
p. 131-165
ISBN
953-6047-48-9
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works