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The readiness of the public administration for European Union accession
[collection article]
Corporate Editor
Institute of Public Finance, Zagreb
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Kroatien
Abstract Institution building is crucial for successful integration into the European Union (EU). Through the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA), Croatia bound itself to strengthen institutions at all levels in the area of the administration, priority areas being protection of competition and stat... view more
Institution building is crucial for successful integration into the European Union (EU). Through the Stabilization and Association Agreement (SAA), Croatia bound itself to strengthen institutions at all levels in the area of the administration, priority areas being protection of competition and state aid. According to the demands that the EU has made on the public administrations of the accession countries in the pre-accession period, we shall identify the criteria for membership. We shall define the level of the fulfilment of conditions for membership and the measures that should be carried out during the process of the reform in Croatia by a comparative analysis of the state of affairs in Croatia, the candidates and the EU members. The main conclusion is that institutional weakness in Croatia is the outcome of failure to define the priorities and the timetable for the implementation of given reforms.... view less
Keywords
EU; Croatia; post-socialist country; membership; reform; administration; criterion; public administration; joining the European Union; European integration
Classification
Administrative Science
European Politics
Method
descriptive study
Free Keywords
public administration; market competition; institutional criteria for membership; single market; European Union; Croatia; candidates
Collection Title
Croatian accession to the European Union. Vol. 2, Institutional challenges
Editor
Ott, Katarina
Document language
English
Publication Year
2004
City
Zagreb
Page/Pages
p. 167-200
ISBN
953-6047-48-9
Status
Published Version; reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works