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Author Rose-Ackerman, Susan

Title From elections to democracy : building accountable government in Hungary and Poland / Susan Rose-Ackerman
Published Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2005

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 272 pages)
Contents Policymaking accountability and democratic consolidation -- Alternative routes to policy-making accountability -- Legacy of the past -- External accountability and the European Union -- Oversight -- Decentralized political accountability -- Public participation in policymaking: government procedures -- Civil society groups: overview -- Environmental advocacy organizations in Hungary -- Student and youth organizations in Poland -- Democratic consolidation and policy-making accountability
Summary This study documents the weaknesses of public oversight and participation in policymaking in Hungary and Poland. It discusses five alternative routes to accountability including European Union oversight, constitutional institutions such as presidents and courts, devolution to lower-level governments, the use of neo-corporatist bodies, and open-ended participation rights
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-267) and index
Notes English
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Subject Political participation -- Hungary
Transparency in government -- Hungary
Democracy -- Hungary
Political participation -- Poland
Transparency in government -- Poland
Democracy -- Poland
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Political Process -- General.
Démocratie.
Elaboration d'une politique.
Institutions politiques.
Participation politique.
Transparence.
Democracy
Political participation
Transparency in government
Demokratie
Demokratisierung
Politische Beteiligung
Politischer Wandel
Democratisering.
Verantwoordingsplicht.
Politieke participatie.
Beleidsvorming.
Democratie.
Hongrie.
Pologne.
Hungary
Poland
Polen
Ungarn
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2004024986
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