AIMS AND SCOPE

The Central European Papers (C.E.P.) is a peer reviewed, academic journal published bi-annually, in open access, by the Faculty of Public Policies of the Silesian University in Opava. The journal is dedicated to the advancement and development of latest thinking in public administration, politics, sociology and history in Central European countries. The Journal those publishes articles from different disciplines that cover and explain various issues of the political, economic, cultural and social development of Central Europe with regard to it’s historical development, what presumes an interdisciplinary approach towards study of the region. Special attention is paid to various problems of the region after 1989, what reflects a special focus on the public administration related issues. Since very beginning of the journal, from 2013 editorial board understands Central Europe as a region in a broader sense, with the reflection of numerous authors, who defined and understood Central Europe as „Inter Europe (Zwischen-Europa) - for centuries served as a buffer state between Western Europe and Russia. We have to note that Central Europe is such a historical, geographical, political landscape, and such a natural region formed by diverse geographical, ethnographical, political, cultural factors“ (Vizi 2013, 5)