It is generally accepted that the role of local government is changing. Over the last decade most European countries have reformed local governments: the competences and powers of local authorities, and relations between centre and region, have been considerably modified in Britain, France,...

Developing professional and accountable administrative systems in the newly emerged Balkan countries is not an easy mission. Like in other post-communist states, there is an urgent need to support weakened public institutions to break with former governance practices and resume their basic role...

The advent of the White Paper on European Governance in the EU legal policy environment has definitely added a brand new legitimate procedure to the complex process of European integration. This refers to the direct dialogue between the European institutions and the structures of civil society....