Resources
Compiled by Katarina Staronova
Topic: Cultural Change into Professional Policy Making: The Case of Slovakia
Issue Area: Policy Making Process

Slovakia:

Beblavy, Miroslav (ed.). Budgeting and Management of Public Expenditure - A realistic vision of reforms for the next four years. Bratislava: INEKO, 2002.

Beblavy, Miroslav and Andrej Salner, (eds.). Úspešná a úsporná vláda: Odporúčania pre budúci kabinet [Policy Options for Efficient and Effective Governing]. Bratislava: SGI, 2002.

Final Report on the Findings and Recommendations of the Audit of Financing and Activities of the Central Authorities of State Administration. Bratislava: INEKO, 2000. »

Meseznikov, Grigorij (ed.). Slovensko 2002: Súhrnná správa o stave spoločnosti [Slovakia 2002: A Global Report on the State of Society] . Bratislava: Institut pre verejne otazky, 2002.

Občianske oko. Ako môže hlas občanov presadiť zmenu legislatívy.[How can a citizen change the legislation]. Bratislava, 2002.

Sičáková, Emília. Presadzovanie záujmov vo formujúcej sa demokracii. [Pursuing interests in a forming democracy ]. Bratislava: CPHR - Transparency International, 2000.

Svak, Jan. “Legislativny proces” [Legislative Procedures] (to be published).

Staroňová K., L. Maliková. “Politico Administrative Relations under Coalition Politics in Slovakia.” In Verheijen, T. and Lass L. (eds.) Coalition Politics. (to be published).

Školkay, Andrej. Communication of the Government of Slovakia. Structural and Content Analysis of the Communication of the Government of Slovakia. Bratislava: SGI, 2002.

Verheijen, T., M. Beblavy and K. Staroňová, Development of Policy Making Culture in Slovakia, Unpublished working Document of the Open Society Foundation Slovakia, 2001.

Western Europe:

Audit Commission. Professional Policy Making for the Twenty First Century: Report by Strategic Policy Making Team Cabinet Office. London, September 1999.

Audit Commission. Listen Up! Effective Community Consultation. London, 1999.

Appraisal and Evaluation in Central Government: Green Book. The Treasury Guidance. London: The Stationary Office, 1997.

Bullock, Helen and Juliet Mountfond. Better Policy Making. London: Center for Managment and Policy Studies, 2001.

Cabinet Office, Adding it Up: Improving Analysis and Modeling in Central Government. Report by Performance and Innovation Unit, London, 2000.

Cabinet Office, Wiring it Up: Whitehall’s Management of Cross-cutting Policies and Services. Report by Performance and Innovation Unit, London, 2000.

Commission of the European Communities, European Governance: A White Paper. Brussels, 2001.

Manual on Regulatory Impact Assessment. Berlin: The Federal Ministry of Interior, 2002.

Modern Policy Making: Ensuring Policies Deliver Value for Money. Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General. London: National Audit Office, 2001. 

Modern State - Modern Administration. Progress Report. Berlin: The Federal Ministry of Interior, 2002. 

Sharman. Holding to Account: The Review of Audit and Accountability of Central Government. London, 2001.

Volcansek, Mary L. Judicial Politics and Policy Making in Western Europe. London: Gainsborough House, 1992.

Wallace, H. and W. Wallace. Policy-Making in the European Union. 4th ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2000.

USA:

Light, Paul C. Monitoring Government: Inspectors General and the Search for Accountability. Washington DC: Brookings Institution, 1993.

Oleszek, Walter J. Congressional Procedures and the Policy Process. 5th ed. Washington DC: Congressional Quarterly Press, 2001.

Pfiffner, James. P. Governance and American Politics. Harcourt Brace & Company, 1995.

Schick, Allen. The Capacity to Budget. Washington DC: Urban Institute Press, 1990.

_____. The Federal Budget: Politics, Policy, Process. Washington DC: Brookings Institution Press, 2000.

_____. Congress and Money: Budgeting, Spending and Taxing. Washington DC: Urban Institute Press, 1980.

Tifer, Charles. Congressional Practice and Procedure: A Reference, Research, and Legislative Guide. New York: Greenwood Press, 1989.

West. William F. Controlling the Bureacracy. Armonk, N.Y.: M.E. Sharp, 1995.

Wolfensberger, Donald R. Congress and the People: Deliberative Democracy on Trial. Washington DC: Woodrow Wilson Center Press, 2000.

International organizations:

Hellman, Joel S., Geraint Jones and Daniel Kaufmann. Seize the State, Seize the Day: State Capture, Corruption and Influence in Transition (Policy Research Working Paper 2444), Washington, D.C.: World Bank, 2000.  »

Kaufmann, Daniel; Aart Kraay and Pablo Zoido Lobaton. Governance Matters. (Policy Research Working Paper 2196), Washington D.C. : World Bank, 1999.

OECD, 21st Century Governance: Power in the Global Knowledge Economy and Society. Paris: Future Studies, 2001.

OECD, Government of the Future. PUMA, Policy Brief No 9, 1999.

OECD, Law Drafting and Regulatory Management in Central and Eastern Europe. Paris: Sigma Papers No. 18, 1997.

OECD, Center of Government Profiles. Paris: Sigma, 1998.  »  

OECD, Citizens as Partners: Information, Consultation and Public Participation in Decision-Making, 2001.

UNDP, Rebuilding State Structures: Methods and Approaches. The Trials and Tribulations of Post Communist Countries, 2002.

World Bank, World Development Report 1997 - the State in a Changing World. New York: Oxford University Press for the World Bank, 1997.

World Bank. Public Expenditure Management Handbook. Washington DC: World Bank, 1998.

World Bank. Reforming Public Institutions and Strengthening Governance: A World Bank Strategy. Washington DC: World Bank, 2000.  »

World Bank. World Development Report 2003. New York: Oxford University Press, 2003.

Policy Making, Decision Making and Governance Studies:

Barker, Anthony and B. Guy Peters (eds.). The Politics of Expert Advice: Creating, Using and Manipulating Scientific Knowledge for Public Policy. Pittsburgh: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1993.

Boyle, Richard and Tony McNamara (eds.). Governance and Accountability: Power and Responsibility in the Public Service. Dublin: Institute of Public Administration, 1998.

Dunn, W.N. Public Policy Analysis: An Introduction. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 1994.

Howlett, Michael and M. Ramesh. Studying Public Policy: Policy Cycles and Policy Subsystems. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1995.

John, P. Analyzing Public Policy. London: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2000.

Kaplan, Allan. The Development of Capacity. New York: NGLS, 1999.

Kingdon, J. Agendas, Alternatives, and Public Policies. Glenview: Scott, Foresman and Company, 1984.

Lindblom, Charles. The Policy-Making Process. Englewood Cliffs: Prentice-Hall, 1993.

Manning, N. Strategic Decision-Making in Cabinet Government: Institutional Underpinnings and Obstacles. World Bank, 1999.

McSwite, O.C.  Legitimacy in Public Administration: A Discourse Analysis. London: Sage Publications, 1997.

Peters, B. Guy and Donald J. Savoie (eds.). Governance in a Changing Environment. Montreal: Canadian Centre for Management Development, 1995.

Peters, B. Guy and Bert A. Rockman (eds.). Agenda for Excellence: Administering the State. New Jersey: Chatham House Publishers, 1996.

Peters, B. Guy. The Public Service, The Changing State and Governance . Montreal: Canadian Centre for Management Development, 1993.

Schauer, Frederick. Playing by the Rules: A Philosophical Examination of Rule Based Decision Making in Law and in Life. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991.

Schulman, P. R. Large Scale Policy Making. New York: Elsevier, 1980.

Tulchin, J.S. ed. Democratic Governance and Social Inequality. Washington DC: Woodrow Wilson International Center, 2002.

Turner, Mark and D. Hulme. Governance, Administration and Development: Making the State Work. West Hartford: Kumarian Press, 1997.

Yehezkel Dror. The Capacity to Govern: A Report to the Club of Rome. London: Frank Cass Publications, 2001.

Welch, Stephen. The Concept of Political Culture. New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1993.

Williams, T.A. Learning to Manage our Future: The Participative Redesign of Societies in Turbulant Transition.

Williamson, Oliver. The Mechanisms of Governance. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1996.