Governance through conformation: case study regarding the mode of the reformation of the central public administration from the Republic of Moldova

Toderas, Nicolae (2009): Governance through conformation: case study regarding the mode of the reformation of the central public administration from the Republic of Moldova. Published in: Romanian Review of European Governance Studies , Vol. 1, No. 1 (2009): pp. 107-120.

Abstract

The article offers a case study regarding the conformation of the central authorities from Moldova to the previsions/conditions of the EU- Republic of Moldova Action Plan – EUMAP regarding the improvement of the administrative capacity. The study case enlightens the aspect that, giving the fact that the Action Plan does not impose a judicial conditioning, but guides itself after a set of voluntary conformations, the central public authorities from Moldova are constrained to produce systemic and structural reforms with a view to the governance’s principles. The case study demonstrates that the fault of the political volition, identifies through a viable path dependence in the domain of the adhesion to the EU, facilitates a context of elusion from the utilization of the principles of governance in the consolidation of the internal administrative capacity and in the realization of the central public administration (CPA) reform.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: governance, Moldova, central public authorities, reform, EUMAP
• Subjects: H - Public Economics > H1 - Structure and Scope of Government > H11 - Structure, Scope, and Performance of Government

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