CEU Electronic Theses and Dissertations, 2011
| Author | Drlíková, Jana |
|---|---|
| Title | The paradox of success - how the last became the first What determines failure or success in structural reforms? Case study: Slovakia and Hungary |
| Summary | This thesis examines the ongoing structural reforms in the Central and Eastern Europe region, namely the cases of Slovakia and Hungary. This study outlines the conditions under which a government is likely to succeed or fail in the implementation of reforms aimed at consolidation of the public finances. The puzzle this thesis addresses is why Slovakia, a seeming latecomer to reforms, was able to manage to establish sound public finance and restructure its welfare state, while Hungary, the leader in the market-building reform during the 1990s transition, did not manage to do so. This study encompasses the period between 1998 and 2008. Within this time period, it examines the Dzruinda governments of Slovakia and the socialist governments in Hungary. The research mainly argues that the main determinants that influenced the outcomes in Slovakia and Hungary were as follows: the type of the crisis, cleavages in the party system and the sequencing of the reforms. |
| Supervisor | Bohle, Dorothee |
| Department | Political Science MA |
| Full text | https://www.etd.ceu.edu/2011/drlikova_jana.pdf |
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