Public Administrative Reforms with Regards to the Changes of the Role of State
Public administration reform; role of the state; task transfer; adaptive governance; New Public Management; administrative capacity
The article examines public-administration reforms as mechanisms through which responsibilities are redistributed among the state, the market, civil society, local authorities, and international institutions. It develops a model for analysing how administrative systems adapt to economic, social, technological, and environmental challenges.
GELLÉN, MÁRTON
The Romanian National Minority's Religious Right Issues...
Transylvania; Romanian minority; religious union; religious rights; Greek Catholic Church; Habsburg rule
The article examines the transformation of Hungary’s local-government system, focusing on local democracy, municipal autonomy, elections, administrative supervision, and the redistribution of public functions. It argues that the reforms strengthened central influence while creating practical and legal difficulties in local decision-making, financing, and public-service provision.
ALBERT, ANDRÁS
Changes of the Hungarian Local Government System...
Local government; municipal autonomy; local democracy; administrative supervision; local elections; public services
The article examines the transformation of Hungary’s local-government system, focusing on local democracy, municipal autonomy, elections, administrative supervision, and the redistribution of public functions. It argues that the reforms strengthened central influence while creating practical and legal difficulties in local decision-making, financing, and public-service provision.
CSÖRGITS, LAJOS
1867: Two Constitutional Tales on Minority Nationalism...
Comparative constitutional law; minority nationalism; Austro-Hungarian Compromise; British North America Act; federalism; multiculturalism
The article compares the Austro-Hungarian Compromise and the British North America Act as constitutional responses to minority nationalism in multi-ethnic political communities. It explains Canada’s greater constitutional durability through federal accommodation, territorial clarity, and judicial interpretation, while examining the failure of the Dual Monarchy to reconcile competing national claims.

