Ministerial advisers in central and eastern Europe : Transition belts or something else?
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216224%3A14230%2F23%3A00134126" target="_blank" >RIV/00216224:14230/23:00134126 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/book/9781800886582/book-part-9781800886582-24.xml" target="_blank" >https://www.elgaronline.com/edcollchap/book/9781800886582/book-part-9781800886582-24.xml</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781800886582.00024" target="_blank" >10.4337/9781800886582.00024</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Ministerial advisers in central and eastern Europe : Transition belts or something else?
Original language description
The chapter explores arrangements for the provision of political advice across eleven central and eastern European countries that are also members of the European Union. It is argued that there is an inverse relationship between the extent of the politicisation of formally meritocratic bureaucracies and the existence of ministerial advisers as a functionally specific form of executive actors. Where ministers influence hiring and firing within civil service hierarchy, politicised civil servants serve as direct transmission belts of political preferences into the state administration: consequently, advisers play multiple roles, often mirroring the idiosyncrasies of each ministry and the short-term preferences of governing parties. Conversely, in countries with greater autonomy and technocratic bureaucracies, the functional boundaries between civil servants and political advisers are observed in practice. In countries with medium levels of politicisation, boundaries between civil servants and advisers are observed but political advisers may be appointed to various positions in public administration towards the end of their tenure. Finally, and relatedly, in the most politicized countries even basic information about ministerial advisers is not provided, which ensures there are ample opportunities for the deployment of ‘invisible’ advisers. In short, the issue of politicisation provides an important addition to the established determinants of the role and influence of advisers.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
C - Chapter in a specialist book
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
50602 - Public administration
Result continuities
Project
<a href="/en/project/GA22-21665S" target="_blank" >GA22-21665S: Patterns of State Politicization in Central Europe</a><br>
Continuities
P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)
Others
Publication year
2023
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Book/collection name
Handbook on Ministerial and Political Advisers
ISBN
9781800886575
Number of pages of the result
13
Pages from-to
208-220
Number of pages of the book
452
Publisher name
Edward Elgar Publishing
Place of publication
Cheltenham, UK
UT code for WoS chapter
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