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2020 Rev. Fac. Drept Oradea 147 (2020)
Renewing the Role of the State and Its Public Administration from the Perspective of Hungarian Territorial State Administration

handle is hein.journals/oradea2020 and id is 372 raw text is: RENEWING THE ROLE OF THE STATE AND ITS PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF HUNGARIAN TERRITORIAL STATE ADMINISTRATION, Attila, BARTA2 Abstract: This paper focuses on some of the peculiarities that characterized the last 30 years in the development of Hungarian public administration (and in particular, its territorial/deconcentrated state administration system). The importance of the topic stems from the fact that the Democratic Transition (and by extension, the changing role of the Hungarian state) not only renewed the Hungarian public administration system, but also fragmented it to a certain extent. One of the most peculiar examples of this phenomenon was the post-Transition ,messy system of deconcentrated state administration bodies. Albeit every government elected in the first two decades after the Transition was determined to rationalize the conglomerate of said administrative bodies, none of them managed to follow through with a long-lasting solution. However, in 2010, a new era of state (and public administration) development started in Hungary, primarily aimed on strengthening the role of the Hungarian state, increasing the intensity of centralisation and the widespread usage of organisational integration in public administration. These efforts, in essence, were driven by the Neo-Weberian approach, focusing on the rediscovery of the classic Weberian values while also fusing it with some of the proven solutions of New Public Management to meet today's administrative expectations. Keywords: Neo-Weberian State, Public Administration, Fragmentation, Integration, Deconcentration, Territorial Representation of Government, Deconcentrated State Administration Bodies, Administrative Trends I. Introduction The major international challenges of the past decades (such as the Financial Crisis of 2007-2008, the COVID-19 pandemic, or the various environmental disasters) proved that such megacrises can only be tackled effectively if the national governments and their public institutions are inevitably reinforced3. These aspirations resulted in two main administrative trends: rethinking the role of the state and its executive branch in tackling such crises, and consequently, a major correction effort in the various public administration institutions and their operation. Although national public administration systems are generally unique, they share one particular characteristic: all of them have been (and will be) in search for administrative solutions that can help them continue effectively i Detailed written version of the scientific lecture given at the 5th Annual Central and Eastern European Network of Legal Scholars Conference, Re-thinking Legal Institutions in Central and Eastern Europe on June 25, 2021. 2 Assistant Professor of Law. University of Debrecen, Faculty of Law, Department of Administrative Law. 3 www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/governance/govemment-at-a-glance-2017_ gov_ glance- 2017-en#pagel 9. (Download date: 2017. 10. 26). 147

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