It is not the lack of policies or analyses that prevents the changes in the Estonian local government system to be carried out.
Georg Sootla
Professor of Public Policy, Tallinn University Institute of Political Science and Governance
Siim Kallas | Presentation in the Riigikogu at the 1st Reading of the Draft State Budget Act 2000 |
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Kalle Jürgenson | State Budget 2000, What and Why? |
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Olev Raju | Commentaries on the State Budget 2000 |
Madis Võõras | Estonia on the Way to Full Membership of the European Space Agency |
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Ene Ergma | Estonia Has Become a Space State |
Urve Läänemets | A Good Teacher Should Be Ready to Learn Also from the Pupils |
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Külli Eichenbaum | Using the Local Peculiarities of Old Võromaa |
It is not the lack of policies or analyses that prevents the changes in the Estonian local government system to be carried out.
The topic for the conservation circle in this issue of Riigikogu Toimetised is Estonian local governments and problems related to their legal basis, financing, small size and future development.
This article, the empirical part of which draws on surveys conducted among members and local government officials in five Central and Eastern European countries, introduces role patterns in relations between the legislative and executive power on a local level, as well as particular implications for relations between authorities and citizens.