Goetz, Klaus H. and Margetts, Helen Z. (1999) The solitary center: the core executive in Central and Eastern Europe. Governance, 12 (4). pp. 425-453. ISSN 0952-1895
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This article discusses the coordinative capacity of Centers of Government (COGs) in several Central and Eastern Europe countries. In formal 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.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Official URL: | http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/1184971... |
| Additional Information: | © 1999 Blackwell Publishers |
| Divisions: | Economics |
| Subjects: | J Political Science > JC Political theory |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Feb 2010 11:44 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 22:12 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/7151 |
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