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`Whispering at the Back Door'?

Local Government — Voluntary and Community Sector Relationships in Post-accession Hungary

Stephen P. Osborne

University of Edinburgh, UK, stephen.osborne{at}ed.ac.uk

Gyorgy Jenei

Corvinus University, Hungary

Gergely Fabian

University of Debrecen, Hungary

This article explores the evolution of local government — voluntary and community sector relationships in Hungary since `The Change' of 1989. It does this in the context of a national policy framework concerned to develop the role of the latter sector as a key provider of essential public services at the local level. The article finds that the organic networks that enabled public policy development and implementation in the communist era continue to persevere in Hungary. This perseverance has meant that local voluntary and community groups privilege network skills above service domain skills — and that the pressure to provide public services has crowded out much of the capacity for civil society activity by these groups. The article concludes by considering the implications of this research for the wider group of accession states in Eastern Europe.

Key Words: Hungary • local governance • local government • non-profit organizations • partnership • civil society • public services • voluntary and community organizations

Public Policy and Administration, Vol. 23, No. 4, 331-350 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0952076708093248
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