GET THE BALANCE RIGHT: INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE IN SLOVAKIA DURING EU ACCESSION AND MEMBERSHIP

• Authors: Lastic E.
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

This study argues that despite of the formal dominance of the Slovak parliament over the government as originally laid down in Slovak constitution, the government manages to dominate Slovak constitutional system at the expense of the parliament. Firstly, this happened through an extensive use of government's legislative powers. Later on, the EU accession of Slovakia predominantly an executive affair - strengthened this dominance and led to 2001 constitutional amendment. Despite another constitutional change initiated by the parliament in 2003, which was to re-establish the institutional balance, the parliament is still unable to control and influence the government with regard to EU matters.

Keywords

EN

EU INTEGRATION; EU MEMBERSHIP; EXECUTIVE-PARLIAMENTARY RELATION; SLOVAK PARLIAMENT

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Slovak Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Sociológia (Sociology)
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 38
• Issue: 6
• Pages: 533-545
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Lastic E.

• E. Lastic, Filozoficka fakulta, Katedra politologie, Komenskeho univerzita, Bratislava, Slovak Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

07SKAAAA02074410