Croatian and Comparative Public Administration

Contents DECENTRALIZATION Koenraad De Ceuninck, Herwig Reynaert: Central-Local Relations in Flanders: Structural Reforms, Scale, and Decentralisation Anto Bajo, Irena Klemenčić, Marko Primorac: Asymmetric Decentralisation in Some European Union Member States Ieva Vezbergaite: Decentralisation Policies, Subnational Autonomy and Federal Executive Power: A Comparison of Brazil and Mexico Bogoljub Milosavljević, Jelena Jerinić: Status of Serbian Towns in the Light of Recent Efforts Towards a National Decentralisation Strategy Dejan Vučetić: Decentralisation of City Administration and Competences of Decentralised City Units Muhamed Mujakić: Constitutional Position and Territorial Organisation of Local Self-Government in Bosnia and Herzegovina: Current State and Challenges BOOK REVIEW Chris M. G. Himsworth: The European Charter of Local Self-Government: A Treaty for Local Democracy (Ivan Koprić) COURT AND ADMINISTRATIVE PRACTICE The Administrative Court in Zagrebu (Gordana Karapandža Prica) The Administrative Court in Split (Damir Juras) The Administrative Court in Rijeka (Mateja Crnković) The Administrative Court in Osijek (Damir Juras) NEWS AND INFORMATION Annual Assembly of the Institute of Public Administration (Petra Đurman) Conference Quality of Public Services and Performance Management in Local Self-Government and Public Administration (Šime Dujmović Maruna, Marina Drvarić) Conference Dialog for Security – Security for Dialog (Lucija Vranković) Lectures by Professor Benedikt Speer (Šime Dujmović Maruna) Lecture by Professor Jasmina Osmanković (Iva Lopižić) Round Table Decentralization of Cultural Policies: French Experience (Petra Đurman) IN FOCUS Croatia in 2014 (Ivan Koprić, Mihovil Škarica)