From Elections to Democracy: Building Accountable Government in Hungary and Poland

Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Copyright......Page 6
Dedication......Page 7
Contents......Page 9
Tables......Page 11
Preface......Page 13
ONE Policy-Making Accountability and Democratic Consolidation......Page 15
TWO Alternative Routes to Policy-Making Accountability......Page 28
International Constraints......Page 31
Delegation to Lower-Level Governments and Self-Governments......Page 32
Neocorporatism and Social Dialogue......Page 33
Public Participation in Policy-Making Processes......Page 34
Conclusions......Page 35
THREE Legacy of the Past......Page 38
Peaceful Protest......Page 40
Institutional Legacies......Page 42
Civic Associations Under Socialism......Page 45
Conclusions......Page 49
FOUR External Accountability and the European Union......Page 51
Treaty or Constitution?......Page 54
Content: The EU\'s Impact on Democratic Consolidation......Page 56
Political Will and Authority: Subsidiarity and Delegation......Page 61
Legitimacy: The Democratic Deficit of the EU......Page 63
Conclusions......Page 68
FIVE Oversight......Page 69
Poland......Page 70
Hungary......Page 76
Conclusions......Page 77
Poland......Page 78
Hungary......Page 80
Administrative and Ordinary Courts......Page 84
Poland......Page 85
Conclusion......Page 87
Ombudsmen......Page 88
Poland......Page 90
Hungary......Page 94
The Procuracy (Public Prosecutor)......Page 97
Poland......Page 98
Hungary......Page 99
Audit Offices......Page 101
Poland......Page 102
Hungary......Page 107
Conclusions......Page 110
Independent Institutions and Policy-Making Accountability......Page 111
SIX Decentralized Political Accountability......Page 114
Poland......Page 116
Government Structure......Page 117
Tensions and Conflicts......Page 120
Public Participation......Page 123
Funding and Legal Competence......Page 124
Discontent......Page 126
Structure......Page 128
Local Participation......Page 130
National Government Oversight......Page 133
Funding......Page 134
Problems of Accountability and of Policy......Page 136
Limits of Decentralized Accountability......Page 138
SEVEN Public Participation in Policy Making......Page 140
Poland......Page 145
Hungary......Page 148
Conclusions......Page 150
Poland: Civil Dialogue and Public Participation......Page 151
Legal Constraints: Regulations......Page 152
Freedom of Information Act......Page 155
Resolutions and Orders......Page 156
Civil Dialogue and Rule Making......Page 158
Hungary: Civil Dialogue and Public Participation......Page 159
Constitution......Page 160
Law on Normative Acts......Page 161
Information Rights and Consultation......Page 163
Advisory Councils: Civil Dialogue Model......Page 167
Conclusions......Page 172
Conclusions......Page 174
EIGHT Civil Society Groups......Page 177
Individual Participation......Page 180
Organizational Structure......Page 183
NINE Environmental Advocacy Organizations in Hungary......Page 189
Financial and Human Capacity......Page 191
Credibility: Popular Support, Media Access, and Expertise......Page 196
Relations with Government......Page 199
Conclusions......Page 204
TEN Student and Youth Organizations in Poland......Page 206
Association of Polish Students......Page 207
Independent Students\' Association......Page 211
Initiative of the Young......Page 214
European Law Students\' Association......Page 216
Student Self-Governments and the Polish Youth Council......Page 217
University Self-Governments......Page 218
Students0 Parliament of the Republic of    Poland......Page 221
2003 Roundtable and the Polish Youth Council......Page 222
Evaluations of Self-Governments......Page 224
Conclusions......Page 227
Monitoring and Participation......Page 230
Rule Making Under the Administrative Procedure Act......Page 233
Evaluations of Rule Making......Page 237
Project-Level Participation......Page 241
Regulatory Negotiation......Page 244
Implications......Page 246
Recommendations......Page 247
Appendix 1: Interviews......Page 255
Description of the Data......Page 259
Computations......Page 260
Respondents\' Demographic Characteristics by Region......Page 261
References......Page 265
Index......Page 283