Roots and consequences of local governance reforms in Hungary

Abstract

The author's aim is to provide a comprehensive evaluation of the spatial frameworks of public power practice in an international and theoretical context with an emphasis on Hungarian specifics. The current relevance of drawing up an assessment is justified by the fact that the institutional framework of Hungarian local governments was created 20 years ago at the change of regime, and so the time is ripe to evaluate experience with its operation, the more so since the reform of territorial public administration is regularly proposed.