Naslov
Public Administration Reforms in a Fragile Institutional Framework: The Case of Albania

Autori
Škarica, Mihovil

Izvornik
Hrvatska i komparativna javna uprava (1848-0357) 12 (2012), 2; 361-389

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, pregledni znanstveni rad, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
public administration reform – Albania; Europeanization; civil service system; policy making; politicization; the rule of law – administrative procedures; decentralization

Sažetak
Article analyses specific issues of the recent public administration development in Albania. Europeanization and transition are important circumstances for interplay between democratization, political stabilization and public administration reform. Key factors that influence public administration reform are identified and analyzed. There are several aspects of public administration that are analyzed: policy-making capacity and horizontal coordination at the central level, civil service system and the modernization of human potentials management, decentralization, and the rule of law in administrative procedures. Article argues that problems of Albanian public administration are heavily influenced by historic legacy, especially from the communist period and by the instability of political systems. The purpose of the analysis is to identify main priorities in reforming politico-administrative system in Albania and to propose sequential reform pattern. This is because Albania lacks political, legal and administrative prerequisites to carry out complete reform of public institutions all at once.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Pravo

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