Multi-Level Governance in a Small State: A Study in Involvement, Participation, Partnership, and Subsidiarity

Kull, Michael; Tatar, Merit

doi:10.1080/13597566.2015.1023298

Cited by 26 publications

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“…Similarly, the evaluation from the perspective of small European states also unearths some interesting facts. In small EU countries hardly any involvement of subnational actors in policy-making processes or in networking can be observed and also those countries subnational actors are weak relative to those at the national level (Kull and Tatar, 2015). PGMs, involving a multi-level systemic approach and collaboration between state and civil society policy actors are fundamental for creating an innovative policy environment.…”

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Public Sector Reform from the Post-New Public Management Perspective: Review and Bibliometric Analysis

Ropret

Aristovnik

2019

CEPAR

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The aim of this article is to evaluate the impact of public sector reform on academic literature from the post-NPM perspective. There have been several investigations into post-NPM public governance models and their impact on public sector reform. Yet, the research problem faced when analysing post-NPM literature is the lack of studies examining the multitude of possible public governance models (PGM) with sufficient comprehensiveness, especially in Central and Eastern European (CEE) states. In order to effectively address the research problem, a bibliometric analysis was performed, following three objectives: (i) an investigation into the evolution of PGM literature, (ii) identification of the core publications and authors based on publication frequency, and (iii) a citation network analysis (a historiograph), indicating the relations among the most-cited publications. It involved the identification of 16,374 publications in the Web of Science database, narrowed down to the 100 most cited between 1994 and 2017, and the application of the HistCite bibliometric analysis software, covering descriptive statistics, bibliometric indicators, and historiographic citation analysis. The research results reveal a growing research interest in the topic, as supported by bibliometric indicators. In addition, important differences as regards coverage and diffusion of individual post-NPM models are indicated. Namely, most publications focus on the ‘governance’ paradigm and subsequent critical rethinking, as indicated by several post-NPM modernisation proposals. Furthermore, we have shown that such evaluation of governance and related doctrines may be biased in favour of subjective, pluralistic Western ideas about governance, presumably limiting their impact within the CEE and several other regions. Hence, the regions’ particularities in terms of governance (post-socialism, Rechtsstaat culture, EU membership, small states, etc.) must be further taken into account in the post-NPM literature.

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Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Public Sector Reform from the Post-New Public Management Perspective: Review and Bibliometric Analysis

Ropret

Aristovnik

2019

CEPAR

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“…A combination of methods was used for data collection. Similar to Dabrowski (2008Dabrowski ( , 2012 or Kull and Tatar (2015), mainly interviews with regional informants with everyday practical experience of local processes were used as data sources, accompanied by document analysis. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with different actors -such as regional and national political/administrative authorities, representatives of Euroregions, chambers of commerce, NGOs, municipalities or other cross-border actors -to identify their interactions within decision-making processes related to regional development in each cross-border region.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…When presenting EU governance trends, this does not mean that we can witness similar changes in all territories around Europe to the same extent (if at all). It is therefore necessary to focus on a case study testing whether the empowerment of subnational bodies and other actors within multilevel governance can be considered a general feature of interactions of governmental actors in the EU, or whether such are specific to particular territories or sectors (Jordan 2001;Kull and Tatar 2015). There is still a research gap between theoretical conceptualizations of multilevel governance and its validation through empirical insight into the practices in particular regions, especially from CEE countries with their specific institutional context.…”

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confidence: 99%

Multilevel cross-border governance in the Czech-Saxon borderland: working together or in parallel?

Špaček

2018

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Despite a large amount of literature on multilevel governance, relatively little empirical attention has been paid to decision-making in Central and Eastern Europe. This paper contributes to closing this research gap by focussing on multilevel cross-border decision-making across the Czech-Saxon border region. Specific attention is paid to the involvement of non-state actors and to the main challenges of cross-border multilevel governance in the case study's region. Although there is a tendency on both sides of the border to invite partners from the private and nonprofit sectors into the decision-making process, the situation in the case-study region is far from the normative conceptualization of EU multilevel governance. For whole region the most important obstacles to balanced regional development were shown to be a multilevel mismatch, different languages, and the lack of a common strategy, while insufficient capacities at the local and regional levels were found on the Czech side.

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“…Other studies in Germany (Münch 2006;Landua 2012) and in the Netherlands (De Rooij 2002) suggested that larger cities are more likely to adapt their administrations and employ at least one dedicated officers. Kull and Tatar (2015) found for Estonia, a small and new Member State, a lack of Europeanisation and structural and operational adaptation, partly because Estonian municipalities do not believe in having as say when it comes to European politics. Kettunen and Kull (2009, 130) indicate a north-side divide in the status of the local vis-à-vis the national level that that translates into a stronger European engagement in the north and a weaker one in the south.…”

Section: Systemic Linkages Between the Evolution Of European Governanmentioning

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The fusion approach – applications for understanding local government and European integration

Guderjan

Miles

2016

Journal of European Integration

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The article explores the theoretical capabilities of the fusion approach as a conceptual 'kit' to explain the 'bigger picture' of European integration from a local government perspective. Fusion addresses the rationales and methods facilitating the transfer of policy-making competences to the European level. It understands European integration as a merging of public resources and policy instruments from multiple levels of government, whereby accountability and responsibilities for policy outcomes become blurred. The article argues that the fusion approach is useful to explain the systemic linkages between macro-trajectories and the corresponding change at the local level; the fusion dynamics of the local and European levels in a common policy-2 cycle; the attitudes of local actors towards the EU. Although the article concludes that local government is rather modestly 'fused' into the EU, fusion approaches allow examining the extent to which the local level has become integrated into the European governance system.

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Multi-Level Governance in a Small State: A Study in Involvement, Participation, Partnership, and Subsidiarity

Cited by 26 publications

References 38 publications

Public Sector Reform from the Post-New Public Management Perspective: Review and Bibliometric Analysis

Public Sector Reform from the Post-New Public Management Perspective: Review and Bibliometric Analysis

Multilevel cross-border governance in the Czech-Saxon borderland: working together or in parallel?

The fusion approach – applications for understanding local government and European integration

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