Cover -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Maps -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1. Politics, Policies and Legal Measures -- The National Politics of Early Post-Socialism -- Poland -- Hungary -- Czechoslovakia and the Czech and Slovak Republics -- Bulgaria --...

The study focuses on budget policy implementation at the level of local governments in Slovakia in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic. The research problem focuses on identifying shortfalls in initially planned funds to local government budgets caused by the COVID-19 crisis and the potential...

Local governments in the Slovak Republic are important in public administration and form an important part of the public sector, as they provide various public services. Until 1990, all public services were provided only by the state. The reform of public administration began in 1990 with the...