Evaluation of impacts of selected administrative reform
Public administration is reformed on continuous basis. However post-communist countries represent
a specific context for administrative reforms (literature discusses focus, extent and success of
administrative reforms in these countries in comparison to developed countries, also special theories
like the theory of the neoweberian state have been discused with regards to specifics of public
administration in transition/developed countries). In its theoretical part, the PhD thesis should
address possiblities and difficulties of evaluation of administrative reforms (inc. the topic of their
unexpected effects and paradoxes). In its empirical part the thesis should focus on evaluation of a
selected reform (a comparative perspective can also be applied).
Aim: Based on secondary sources on evaluation of administrative reforms and data obtained through
his/her own research, the PhD candidate is expected to evaluate impacts of selected administrative
reform and lay down recommendation for improvement for practitioners.