Importance of the quality of public administration for Europeanization

Reiners, Markus (author)

Public administration plays a prominent role in state transition and modernization processes. Therefore, the quality of public administration affects transition processes in Eastern European states on their way to joining the European Union. This hypothesis is proven by analysing former socialist or communist countries that became members of the European Union during the two major waves of accession in 2004 and 2007 because, to do so, they had to implement internal modernization processes to more democracy and a market economy. A quantitative research design is used to investigate whether a functioning administration has a strong positive impact on transition, its effectiveness and sustainability. The result shows that a well-functioning administration significantly promotes transition processes and has a positive impact on transition to more democracy and a market economy.

• Language: English
• Keywords: Europeanization
• Work type: Article
• Typology: 1.01 - Original Scientific Article
• Organization: FDV - Faculty of Social Sciences
• Publication status: Published
• Publication version: Version of Record
• Year: 2025
• Number of pages: Str. 24-38
• Numbering: Vol. 18, no. 2
• PID: 20.500.12556/RUL-179335
• UDC: 35:061.1EU
• ISSN on article: 1338-1385
• COBISS.SI-ID: 267916547
• Publication date in RUL: 11.02.2026

Record is a part of a journal

• Title: Journal of comparative politics
• Publisher: Department of Political Science, Center for Analysis of Administrative-Political Processes and Institutions, Alma Mater Europea-European Centre Maribor (AMEU-ECM)
• ISSN: 1338-1385
• COBISS.SI-ID: 29224285

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Secondary language

• Language: Slovenian
• Title: Pomen kakovosti javne uprave za evropeizacijo

Abstract

Javna uprava ima ključno vlogo v procesih tranzicije in modernizacije države. Njena kakovost pomembno vpliva na tranzicijske procese v vzhodnoevropskih državah, ki so se usmerile na pot priključevanja Evropski uniji. Ta hipoteza je potrjena z analizo nekdanjih socialističnih oziroma komunističnih držav, ki so postale članice Evropske unije v okviru dveh večjih širitvenih valov v letih 2004 in 2007. Te države so bile za uspešno vključitev v evropske integracije primorane izvesti obsežne notranje reforme, usmerjene v krepitev demokracije in vzpostavitev tržnega gospodarstva. Z uporabo kvantitativne raziskovalne zasnove je analizirano, ali dobro delujoča javna uprava pomembno prispeva k učinkovitosti in vzdržnosti tranzicijskih procesov. Rezultati kažejo, da kakovostna in učinkovita javna uprava pomembno spodbuja tranzicijo ter pozitivno vpliva na prehod v stabilnejšo demokracijo in delujoče tržno gospodarstvo.

• Keywords: Evropska unija, javna uprava, demokracija, tržno gospodarstvo