Administrative reforms in Eastern Europe: A comparative legal analysis

Stanislav V.  Zlyvko; Valerii A.  Bortniak; Kateryna V.  Bortniak; Iryna P.  Storozhuk; Roman Z.  Holobutovskyy

doi:10.46398/cuestpol.3969.50

Stanislav V. Zlyvko Academy of the State Penitentiary Service
Valerii A. Bortniak Kyiv V. I. Vernadsky Taurida National University
Kateryna V. Bortniak Kyiv V. I. Vernadsky Taurida National University
Iryna P. Storozhuk Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytsky University of Management and Law
Roman Z. Holobutovskyy Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs

DOI: https://doi.org/10.46398/cuestpol.3969.50

Keywords: public administration, decentralization, new public administration, employment, unemployment

Abstract

The objective of the article was to analyze the legal regulation of the decentralization reform in Eastern Europe and its impact on the unemployment rate. Methodologically, statistical analysis, hypothetical-deductive method and correlation were used. It was found that the first stage of the reform of the New Civil Service in Poland, Ukraine, Romania, the Czech Republic, Slovenia, Latvia, and Bulgaria began in 1990, but can be called an informal preparatory stage. It is determined that the process of implementation of administrative reforms is influenced by a series of factors: historical, economic, geographical. It is concluded that there is no positive correlation between the effectiveness of public administration and the effectiveness of local self-government in all the countries studied. The reform of decentralization has been shown to have a negative impact on employment. In addition, it found that Poland is the most stable country among those studied, with a high level of efficiency of local self-government. La more negative correlation between the efficiency index of local self-government and employment, and the most positive correlation between local and unemployment rate.

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Author Biographies

Stanislav V. Zlyvko, Academy of the State Penitentiary Service

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2732-3144

Professor, Department of Administrative, Civil and Commercial Law and Process, Law Faculty, Academy of the State Penitentiary Service. Ukraine.

Valerii A. Bortniak, Kyiv V. I. Vernadsky Taurida National University

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1285-966X

Associate Professor, Department of Public and Private Law, Kyiv V. I. Vernadsky Taurida National University.

Kateryna V. Bortniak, Kyiv V. I. Vernadsky Taurida National University

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2135-3820

Associate Professor, Department of Public and Private Law, Kyiv V. I. Vernadsky Taurida National University. Ukraine.

Iryna P. Storozhuk, Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytsky University of Management and Law

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3104-6071

Associate Professor, Department of Constitutional, Administrative and Financial Law, Faculty of Law, Leonid Yuzkov Khmelnytsky University of Management and Law. Ukraine.

Roman Z. Holobutovskyy, Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3160-3333

Associate Professor, Department of General Law Disciplines, Faculty of Law, Dnipropetrovsk State University of Internal Affairs. Ukraine.

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