Naslov
Agencies in Croatia: Something Old or Something New?

Autori
Musa, Anamarija

Izvornik
Hrvatska i komparativna javna uprava (1848-0357) 13 (2013), 2; 353-398

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
agency ; Croatia ; Europeanization ; administrative reform ; autonomy ; control

Sažetak
Agencification has been one of the main administrative developments in the last decades. In post-socialist transitional countries, agencies were introduced into a different institutional landscape ; the growth in the number of agencies coincides with the process of the EU accession. The paper explores the basic features of the agency model in Croatia as well as the interconnectedness between the processes of agencification and Europeanization of public administration. Agencies in Croatia were created along with the advancement of EU membership, without the development of appropriate instruments of autonomy and control. The opportunity for deeper institutional change and the development of a genuine agency model has opened recently, with the economic crisis, with agencies being perceived as one of the main generators of blurred accountability and ineffectiveness. The socialization of agency members in the EU institutional context might lead to a new approach to agency model.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Pravo

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