Original scientific paper
Public Administration Education in Twelve Post-Socialist Countries and Croatia: Is There a Convergence?
Gordana Marčetić
orcid.org/0000-0002-7998-6874
; Chair of Administrative Science, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb,Zagreb, Croatia
Goranka Lalić Novak
orcid.org/0000-0001-5984-9779
; Chair of Administrative Science, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Jasmina Džinić
orcid.org/0000-0003-3927-6875
; Chair of Administrative Science, Faculty of Law, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
The authors describe the situation regarding public administration
(PA) education in twelve post-socialist European
countries divided into two circles: Central European
post-socialist countries and former Yugoslav countries. The
analysis is focused on the main orientations of the PA curricula,
levels of education, and character of the institutions
offering education in the field. A special attention is puton PA education in Croatia. The article is based on sociological
neo-institutional theoretical approaches that often
indicate exogenous factors as causes of institutional changes.
The comparative research has confirmed the hypothesis
of the paper that there is interconnection between the
process of transition and increased development of the PA
education systems in central and south-eastern European
post-socialist countries. It shows a great similarity at the
levels of education, a sufficiently high level of convergence
toward multidisciplinary approach to PA education and
diversity in colour at the institutional-organizational level.
Keywords
public administration education; public administration curricula; educational institutions; post-socialist European countries; Croatia
Hrčak ID:
130640
URI
Publication date:
18.5.2013.
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