Administering the common agricultural policy in bulgaria and romania: Obstacles to accountability and administrative capacity

International Review of Administrative Sciences

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 583-608

  Wegener, Stefan ^a   Labar, Kelly ^b   Petrick, Martin ^a   Marquardt, Doris ^a   Theesfeld, Insa ^a   Buchenrieder, Gertrud ^c  

^a LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN TRANSITION ECONOMIES IAMO   (Germany)

^b Ferdi (Fondation pour les Etudes et Recherches sur le Developpement International)   (France)

^c MARTIN LUTHER UNIVERSITY HALLE WITTENBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

accountability; administrative capacity; Bulgaria; Common Agricultural Policy; public service delivery; Romania

Indexed keywords

ACCOUNTABILITY; ADMINISTRATIVE FRAMEWORK; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; COMMON AGRICULTURAL POLICY; DECENTRALIZATION; POLICY IMPLEMENTATION; PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; PUBLIC SERVICE; SMALLHOLDER;

BULGARIA; ROMANIA;

EID: 80052634371     PISSN: 00208523     EISSN: 14617226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020852311407362     Document Type: Article

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