Centralization efforts in the transformation of the Hungarian local government system

Following a change of government in 2010, the Hungarian local government system underwent a period of significant transformation. The question of how it is viewed and the effects it may have are currently being debated. However, the fact that 2011 saw a reform of a more than a 20-year-old unyielding...

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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:a41cdaa6365d4bbdbadc0f8022d82a222021-12-05T21:40:08ZCentralization efforts in the transformation of the Hungarian local government system0550-21792406-125510.5937/zrpfns55-30558https://doaj.org/article/a41cdaa6365d4bbdbadc0f8022d82a222021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://scindeks-clanci.ceon.rs/data/pdf/0550-2179/2021/0550-21792101295B.pdfhttps://doaj.org/toc/0550-2179https://doaj.org/toc/2406-1255Following a change of government in 2010, the Hungarian local government system underwent a period of significant transformation. The question of how it is viewed and the effects it may have are currently being debated. However, the fact that 2011 saw a reform of a more than a 20-year-old unyielding system seems difficult to argue with. Laced with the democratic ideal of self-government, the Hungarian regime change of 1989 resulted in a fragmented local government system with a considerable degree of management authority. The local government model opted for by Hungary, which can indeed be dubbed as the champion of decentralisation, could function uninterruptedly until 2010 with minor adjustments. The centralising effort of the government had already become clear beyond a shadow of a doubt before the adoption of the Cardinal Act or the Fundamental Law (2011) itself. The reorganisation of territorial public administration was the first series of measures which allowed to make inferences about the public administration system and the forthcoming centralisation of local governments.Bado Atila Z.University of Novi Sad, Faculty of Lawarticlereformlocal governmentfunctional decentralizationcentralization effortdebt settlementincrease of efficiencyLawKENSRZbornik Radova: Pravni Fakultet u Novom Sadu, Vol 55, Iss 1, Pp 295-311 (2021)
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topic reform
local government
functional decentralization
centralization effort
debt settlement
increase of efficiency
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local government
functional decentralization
centralization effort
debt settlement
increase of efficiency
Law
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Bado Atila Z.
Centralization efforts in the transformation of the Hungarian local government system
description Following a change of government in 2010, the Hungarian local government system underwent a period of significant transformation. The question of how it is viewed and the effects it may have are currently being debated. However, the fact that 2011 saw a reform of a more than a 20-year-old unyielding system seems difficult to argue with. Laced with the democratic ideal of self-government, the Hungarian regime change of 1989 resulted in a fragmented local government system with a considerable degree of management authority. The local government model opted for by Hungary, which can indeed be dubbed as the champion of decentralisation, could function uninterruptedly until 2010 with minor adjustments. The centralising effort of the government had already become clear beyond a shadow of a doubt before the adoption of the Cardinal Act or the Fundamental Law (2011) itself. The reorganisation of territorial public administration was the first series of measures which allowed to make inferences about the public administration system and the forthcoming centralisation of local governments.
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title_full Centralization efforts in the transformation of the Hungarian local government system
title_fullStr Centralization efforts in the transformation of the Hungarian local government system
title_full_unstemmed Centralization efforts in the transformation of the Hungarian local government system
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