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The ECMI Library is an independent collection of books, journals, and grey literature of more than 3,000 items covering many aspects of minority issues. The highly specialized collection offers public access to a variety of materials in more than twenty languages on interethnic relations, language and cultural diversity issues and ethnic conflict in Europe.
The Library includes a useful reference section and a considerable number of published and unpublished reports, and is especially strong in the area of minority protection with regards to international law. The ECMI Library is also unique in that it includes an ever-growing number of annual reports of Ombudsman offices around the world, which provide insight into the human rights situation in many countries. Current periodical and newspaper subscriptions reflect the multidisciplinary nature of ECMI research, and reference services are provided both in-house and for the general public.
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| Author |
Soos, Gabor (ed.) Toka, Gabor (ed.) Wright, Glen (ed.) |
|---|---|
| Title | The State of Local Democracy in Central Europe |
| Parallel title / Title of generic unit | |
| Subject | 1. Democracy - Eastern Europe. 2. Hungary - Democratization. 3. Latvia - Democratization. 4. Poland - Democratization. 5. Romania - Democratization. |
| Publisher | Budapest: Local Government and Public Service Reform Initiative |
| Year | 2002 |
| Pages | xxii, 460 |
| Description | Following the fall of communism in 1989-90, Soviet-type councils became defunct. In all countries in Central and Eastern Europe they were replaced with new local government structures. The designers of the new constitutions adopted in the region in the early 1990s anticipated that local governments would be more democratic, efficient and effective than the Communist local administrations that had operated before. In some countries, this proved to be correct, in others not. They also expected the democratic revival of local societies as a consequence of the political changes. The objective of this book is to disclose the degree to which countries in Central and Eastern Europe achieve these ideals. While much research and analysis has been undertaken in Central and Eastern Europe on national and essentially economic aspects of the transition in the region, no comparable effort has been made at local-level data generation, collection and analysis of the political changes that have occurred since the fall of communism. This book is the first volume of a series that will track progress in Central and Eastern Europe on a yearly basis, through the publication of country reports. |
| Type | Book |
| Note | Includes bibliiography and index. CONTENTS: Introduction, by Gabor Soos and Gabor Toka / Country Report-Hungary, by Gabor Soos and Judit Kalman / Country Report-Latvia, by Inga Vilka, Maris Pukis and Edvins Vanags / Country Report-Poland, by Aldona Okraszewska and Jacek Kwiatkowski / Country Report-Romania, by Luana Pop / Conclusion: A Four-Country Comparison, by Glen Wright / Appendices / Index |
| Language | English |
| Series | |
| Identifier | 9639419362 |
| Call No. |
321.8 |
| Location |
Library |
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