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The papers contained in this book address the on-going themes of the NISPAcee working group on politico-administrative relations. The book represents another step in the ongoing development of our understanding of how governments in Central and Eastern Europe are transforming themselves. The papers in the first section cover familiar themes such as policy making roles, accountability mechanisms and politicisation examining the ways in which politicians and bureaucrats in several countries in Central and Eastern Europe are able to work together to govern, or compete over power within government. Cases on Belgium and Ireland also consider similar patterns in western European countries. Papers on the Baltic countries examine the emerging and increasingly significant patterns of interaction between state and society in Central and Eastern Europe.

The book represents another step in the ongoing development of our understanding of how in Central and Eastern Europe are transforming themselves. There are a number of processes of change in these countries that reflect their adaptation in the international environment and to internal social processes. Politicians and civil servants continue to be principal actors in these processes, and there are now pressures from civil society for their involvement. Our working group within NISPAcee has been examining these processes for over a decade, and these papers are a reflection of our continuing commitment to interpreting political change.

Bernadette Connaughton

Bernadette Connaughton BA, MA, PhD (Limerick) is a Lecturer in Public Administration and Head of Department at the Department of Politics and Public Administration. Her teaching and research interests include environmental policy, Europeanisation, the Irish public policy process and political-administrative reform in a comparative perspective. Bernadette's publications include Europeanisation and New Patterns of Governance in Ireland (co-authored with Brid Quinn and Nicholas Rees, 2010), Politico-Administrative Relations at the Centre: Actors, Structures and Processes supporting the Core Executive (co-edited with Georg Sootla and B.Guy Peters, 2008),Political Administrative Dilemma: Traditional Problems and New Solutions (co-edited with B.Guy Peters and Georg Sootla, 2006). She has published articles in Public Administration, Irish Political Studies, Federal and Regional Studies, Halduskultuur-Administrative Culture, and Administration. She has contributed the Irish case to several comparative studies such as the Handbook of International Administrative Reform (edited by Killian and Eklund, Routledge, 2008) and Partisan Appointees and Public Servants (edited by Chris Eichbaum and Richard Shaw, Edward Elgar, 2010). Her current projects include a book titled The Implementation of Environmental Policy in Ireland: Lessons from translating EU directives into action (MUP forthcoming).

Georg Sootla

Georg Sootla - Professor, Head of unit, Tallinn University.

Georg Sootla graduated from Moscow State University, department of philosophy (student 1972-1977; BA 1977, post-graduate student 1977-1981). Since 2001 he is Professor of public policy, Tallinn University.

From 1995 to 2001 he was a Professor of political science, Tallinn Pedagogical University.
His former positions are: Head of Department of Social Science, Tallinn Pedagogical University (1994 – 1995), Associated professor, Tallinn Pedagogical University (1992 – 1995), Head of Department of Social Theory, Tallinn Pedagogical University (1991 -1994), Science director, Sakala Centre, Tallinn (1990 – 1992), Head of the Group of Political Analysis at Communist Party of Estonia (1989-1990), (1988-1989), Senior Lecturer (1983-1988), Tallinn Polytechnics,  Department of Social Science. European Science Foundation, expert - 2010.

From 1997 to 2000 he was a Member of Supervising Board of the Estonian Institute of Public Administration. 
Georg Sootla is a holder of many scholarships and grants (Central European University, Praha,  May-June 1991; Grant delivered by Soros foundation; The Study of Structure and Management of Government Organisation in Estonia - A grant delivered by the Estonian Science Foundation (1996-1998), etc.).
He is author of various publications  and reviewer of international journals (Public Administration, Public Management Review, Local Government Studies, International Journal of Public Administration).

The field of his scientific interests include History of government, Government institutions and organisations, Managing Public Organisations, Local government institutions in comparative perspective, Organisational design in public sector, Administrative reforms in comparative perspective, etc.

 

B. Guy Peters

B. Guy Peters is Maurice Falk Professor of American Government at the University of Pittsburgh, and also Distinguished Professor of Governance at Zeppelin University.  He also holds honorary positions in Denmark, Hong Kong and Belgium.  Professor Peters is founding co-editor of the European Political Science Review, and was also founding co-editor of Governance.  His work is on issues of comparative governance, including comparative public administration and comparative public policy.  

 Areas of expertise: American politics, comparative public policy and administration (general, West Europe), public policy, public administration and organization behavior, American public administration.

Selected Publications:

The New Institutionalism. London: Cassells, 1998.

 "The Diffusion of Administrative Reform." West European Politics (Autumn 1997).

 "Can't Row, Shouldn't Steer: What's a Government to Do?" Public Policy and Administration (1997).

 "Sixteen Ways to Consumerize the Public Sector." Public Money and Management (1997). (Co-authored with Christopher Hood and Hellmut Wollmann.)

 "Escaping the Joint Decision Trap: Policy Segmentation and Iterative Games in the European Union." West European Politics (April 1997) 20, 22-36.

 The Future of Governing: Four Emerging Models. University of Kansas Press, 1996.

 The Politics of Bureaucracy: A Comparative Perspective, 4th ed. Longmans, 1995.

 Other faculty and professional positions:

Research Professor of the University Center for International Studies (UCIS).

Senior Fellow, Canadian Centre for Management Development.

Honorary Professor, City University of Hong Kong.