Contrary to dominant narratives which portray East European politics as a pendulum swing between democracy and authoritarianism, conventionally defined in terms of an ahistorical cultural geography of East vs. West, this book analyzes post-socialist transformation as part of the long downturn of...

It sounds like a cliché, and a fact proven from several aspects to state that the Hungarian system of municipalities that was established in 1990 is characterized by excessive decentralization and the role of the conflict container, as well as the contradiction between the constitutional...

In April 2007, the State Audit Office (SAO) presented to Parliament a document entitled “Theses on the Regulation of Public Finances”, which the Parliament discussed, asking the government to use the theses during the “reregulation of public finances”. The renewal of regulations on...

Think global, act local Ilona Kovács Pálné Local governments in Hungary DIALÓG CAMPUS KIADÓ, 2008