Governing the Czech Republic and Slovakia : Between State Socialism and the European Union.

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Title page; copyright page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; ch1-Introduction; Conceptual Baselines: Public Administration, Institutions, Administrative Reform; Self-Governing Regions and Civil Service: Two Missing Institutions; Hypotheses: From Missing Institutions to New Institutions?; Towards a Theory of Post-Socialist Administrative Reform; Case Selection, Data, and Research Strategies; Notes; ch2-Socialist State Building; Building Czechoslovakia: The Pre-Communist Approach; Building the Institutions of Party Domination; Consolidating the Institutions of Party Domination.

Institutional Foundations of Mobilization: National Committees and "Civil Servants" During the Prague SpringRe-establishing Domination, 1968-1989; Conclusions; Notes; ch3-Transitional Moments: Institutional Legacies and Choices; On Constitutions and Reconstitutions: Keeping the Institutions, Changing the Incumbents; Enabling Institutions: Municipal National Committees and State Reconfiguration in 1990; Institutional Dearth: Demands for Moravian Self-government and the Issue of Self-governing Regions in 1990; Institutional Dearth: The Irrelevance of Civil Service Reform; Conclusions; Notes.

Ch4-Two States, Two Paths, One DestinationThe Terminal Federal Era (1990-1992): Administrative Reform in an Uncertain Political Environment; Administrative Reform in the Czech Republic, 1992-1996; Administrative Reform in Slovakia, 1992-1996; Conclusions; Notes; ch5-The EU and State Reform: A Deepening Relationship; EU Administrative Reform Policy and Assistance, 1990-1997; Ineffective, But Not Irrelevant: "Europe" as a Rhetorical Tool; EU Administrative Reform Policy and Assistance, 1997-2004.

Case Studies: Establishing Self-Governing Regions and Legally Protected Civil Services in the Czech Republic and SlovakiaConclusions; Notes; ch6-The Czech Republic and Slovakia in the European Union; Explanatory Assertions; Testing the Assertions; Conclusions; Notes; Acronyms; References; Index; About the Book.

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