Central European Perspective Research Articles

The policy of school autonomy and the reform of educational administration Hungarian changes in an East European perspective

This chapter presents the background, the main elements and the contradictions of the reform of educational administration in Hungary in the late’ 80s in a Central and East European perspective. It also tries to provide an analysis of the challenges that have emerged with the political changes of the’ 90s. The introductory part of the chapter analyses the differences between policies of decentralization in Eastern and Western Europe. In the second part, the most important changes introduced by the 1985 Hungarian Education Act are summarized, and the policy background of these changes in presented. It is assumed that the policy behind the decentralization measures had a negative character it intended more to abolish the existing structures of control than to establish new ones. In the final part of the chapter those factors are presented which may play a role in the future for or against the policy of decentralization.

From Subsistence to Property: Traces of a Fundamental Change in Early Modern Bavaria

Subsistence and property. ”This paper looks at an enduring subject from a Central European perspective. It is an historiographical variation of an old matter of dispute: to whom do the goods of the world legitimately belong, to those who need them, or to those who possess them legally, but do not need them? In this paper “subsistence” stands for the legitimizing power of the idea of “need,” and “property” for justification through an appeal to freedom. In theory more than two thousand years ago the question was already answered in favor of the primacy of property.

Migration Policies and the Labour Market in the 1990s: A Central European Perspective

Migration Policies and the Labour Market in the 1990s: A Central European Perspective

Defence and European interests—Central European perspectives

The author argues that European security depends on the cooperation of key European and transatlantic organisations. Acting in concert, these organisations can contribute more to the securing and maintenance of stability in Europe. Concentrating on NATO and the CSCE, he suggests ways of increasing this effectiveness, including closer cooperation and the division of labour.

The Rule of Law from the East Central European Perspective

The Rule of Law from the East Central European Perspective

The Rule of Law from the East Central European Perspective: [Commentary

The Rule of Law from the East Central European Perspective: [Commentary

The genesis of American investigative dermatology from its roots in Europe.

During a century of development of investigative dermatology (1880s-1980s), the center of gravity in the field has moved west, from Europe to North America. The foundation of the American Dermatological Association, the discipline's oldest national society, has forshadowed this development. The foundation of the Society for Investigative Dermatology (and also of the American Academy of Dermatology), have marked the height of this shift. The foundation of the European Society for Dermatological Research and its participation in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology, as a junior partner, concludes this process, and at the same time, illustrates the change that has taken place. The following article attempts to outline some of the pathways along which this shift has occurred, as seen from a central European perspective.