Imported ideas adopted locally – Hungarian bureaucratic changes in the 1990s
Imported ideas adopted locally – Hungarian bureaucratic changes in the 1990s

Summary/Abstract: Regarding bureaucratic systems, necessary changes have taken place all over central and eastern Europe during the course of the post-communist transition. With more or less one of the more peaceful and basically successful transitions thus far, Hungary can offer a good example for research. This article deals with some aspects of the changes in Hungarian bureaucracy in the 1990s. I will discuss the spectacular situation of the first democratically-elected government, headed by Joszef Antall, which first faced the need for unavoidable bureaucratic changes. Then I will examine some key terrains for the changes, such as the establishment of democratically-controlled ministerial staffs; the new distribution of state power among central and local governmental bureaucracies and political decision-making organs; and the newly-launched system of employee representation at work.

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