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Przegląd Europejski – European Studies Quarterly

Lithuanian civil service reform in the process of Europeanisation

2021, No. 3

Simona StatneckytД—

0000-0003-2099-4105

Klaipėda University (Klaipėda, Lithuania)

DOI

10.31338/1641-2478pe.3.21.12

Publication date

25.11.2021

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open access

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CC BY 4.0 Int.

Field

Humanities

Discipline

political and administrative sciences, international relations, sociology, law, economics and finance, management and quality studies, social communication and media studies

Language of publication

Polish, English

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Abstract

The article investigates the interrelationship between Lithuanian civil service reform initiatives and administrative Europeanisation processes by identifying the role and approaches of Lithuanian parliamentary elites in the process of the implementation of reforms during the period of membership in the EU. The research was based on the qualitative content analysis of primary sources, the records of the Lithuanian Government activities, and the qualitative analysis of the secondary sources including research literature and other documents and records, semi-structured qualitative interview. Research gives an opportunity to estimate the level of institutionalisation of pro-European values amongst parliamentary elites and their contributions to the implementation of administrative Europeanisation. According to the research findings, administrative Europeanisation agenda is not a priority for Lithuanian parliamentary elites per se, however, pro-European attitudes are fixed.

Keywords:

civil service,Europeanisation,European Union (EU),parliamentary elites,reform,Lithuania,Government

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