{"product_id":"how-has-local-self-government-changed-since-viktor-orban-came-to-power-von-huseyin-ugur-sagkal","title":"How has local self-government changed since Viktor Orban came to power?","description":"\u003cp\u003eSeminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject Politics - Other International Politics Topics, grade: 1,7, University of Potsdam, language: English, abstract: This paper aims to provide an insight into the current state of the municipal level in Hungary. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Eastern European states have entirely changed their state and administrative structures within a few decades. The post-communist transformation and Europeanization played a crucial role in this process. After the fall of communism in 1989\/90, the former Soviet states attempted to democratize the state apparatus by creating new institutions and implementing substantial decentralization. The administration of the states took on a significant role in this process. The decentralization of the administration was driven to prevent a concentration of power at individual institutions and to be able to implement reforms more quickly, effectively, and efficiently. Administrative decentralization was also reinforced during the accession phase to the EU.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Hungarian administration's decentralization was also the most pronounced of all post-communist states. Hungary gave the individual administrative units (especially the municipalities) a great deal of autonomy, strengthened their rights, and granted them a broad range of responsibilities. Because of Hungary's significant role, the following paper will examine the Hungarian administration's current state. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHowever, the complete Hungarian administration would go beyond the scope of this paper. The study will therefore focus on only one administrative area: local government. The reason for this is straightforward. In recent years, one could see a tendency in Europe for local governments to be strengthened. Hungary is an exception. In Hungary, the local government has fallen the most compared to other European countries. Simultaneously, municipalities played a significant role in both the reforms after the post-communist transformation and the Europeanization during the accession phase.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"aw-variant-hidden-subtitle-div\" id=\"aw-variant-subtitle-9783346416063\"\u003e\u003ch3\u003e\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Libri","offers":[{"title":"Softcover - 9783346416063","offer_id":39432612347997,"sku":"9783346416063","price":17.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0940\/0622\/files\/515eb9e8-c49b-4389-b3ba-5076314fd75f.jpg?v=1777009116","url":"https:\/\/shop.autorenwelt.de\/products\/how-has-local-self-government-changed-since-viktor-orban-came-to-power-von-huseyin-ugur-sagkal","provider":"Autorenwelt Shop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}