Assessing the strength and capacity
of political and civil service systems
in Central and Eastern Europe.

The case of the Hungarian Ministry of Agriculture.

R.H.A.M. Knubben

Faculty of Social Sciences,
European Master of Public Administration

Catholic University of Leuven
 

August 10th, 2003

Promoter : Prof. L. van Depoele

Acknowledgements

Introduction

CH #1, The framework

    §1.1 Background

    §1.2 Benchmarks

    §1.3 Introducing the model

    §1.4 Integration

    §1.5 Theoretical grounding

CH #2, Ministerial capacity

    §2.1 (1) Historical development & loyalty

    §2.2 (2) Organizational structure

    §2.3 (3) Effective policy-making

        §2.3.1 (3) Background

        §2.3.2 (3) 90’s to the present

        §2.3.3 (3) CMOs

        §2.3.4 (3) Land reforms

        §2.3.5 (3) SAPARD & AIC

        §2.3.6 (3) AIC revisited

        §2.3.7 (3) European Agricultural Guarantee and Guidance Fund Paying Agency

        §2.3.8 (3) Other departments

        §2.3.9 (3) EMS

        §2.3.10 (3) The Commission’s evaluation

    §2.4 (4) Tradition & culture

    §2.5 (5) Prestige, staffing & funding

    §2.6 (6) Degree of polarization

    §2.7 (7) Corruption externalities

        §2.7.1 (7) Background

        §2.7.2 (7) At present

        §2.7.3 (7) Cost benefit analysis

        §2.8 (8) External influence factors

CH #3, Political capacity

    §3.1 (1) Degree of polarization

    §3.2 (2) Strong leadership

    §3.3 (3) Nat. identity & cultural awareness

        §3.3.1 (3) Theory

        §3.3.2 (3) The Baltics

CH #4, Structural & Assessment factors

    §4.1 (1) Power of judiciary

    §4.2 (2) Public scrutiny

        §4.2.1 (2) Historical background

        §4.2.2 (2) 90’s up to the present

    §4.3 (3) Resourcefulness

    §4.4 (x) Assessment indicators

        §4.4.1 (x) Introduction

        §4.4.2 (x) Economic indicators

    §4.4.3 (x) Non economic indicators

CH#5, Conclusion

Reference List

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