Conflict and Public Administration Performance: CEE Countries

Abstract

In the academic literature, there has yet to be a firm consensus on the type of link between conflict and public administration. This article investigates if/how conflict influences post-conflict public administration performance in selected conflict-affected states in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), namely Croatia, Georgia, Kosovo, and Serbia. However, the selected countries do not demonstrate a tangible global impact of conflict on public administrative performance. This finding suggests that a “one-size-fits-all” global link between conflict and public administration performance does not exist. From this perspective, a country’s actual circumstances and the internal and external environment are the deciding factors.

Keywords:

• conflict
• public administration performance
• Central and Eastern Europe
• European Union

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Notes on contributors

Juraj Nemec

Juraj Nemec is full time Professor of Public Finance and Public Management at the Faculty of Economics and Administration at Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic and part time Professor at the Faculty of Economics at Matej Bel University in Banska Bystrica, Slovakia, In 2010, he received the NISPAcee Alena Brunovska Award for his research. In 2016 he received the DC Stone Award honouring a distinguished international scholar for advancing the well-being of IASIA. He has also extensive advisory and consultancy expertise in various transition countries.

Purshottama S. Reddy

Purshottama S. Reddy is an Emeritus Professor and subnational government specialist in the School of Management, IT and Governance at the University of Kwazulu Natal, in Durban, South Africa. Prof Reddy is currently the Vice-Chairperson of the Policy and Programme Committee (PRAC) of the International Institute of Administrative Sciences (IIAS) (Brussels) and also serves on its Council of Administration. He has also served as a full/alternate board member of the Commonwealth Local Government Forum (CLGF) (London), representing universities and research organisations.

Michal Plaček

Michal Plaček is an Associate Professor of Public Policy at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, and global research affiliate at Sustainable Purchasing Research Initiative at Arizona State University. His research is focused on public procurement, corruption, and efficiency. He won the award for the best comparative conference paper from the Journal of Comparative Policy Analysis in 2017. He was also awarded the Joint Seed grant scheme from University of St. Andrews and Charles University.