Cilj je ovoga rada prikazati
razvoj lokalne proračunske politike u smjeru veće
proračunske transparentnosti.
Provedena je studija slučaja Bjelovara u kojoj su
korištene dvije kvalitativne
metode ...prikupljanja podataka – intervju i selekcioniranje
dokumenata. Prikupljena građa
kodirana je prema pravilima kvalitativne
analize sadržaja. Četiri su
glavna elementa političkog odlučivanja o bjelovarskoj
proračunskoj politici:
transparentnost kao cilj, aplikacija Transparentno
kao osnovni informacijski
instrument, gradonačelnik zajedno sa svojim suradnicima
kao ključni akter i građani kao
glavna ciljana skupina. Analiza pokazuje
kako su zajednička temeljna
načela i lokalne proračunske politike i koncepta
dobrog upravljanja
transparentnost i odgovornost. Podaci navode i na zaključak
kako su to nužni, ali ne i
dovoljni uvjeti za ostvarenje dobrog upravljanja, s obzirom
na to da njihovo uvođenje ne
osigurava veću participaciju neformalnih aktera,
posebice udruga civilnog društva.
Ovaj rad predstavlja politološki pogled
na ovu prvenstveno ekonomski
analiziranu temu, te kroz uvide o empirijskom
slučaju pokazuje važnost procesne
dimenzije transparentnosti – važno je i koliko
se transparentno odlučuje o
proračunu, a ne isključivo transparentnost samog
proračuna.
This paper aims to describe the development of local budgetary policy towards increased budget transparency. A case study of Bjelovar was undertaken, for which the two qualitative data collecting methods were used – interviewing and document analysis. The collected data were coded in accordance with the rules of qualitative content analysis. There are four main elements of the decision-making process within Bjelovar’s budgetary policy: the transparency as a main goal; the application “Transparent” as instrument of nodality, as central instrument; the mayor, along with his associates, as a leading actor; and the citizens as a principal target group. The analysis shows how common principles of the local budgetary policy and the concept of the good governance are transparency and accountability. Still, those seem to be necessary but not sufficient conditions for realization of good governance, as their introduction does not insure higher participation of unofficial actors, especially not of non-governmental organizations. This research paper offers a political science insight on an economic topic and it underlines the importance of the procedural aspect of the transparency; in other words – transparency of budgetary decision-making is important at least as much as transparency of budget itself.
Cilj rada je doprinijeti razvoju empirijske teorije javnih politika u pitanjima kvalitete dizajna javnih politika. Rad je fokusiran na ciljeve javnih politika koji su središnja sastavnica dizajna ...svakog resora. Analitički okvir utemeljen je na razlikovanju sedam tehničkih tipova ciljeva javnih politika: opći ciljevi, ciljevi usmjereni na način ostvarenja, na odgovornog aktera, na korisnika, konkretno usmjereni ciljevi, polu-strukturirani te strukturirani ciljevi. Prikupljanje i analiza podataka vođeni su pravilima kvalitativne analize sadržaja, a ciljevi se istražuju na temelju 11 strateških dokumenata hrvatske vlasti. U istraživanim politikama dominiraju ciljevi s općenitim svrhama, te manjim brojem strukturnih elemenata što pokazuje nižu razinu operacionalizacije ciljeva, lošiju kvalitetu pripreme za provedbu i povezivanje s instrumentima odnosno manju učinkovitost dizajna hrvatskih javnih politika. Skupine analiziranih politika se razlikuju te su strategije namijenjene ciljanim skupinama bolje operacionalizirane nego one temeljnih područja i specifičnih društvenih problema. Analiza tehničkih tipova ciljeva pokazuje kako su omjeri među učestalosti njihova pojavljivanja dobar indikator ukupne učinkovitosti dizajna javnih politika.
The goal of the paper is to contribute to the development of the empirical theory of public policies in matters of the quality of public policy design. The paper is focused on the goals of public policies which are the central component of the design of each policy area. The analytical framework is based on the distinction of seven technical types of public policy goals: general goals, goals focused on the way of realization, on the responsible actor, on the user, concretely focused goals, semi-structured and structured goals. The collection and analysis of data are guided by the rules of qualitative content analysis, and the objectives are investigated using 11 strategic documents of the Croatian government. In the examined policies, goals with general purposes dominate, as well as those with a smaller number of structural elements, which shows a lower level of operationalization of goals, poorer quality of preparation for implementation and connection with instruments, and a lower effectiveness of the design of Croatian public policies. The groups of analyzed policies differ, and the strategies intended for the target groups are better operationalized than those of the fundamental areas and specific social problems. The analysis of technical types of goals shows that the ratios between the frequency of their occurrence are a good indicator of the overall efficiency of public policy design.
Cilj je ovoga rada pripremiti osnove za utemeljenu procjenu transformacije suvremenog stvaranja javnih politika pod utjecajem aktualnih kriza na način da se detektiraju dimenzije u kojima se ...promijenio kontekst stvaranja javnih politika krajem 20. i početkom 21. stoljeća. Rad je zasnovan na pregledu literature iz politološke discipline javnih politika, ali i srodnih disciplina javne uprave i socijalnih djelatnosti koje svojim specifičnim konceptima također pokušavaju razaznati transformaciju suvremenih javnih politika. Prvo se pokušavaju grubo sistematizirati osnovni elementi promjena konteksta u sklopu društva, tržišta i države, a zatim se fokusira na istraživanje tipova države s obzirom na fukcije koje ona ispoljava kroz raznorodne javne politike; na vrste javnog upravljanja i višestruke oblike kroz koje ono danas djeluje; te na transformaciju socijalne države u smjeru kombiniranih socijalnih politika. Glavni je nalaz rada da nove funkcije, nove strukture, novi ciljevi, novi instrumenti i novi akteri koje se može pronaći u stvaranju javnih politika na prijelazu stoljeća ne istiskuju stare, već se na njih nadograđuju i talože kao dodatni slojevi. Takozvano slojevanje čini se ključnom značajkom suvremenog stvaranja javnih politika, iako se još ne može odrediti hoće li ono olakšati ili onemogućavati rješavanje aktualnih kriza, te stoga treba biti središnji fokus interdisciplinarnih istraživanja društvenih znanosti u nadolazećem razdoblju.
The aim of this paper is to set foundation for a grounded assessment of the transformation of contemporary policy-making under the influence of current crises by detecting the dimensions in which the context of policy-making has changed in the late 20th and early 21st century. The paper is based on a literature review from the political science policy studies, but also from related disciplines of public administration and social policy studies, which with their specific concepts likewise try to discern the transformation of contemporary policy-making. First, an attempt is made to roughly systematize the basic elements of contextual change within society, markets and the state; and then research focus is placed on the state types and its functions manifested through diverse public policies, the types of governance and the multiple variants through which it operates today, and the transformation of the welfare state towards the welfare mix. The main finding of the paper is that new functions, new structures, new goals, new instruments and new actors that were detected in policy-making at the turn of the century do not replace the old ones, but are added to them as additional layers. The so-called layering seems to be a key feature of the modern policy-making, although it cannot yet be determined whether it will facilitate or aggravate the overcoming of current crises.
The aim of this paper is to set foundation for a grounded assessment of the transformation of contemporary policy-making under the influence of current crises by detecting the dimensions in which the ...context of policy-making has changed in the late 20th and early 21st century. The paper is based on a literature review from the political science policy studies, but also from related disciplines of public administration and social policy studies, which with their specific concepts likewise try to discern the transformation of contemporary policy-making. First, an attempt is made to roughly systematize the basic elements of contextual change within society, markets and the state; and then research focus is placed on the state types and its functions manifested through diverse public policies, the types of governance and the multiple variants through which it operates today, and the transformation of the welfare state towards the welfare mix. The main finding of the paper is that new functions, new structures, new goals, new instruments and new actors that were detected in policy-making at the turn of the century do not replace the old ones, but are added to them as additional layers. The so-called layering seems to be a key feature of the modern policy-making, although it cannot yet be determined whether it will facilitate or aggravate the overcoming of current crises.
Cilj je članka utvrditi metodologiju istraživanja ljudskih prava imigranata. Najprije se razmatra jesu li kozmopolitizam i komunitarizam, kao dva pristupa suvremene normativne političke teorije, ...komplementarni u gledanjima na prava imigranata na ulazak i ostanak u državama primateljicama. Kako bi se empirijski provjerile točke na kojima se ta dva pristupa preklapaju, dizajnirana je studija slučaja europske imigracijske politike utemeljena na kvalitativnim metodama i tematskoj analizi europskih dokumenata. U članku se obrazlažu metodološki koraci empirijskog dijela istraživačkog projekta, kriteriji uzorkovanja dokumenata, određenje jedinice kodiranja, pravila kodiranja, pristup stvaranju sheme kodiranja, pripadajući kodovi i njihova struktura. Glavni doprinos članka autorice vide u izradi originalne sheme kodiranja koja imigracijsku politiku Europske unije strukturira pomoću dimenzija temeljnih elemenata te politike, njezinih ciljeva, instrumenata, aktera, ciljanih skupina, načela njezina stvaranja i konteksta u kojemu se oblikuje. Ta shema kodiranja može biti i potencijalan prilog izgradnji modela europske imigracijske politike.
The aim of the paper is to improve empirical policy theory by examining Eastern European policymaking, using Croatia as a case for analysis. Data sources are published studies that describe 11 ...sectors from diverse policy areas. The whole material was coded by the rules of qualitative content analysis. The results show 15 basic features of Croatian policymaking combined into six policymaking types: administrative, analytical, economic, external, incremental, and political. All detected policymaking types were successfully connected to several policy concepts, theories, frameworks, and approaches. The analysis revealed three points of theory-practice mismatch that are fruitful for theoretical improvements: the need for mainstreaming Europeanization and policy transfer into policy theory; the need to modify rationalistic approaches for more empirical studies on obstacles and barriers to rationality in policymaking; and the need for adapting actor-centered approaches for a more broad application and empirical research of policymaking in Eastern Europe.
The article is based on the idea of transformation of the policy-making mode of Croatian disabled policy, from the medical model, through the social model to the human rights model. The paper ...highlights 7 elements according to which these models differ, and which are structured into categories of problem-definition, goal-determination and then implementation of disabled policy. The analysis is focused on the goals of Croatian disabled policy, and is based on an interdisciplinary research project of political science, special education and social work. Empirical data were collected by document analysis, by interviewing relevant policy actors and by a survey with the members of representative bodies on all government levels. With the discourse analysis of documents, open coding of interviews and statistical analysis of data collected in the survey, the paper attempts, through the indicator of activity of persons with disability, to answer to what extent Croatian disabled policy is transformed into human rights policy. Adapted from the source document.
The paper examines the concept of policy layering by conducting a case study of Croatian disability policy. The analysis is structured around three aspects of disability policy change: critical ...junctures in its development; layering models or regimes of policy-making; the factors driving change in Croatian disability policy since 2000. Two main findings distinguish the Croatian case from the assumptions made in theory. The factor of implemental discretion was 'inversely proportional' in theory to what was found in the case study. Further, the strong influence of policy transfer and Europeanisation seen in the case is completely neglected by the concept of layering.
This exploratory paper has the purpose of describing the Croatian decision agenda and its issues. Data analysis is based on the dataset of the research project POLIPTIH that contains all acts ...published in the official gazette Narodne novine since Croatian independence. More than 30 thousand units of analysis were coded by the international CAP codebook of policy content and by the rules of quantitative content analysis and then analyzed with descriptive statistics. The analysis compares the diversity of legislative and executive - presidential and governmental - decision agendas by the total number of agenda items and by the concentration of attention across policy sectors and issues. The results show that the presidential decision agenda is the least diverse, and the parliamentary decision agenda is more diverse than the presidential but still less diverse than the decision agenda of the cabinet government. Analysis also shows that core functions of government, defence, international affairs, economy, government operations and rule of law are the most present on all Croatian decision agendas, and social policies and human rights policies are heavily underrepresented.
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