Central European Papers, 2021 (roč. 9), číslo 2

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Central European Papers 2021, 9(2)  

The genesis of the EU’s rule of law mechanisms applied against Central European Member States

Ákos Bence Gát

Central European Papers 2021, 9(2):9-44 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2022.001  

European rule of law criticism towards some Central and Eastern European Member States led European institutions to put in place several instruments which aim at controlling EU countries in the name of the rule of law. The analysis of each instrument as well as of their interaction shows that their structure and workings differ depending on the institution which created them, and generally tend to increase the political and institutional power of the creating institution.

Territorial state administration of the Visegrad Countries (V4)

Zoltán HEGYESI

Central European Papers 2021, 9(2):45-61 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2021.008  

This article analyses the territorial state administration of the V4 Countries (Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia), with trying to highlight some important features about the task-performing system of the chosen countries in a comparative perspective.1 Besides analysing similarities and singularities of the current task-performing systems, the article also gives a short summary about the current ruling trends and tendencies of public administration development in V4 countries. This additional topic is necessary and can not be avoided because of the countinous changing of territorial state administration generated by the policy makers. In...

Challenges and Possibilities in the Development of Territorial State AdministrationThe Hungarian Example

Attila BARTA

Central European Papers 2021, 9(2):63-79 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2021.003  

The study focuses on the presentation and evaluation of the processes affecting territorial state administration. Although the primary aim of the work is to describe the characteristics and development in Hungary, I use an international perspective at several points in the study as well. I also pay special attention to the description of defining trends such as neo- Weberian. The study is accordingly composed of three major parts. After the description  of the historical features, special attention is paid to the description of the current Hungarian regulations and the presentation of international processes. Public administration institutions...

HATE CRIME ELIMINATION INSTRUMENTS IN HUNGARY

Matúš Vyrostko

Central European Papers 2021, 9(2):81-90 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2021.011  

Extremism is an undesirable anti-social phenomenon, belief or behavior that most  societies naturally try to eliminate, or at least mitigate its negative effects. The horrors of the Second World War significantly contributed to the understanding of the seriousness of the  radicalization of society, which can lead to the targeted murder of groups of the population on the basis of nationality, race, religious beliefs, or sexual orientation, etc. The aim of the article is to evaluate the relevance of legal measures against extremism and to point out the current problem areas of the fight against extremism in Hungary on the basis of a brief analysis of...

Crime and the socializing importance of public spaces and the environment

Hana Vykopalová

Central European Papers 2021, 9(2):91-102 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2021.010  

The article focuses on the environment and its importance for man and his socialization. The environment is a bearer of cultural values and acts as a factor of interaction. For a person, public space and its characteristics play an important role. Public space influences emotions and behavior. An important element of public space is urbanism and architecture, which influences feelings and how one feels in certain places. Given that the majority of the population currently lives in urban settlements, the characteristics of urban public spaces and the  perception of urban  public spaces and its rules  are  important. Due to industrialization,...

Veronika Kmetóny Gazdová – Ferdinand Korn:
Občan a štát medzi demokraciou a partokraciou. Ústavnoprávny a politologický prienik definícií
vzájomnej korelácie občana ako pôvodcu štátnej moci, štátu a politických  strán.

Citizen and state between democracy and partocracy. Constitutional and political science
penetration of the definitions of mutual correlation of the citizen as the originator of state
power, the state and political parties.

Marta Tóthová

Central European Papers 2021, 9(2):105-107  

Brno: Tribun EU, s. r. o., 2021.ISBN 978-80-263-1650-3.