Research on administrative reform in Europe has demonstrated a significant variation among countries in how they choose reform strategy. We know very little about what explains the variation with regard to the extent with which the countries conduct the reforms and how they effectively...

Central and Eastern Europe has known in the last 20 years profound changes. The shift from a dictatorial system to a democratic system forced the states from this area to adopt structural measures for all public institutions. In this context, the institution of "civil servant" could not remain...

The paper has as main topic the administrative convergence and its reflection in the national strategies of administrative reform in some states in South Eastern Europe. Having a complex content, sometimes even ambiguous, the administrative convergence will have as finality the integration in...

Among different sociological concepts and theories applicable to the study of the process of Europeanization of public administration, internalization is but seldom to be encountered. The internalization of the principles of the European Administrative Space (EAS) in the national public...

Theories and good practices, evolving simultaneously with the processes of deepening the European integration or Europeanization of public administration, have been developed for the concept of the European Administrative Space (EAS). Although, for the time being, EAS expresses pre-eminently as...

The construction initiated by Monnet, Schuman, Adenauer and De Gasperi had a remarkable evolution not only concerning the number of the Member States, but also in terms of institutional and functional development, the European Union being one of the most important changing factor concerning the...

The construction initiated by Monnet, Schuman, Adenauer and De Gasperi had a remarkable evolution not only concerning the number of the Member States, but also in terms of institutional and functional development, the European Union being one of the most important changing factor concerning the...

Beyond the role of public sector as driver of innovation in the economy, for the time being, we witness the necessity of boosting innovation in the public sector itself, in view to improve productivity, efficiency, as well as to enhance the creation of public value. The new concept concerning...

The major macroeconomic changes occurred in the last years at global level represent real challenges for contemporary governments which had to rethink their public policies for getting a real impact on citizens’ behaviour. In this paper, we explore the instruments promoted by social marketing,...