... local governance and democracy also can be seen, for example, in the European Charter of Local Self-Government (1985), which Macedonia ratified in 1997; it asserts “local authorities are one of the main foundations of any democratic regime;…[and] it is at local level that this right [to participate] can...

...Trajche Panov; Dane Taleski The bases of the political divisions in Macedonia are hard to explain solely through the traditional theoretical approach based on social structures and values. We include the perceptions of the communist past together with the social structures and values; and use...

... of the University of California Public administration Macedonia Democratization Reforms 1. Introduction ratus the ci iptive on stu tion d s hav istra fter t sentia r. It is organised as r in the process of ical background of er-related facets of nt politicization of bureaucratic agencies, the inequitable...

... system in Macedonia was conducted as a case study in an attempt to identify and evaluate the key problems, challenges, and issues that hinder the transition of post-communist countries. The analysis revealed that the same barriers were present in the different systems of many post-communist counties...

...Åse Berit Grødeland The article examines the relationship between NGOs and the general public in Serbia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, and Macedonia. This relationship is often perceived as troubled. Focus group findings, however, suggest that ordinary people’s attitudes towards local NGOs are rather...