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The excellence in public governance and education and training are very closely interconnected. Aspecial role plays the preparation of new doctors in public administration and management – their qualificationpromotes excellence. The aim of this article is to show how excellence could appear in public administrationand management and to analyse the Doctoral Studies Programme in Administration andManagement at the University of Latvia and to show the directions of its development. The article includesmain principles of the European Good Administrative Practice Code, which could be regarded as a backgroundof excellence in public administration, goals of doctoral studies in the field of administration andmanagement at the University of Latvia, general framework of the studies programme, contents of programmeand its organisation, as well as proposals forits further development.

The general framework of the article is the analysis of aspects of the rotational role of public administrationhuman resources in the contemporary democracy development and its processes. It pays attention to theinterplay between the requirements of human resources activities and the democracy references. The analysisprovided in the paper emphasizes, that the personnel of public administration organizations integrates into publicpolicy implementation as tools for warranty and continuation of democratization processes. The main resultof this article is a double-sided idea, that human resources are involved in establishment, determination, consolidationand development processes of democracy; from the other side, democracy makes a great impact onpublic administration human resources through democratic values and their system.

Taking into consideration the peculiarity of the field of management and administration, Mykolas RomerisUniversity has all qualifications necessary to become one of leaders in the area of public administration (on managementalapproach) research in Lithuania.For research purposes it is recommended to expand/develop collaboration between the Departments of PublicAdministration and the Faculties of the Strategic Management and Political Sciences of Mykolas Romeris Universityas well as with the other foreign and Lithuanian universities.

This paper analyses the long – term trends of social and economic transition in Central and Eastern Europe under the conditions of EU enlargement and the processes of globalization. The general and specific trends before and after EU enlargement as well as in the future are described and compared. Some new non-traditional ideas and models of possible economic development in the future are discussed. The processes of development of integral European economic, social and cultural space, the processes of the creation of knowledge based society and knowledge economy are analyzed. The following features of economic transition in Central and Eastern Europe in the period of EU enlargement and further globalization in the future deserve particular attention: intensive diversification of traditional economic structures, profound changes in all sectors of the national economic systems, creation of new forms of interregional cooperation in the new integral economic space; very uneven economic growth in the various countries, regions and sectors, increasing differences and disparities in economic and social development as well as between various groups in the society; intensive innovation processes taking various forms, and the realization of new models of innovation activities; controversial industrial development, very uneven technological progress, multiplication of high–technologies and new forms of industrial activity influencing the new quality life as well as new social and economic difficulties and problems.

The factors of public administration improvement in the article are being analyzed. These factors aretypical to any public administration institution regardless of its size, performance particularity or level.The goal to diagnose the condition of all public administration institutions in Lithuania was not raised forthis research. For this particular reason, the administrations of Lithuanian district municipalities becamethe object of the empirical research. The diagnosis of the condition of Lithuanian district municipalities'administrations was accomplished. On the basis of theoretical and empirical investigations of the authors,a model of performance improvement of Lithuanian public administration institutions (on the selfgovernmentlevel) was developed.

The purpose of this paper is to present the current state of affairs in the process of adoption of codes ofconduct for local government officials in Serbia. On the basis of a model drafted under the auspices of theSerbian local government association, 130 Serbian municipalities (out of 167) have adopted such codes.The paper tries to picture the environment in which the codes are being adopted, i.e. anti-corruption effortson the national level, the framework in which Serbian local governments function, process of draftingof the model code and consequent adoption in municipalities. Finally, it attempts to present as critical aspossible an evaluation of this process in Serbia, as well as recommend or project further steps necessaryfor internalisation and full implementation of these codes. To achieve the abovementioned, the paper refersto Serbian legislation and adopted codes of conduct, empirical data collected from municipalities,results of surveys and opinion polls conducted in Serbia in the period from 2001 to 2005, data on othercountries available in English, as well as academic texts.

The impact of interbudgetary redistribution of funds on the financial independence of local authorities isanalysed in this article. The authors argue that interbudgetary redistribution of funds in Lithuania proves to bethe important mean retaining the dominance of central government's on the local finances. Transfer paymentsfrom the state budget reflect the central government's policy towards local governments. Financial transfersfrom the state budget reinforce the role of the state institutions in the sub national finances field and restrict thefinancial independence of local governments. Besides this fact, local budget income equalization and revenueredistribution through the state budget does not contribute to the natural development of local financial system.Current problems, their consequences and possible solutions for increasing local financial independence hadbeen analyzed in the article.In order to explore the practice of interbudgetary redistribution in the context of public finance system,categories of the institutionalism theory was chosen. Institutionalism provides a framework for defining thelogic of state and local government institutions interaction in the process of allocating resources. Article exploresthe institutional interests and institutional conflicts in Lithuanian public finance institutional field. Themain conflict arenas are defined as follows: redistribution of local governments' revenues through the statebudget; the domination of special grants in local budgets revenue structure; and special grants for investmentprojects.

Paper analyses management of the police structures and staff training of this public sector organization,which is also regulated by statute, in the context of the New Public Management. Authors analyses theactivities of police structures in western democracies and stress modern tendency- transformation of policefrom providing military services to organization providing assistance for citizens. Training police officersimportant are the following criteria: management competencies, professionalism, human rights and libertyaspect, integration of police training organizations into common system of higher education. One of theconclusions based on the analyses of management of contemporary police structures and staff-trainingtendencies is that modern PA tendencies influence changes occurring in the militarist model of the police. Suchvalues as legality, democracy, efficiency of activity, the principles of the new public management are becomingimportant in the police every day activities.

There is proposed conception of strategic management system in autonomy institutions and there is shown itsunique in this article. Also there are analyzed linear confines of strategic planning methodologies and there arefixed actions which influence creation process of strategic management in the municipalities. There are validatedimportance of rational planning and integration importance of enactment ways of political decisions in the municipalities.With reference to information of sociological poll there is ascertained that system of strategic managementis not versatile, particularly in a point of customer groups. Besides, the results of strategic managementsystem are always satisfactory. There is shown in the article that bureaucracy, dissatisfaction of direction and other personnel by the requirements of strategic management, inflexibility of strategic management process and problemsof advance evaluation mostly reduces the efficiency of strategic management in autonomy institutions.System of strategic management improves communications, motivates personnel to study and improves coordinationof actions in the municipalities. With reference to the facts of research there is made conclusion that thecapability of management and planning are imperfect in municipality, also it is not adequate quality of qualificationclass and training programs of strategic management, and also conclusion of contract with qualified specialistsnot always stands up. Facts, which are supplied in the article, show that municipalities mostly pursue in environmentof programs and health service field, organization of public works and inducement of places of work creationfield and also making conditions to expand the business field. Urban expansion, care of urban facility objects andmodernism of them are the fields, which requires at least strategic stimulate the institutions to attract the investments.

The article proposes the analysis of institutional interaction between local government and nongovernmentalorganizations. The overview of different theoretical positions including institutional networkanalysis and trust concepts allow us creates a theoretical background for further institutional interactionanalysis. Exceptional attention is given to the sociological concept of trust and its functions, the creation oftrust culture in different political systems, especially in democracy. The implementation of project fundingmechanism on local government level is analyzed using methods of empirical survey. The data revealsfollowing problems of institutional interaction between local government and civic sector: lack of civicstandpoint, hierarchical non-flexibility, non-objectivity, individualization, inability of non-governmental sectorto represent their collective interests, the problems of leadership. The proper understanding of institutionalinteraction mechanism on the public policy level is important for the non-government organizations' leaders aswell as for local government representatives.

Die Studie wurde von einem interdisziplinärzusammengesetzten Evaluationsteam aus Politologenund Ökonomen während des Zeitraums 1997bis 2001 angefertigt. Sie richtet sich nach folgendenevaluationstheoretischen Ansätzen: ZielorientierterAnsatz, formative und summative Evaluation sowieImpact-Analyse. Es wurden Datenerhebungen auffünf Ebenen durchgeführt: (1) Reformumsetzungauf der Ebene der politischen Steuerung (zwei Ratskammerndes Eidgenössischen Parlaments), (2)Exekutivebene (Regierung und Ministerien), (3)Ebene der betrieblichen Steuerung (Amtsleitungen),(4) Ebene des betrieblichen Wandels (Mitarbeitende),(5) Wirkungsebene bei Leistungsempfängern(Amtskunden). Die Evaluation untersuchtein einer umfassenden Studie die drei FLAGPilotämterSchweizerische Landestopographie,Schweizerische Meteorologische AnstaltMeteoSchweiz sowie die SozialversicherungskasseZentrale Ausgleichsstelle Genf und als Vergleichsamtin fortgeschrittenerem Reformstadium dasEidgenössische Institut für Geistiges Eigentum.Ergänzend wurden alle restlichen acht FLAG-Amtsstellenin einer weiteren Evaluationsphase einbezogen.Das dafür eingesetzte Evaluationsdesign erhobDaten im Rahmen von 92 teilstrukturierten Interviews,einer Parlamentsumfrage, Kundenbefragungenbei zwei Ämtern, sieben Mitarbeiterbefragungenbei vier Ämtern (inkl. Längsschnittvergleich),Sekundäranalyse von Vergleichdaten aus einerPersonalbefragung der Bundesverwaltung sowieDokumentenanalysen.

This report includes discussions on the lithofacies, depositional environments, palynobiostratigraphy, coal quality, and measured sections of Cretaceous and Paleocene strata of northern Pakistan. ; "Prepared in cooperation with the Geological Survey of Pakistan, under the auspices of the Agency for International Development, U.S. Department of State, and the Government of Pakistan." ; Shipping list no.: 1995-0113-P. ; Includes bibliographical references (pages 16-17). ; This report includes discussions on the lithofacies, depositional environments, palynobiostratigraphy, coal quality, and measured sections of Cretaceous and Paleocene strata of northern Pakistan. ; Mode of access: Internet.

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This article examines three novels that use fiction to revise the figure of the Argentine author Leopoldo Lugones: Ricardo Piglia's Respiración artificial (1980), C. E. Feiling's Un poeta nacional (1993), and César Aira's Lugones (2020). These three novels present different portrayals of Lugones, which also mirror their opposing views of the Argentine literary tradition. Piglia, Feiling, and Aira look back at the so-called national poet when self-fashioning themselves as writers and outlining a literary project in a (post)dictatorial scenario. In a cultural field marked by the effects of state terror and neoliberal reform policies, these fictional renderings of Lugones become a means of reflecting on the political past and the future of literature. Ultimately, I argue that Respiración artificial, Un poeta nacional, and Lugones devise a figure of the Argentine author decoupled from the mission of consolidating a national identity that Lugones epitomized for nearly half a century.

Main description: This study examines the problematic practice of authorship in the works of Danish philosopher and theologian Søren Kierkegaard, whose infamous and invasive literary and stylistic idiosyncrasies must enter into any interpretation– philosophical, theological, or literary.The work offers a radically anti-biographical reading of Kierkegaard's literary and dramatic criticism, suggesting ultimately that the closest one ever comes to the 0real0 author of a written work is in an understanding of how all authors are themselves works of creative fiction.

The history of literary copyright in nineteenth century Britain is dominated - understandably perhaps - by a preoccupation with the passing and impact of the Copyright Amendment Act 1842, so ably lobbied for by Sir Thomas Noon Talfourd. This article, however, draws attention away from the 1842 Act towards the Copyright Act 1814, the first legislative provision within British copyright law to introduce a lifetime term of protection for the author. Why and on what basis did the legislature do so? In bringing a renewed attention to this often overlooked legislative measure, we consider the context and logic that underpinned to grant of a copyright term that was tethered to the life of the author. In doing so, we might also find a useful prism through which to look afresh at current copyright debates concerning the appropriate nature and scope of copyright protection in the 21st century.