• Source: Center for Policy Studies

      • The Center for Policy Studies (CPS) is an academic unit within Central European University, dedicated to improving the quality of governance in Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union by the provision of independent public policy analysis and advice.
      The center believes that the experiences of post-socialist transition can be usefully shared with countries enduring great social transformation, but that the translation of these local experiences requires a sound appreciation of policy contexts. The center is committed to strengthen local capacity for critical policy analysis and to pursue research projects and publication that draw on its existing multi-disciplinary resources from law, economics, political science and sociology but also from its connections with open society driven partners. The center conduct interdisciplinary research projects in cooperation with both Central European University and external partners from Europe and beyond on a wide range of topics within four broad research programs (see following). Each program benefits from expertise of CPS staff and a network of external researchers, and usually includes several ongoing research projects. Its research is comparative, methodologically diverse and policy oriented, and provides critical perspectives on the formulation, production and implementation of public policy.


      Areas of research


      Equality and Social Justice.
      Since its launch, CPS has been active in the broader field of social diversity and policy responses to status based inequalities. Research and capacity building efforts within the center have mainly concerned gender, disability, ethnicity and race and multiple disadvantages resulting from the intersection of these inequality grounds. The activities within the unit focus on a series of topics such as educational segregation, policy responses to intersecting inequalities and violence against women including domestic violence and trafficking, theory and practice of gender mainstreaming, the impact of the economic crisis on equality policies, radical right ideologies and their implications for equality policies. The center addresses these topics both as research themes and as subjects for policy analysis and capacity building. Since 2003, the center carried out various research projects under the research field. As of 2019, there are four ongoing research projects: Gender Equality Academy (GE Academy), Future Challenges to Education Systems in Central Eastern European Context (EDUC), Building Resilience Against Violent Extremism and Polarisation (BRaVE) and Employment of non-local temporary workers and its impact on local industrial relations in the Hungarian automotive industry.https://cps.ceu.edu/research/local-industrial-relations The details and related publications are available and updated on the CPS website.

      Governance and Participation.
      CPS advocates that good governance needs to address contemporary forms of representation and participation which are pertinent to the responsiveness of state and private institutions but also the institutional basis for vulnerable people to claim rights and services. The unit's research examines how non-traditional policy actors shape policy processes, how implementation agencies consultative bodies combine state and non-state actors, and offer voice for vulnerable groups and how transnational advocacy networks influence policy development.

      Social Policy and Welfare Regimes.
      The CPS applies its cross-sectoral and multi-actor approaches to address outstanding issues of social policy development in European and post-socialist contexts, often embedding those issues in wider global debates. The Center has developed expertise and gained recognition in investigating interethnic relations in educational systems and policies. It has engaged in larger comparative research projects on European labor markets with special attention to labor market integration of different vulnerable and often discriminated social groups, such as the Roma, migrants, and refugees. Inter-ethnic relations, gender equality, and intergenerational justice issues are investigated in the context of shifting care regimes in Europe. The CPS is also engaged in studying the transformation of labor relations, labor representation, and the governance structure of multinational companies and their subsidiaries in Central and Eastern Europe.

      Territory and Development Policy.
      CPS believes that uneven economic development is a cross-cutting field which analyses processes which create major spatial inequalities within between countries. With a special focus on urban/rural divides and the creation of left behind zones, this field of research offers a comparative study of domestic, national and European policy responses.


      Publications




      = CPS Books

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      The book collection of institutional publications of the Center for Policy Studies include the volumes edited and published by the Center for Policy Studies.

      Gendering Democratic Backsliding in Central and Eastern Europe. A comparative agenda, 2019: This book aims to map gendered aspects of the decline in democracy in four countries in the Central and Eastern European region: Croatia, Hungary, Poland and Romania. It adopts a dual focus. First, it looks at how processes of de-democratization affect previously established gender equality rights and what forms gender policy backsliding takes in the region. It scrutinizes how governments operate to block or reverse gender equality policies and what specific policy fields or issues are most under attack. Are policies actively removed or do we see more subtle dismantling strategies? Also, it explores if these dynamics and mechanisms are country specific or whether similar patterns across countries could be found? Second, it examines how these developments affect defenders and promoters of gender rights. How do women movements respond to these attacks? Do they change strategies? Do they falter in hostile conditions or we see resistance, maturing, diversifying coalition capacities? What do the anti-gender attacks and hostile states mean for movement capacities and strategies? Introduction provides a conceptual framework for the analysis. Separate chapters discuss gendered dynamics of de-democratization in the four countries.
      Challenging the Political Across Borders: Migrants’ and Solidarity Struggles, 2019: The book examines the practices, structures, and meanings of solidarity with and by migrants and refugees in Europe and beyond. Bringing together empirical, conceptual and historical insights, the volume interrogates struggles unfolding on the ground and situates them within a critical analysis of historical and current mobility regimes, and how these have been resisted.
      Child Trafficking in Hungary: Sexual Exploitation, Forced Begging and Pickpocketing, 2015: This study explores the mechanisms of three forms of child trafficking in Hungary – begging, pickpocketing and sexual exploitation of children – by focusing on Roma victims. It presents available statistical data on human trafficking and sheds light on some of the major difficulties of data collection regarding human trafficking and child trafficking in particular. It gives an overview of the anti-human trafficking and anti-child trafficking policy frameworks, and it tries to reveal what factors lead to victimisation and how recruitment and exploitation of children actually take place. The study then looks into how the identification of victims, the referral mechanism, and the victim assistance systems all work. Finally, it identifies shortcomings in the criminal processes and the judicial system that undermine effective countering of child trafficking.
      Mobilizing for Policy Change: Women's Movements in Central and Eastern European Domestic Violence Policy Struggles, 2015: The aim of this edited volume is to explore and understand the influence of women's movement mobilization on domestic violence policy change in Central and Eastern Europe. his volume addresses a series of questions: what are the dynamics that led to movement successes in the region? Which movements and the strategies they adopt are successful in promoting progressive policy change? Why do some movements manage to secure policy change that is women's rights friendly, while others lose control beyond setting the agenda? How do alliances, institutionalization and framing make a difference? And how patterns of achieving policy influence resemble or differ from patterns found in Western post-industrialized states? Are Central and Eastern European domestic violence policy processes any different? The book develops a theoretical framework explaining the links between mobilization and change, followed by the portrayal of in-depth case studies on Bulgaria, Croatia, Poland, and Romania.
      Different Horizons: Aid, Trade and Official Development Assistance in Hungary, 2014: The book focuses on the constantly changing nature of state development assistance through Turkey, Brazil and Venezuela and the central and eastern members of the European Union. It posits that some of these new donors were themselves recipients of grant, cheap loans and technical assistance. Their status as emerging democracies or transition countries gives them an alternative perspective on development co-operation and external support, and for some of the more established international development organizations, this can translate into a different kind of solidarity, less tinged with ambivalent post-colonial relations. In this context, the book explores who are these new development actors and how far are they working to traditional models of development assistance and support? What is the actual meaning of partnership within countries and between countries? How does one country get to be a priority partner and what does the general public think of all these efforts to improve living standards abroad?

      Faces and Causes of Roma Marginalization in Local Contexts: Hungary, Romania, Serbia, 2014: The research endeavor explored the key factors perpetuating Roma marginalization at the municipal and community level in three countries of Central and Eastern Europe: Hungary, Romania and Serbia. It sought to analyze the economic, political, demographic, and social forces at local level which shape practices and consequences of social exclusion and potential pathways to inclusion. A multi-layered approach was designed to implement this research idea: the locality (municipality) of ethnically mixed communities composed the first level; the Roma communities, neighborhoods or segments of selected localities were examined as the second level; and inter-ethnic relations within the selected localities were identified as the third level of the research approach. This volume presents the country studies and a comparative analysis about local communities that mobilize a variety of means and actions to either maintain clear-cut ethnic distinctions or to move toward a certain degree of inclusion.
      Facing the Far-Right. Ethnographic portrayals of local civil resistance, 2014: Interethnic relations of Roma and non-Roma in Hungary are marked by a long history of local (ethnic) conflicts since the regime change of 1989. Conflicts persist to this day, although they are changing in nature. From the mid-2000s, Hungary has seen a political crisis leading to the rise of the extreme right, accompanied by a ‘racial turn’ in mainstream discourses and in certain policy areas. Political changes, in turn, have also shaped the nature of local ethnic conflicts. The usual scenario is that the far right, through its unofficial paramilitary organizations, has been organizing hate marches in local communities with ethnically mixed populations to mobilize locals and instigate hatred against the Roma in order to win the political support of the majority. With the two anthropological case studies presented in this volume the book offers some insight into this issue through the analysis and portrayal of some ‘best practices’ of Roma self-mobilization and local civil resistance to the far-right. In addition, it explores how local communities where the far-right had organized demonstrations and hate marches have been subverted, how social ties were torn and, in general, what social, moral and symbolic damages have been done within the communities following these events.
      Roma Migration to and from Canada: The Czech, Hungarian and Slovak Case, 2013: Unlike most research initiatives on Roma migration that focus on Roma migrating from non-EU to EU or EU-to-EU countries, this research aimed to look at another sub-component of the migration process: transatlantic, Canadian migration from the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia. The premise was that 'Canadian Roma migration' should be understood as a process motivated by a mixed set of factors and, from an analytical point of view, it should be studied as neither refugee nor labor migration but as a compound of both. The first two studies in the volume investigate the legal and the political components to the push and pull of Roma migration, while the rest of the papers are based on qualitative, empirical studies that were conducted in three CEE countries – the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Slovakia – as well as in Canada. The country case studies were designed to consider Roma migration from a micro perspective using the same methodology and the same conceptual framework. Researchers in the three countries did fieldwork in villages and towns in which there had been a significant out-migration of Roma, presently or in the past.


      = Policy Briefs

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      RESLEU European Policy Brief, 2017
      IR-Multiling Project Recommendations / IR-Multiling Eredmények és Ajánlások, 2016
      Vulnerability of Roma' and Anti-Human Trafficking Policies in Serbia: Recommendations to the National Policy Network, 2015
      Challenges to Preliminary Identification of "Victims" of Forced Marriage and Forced Begging in Serbia: Recommendations to Anti-Trafficking Policy Actors, 2015
      Human Trafficking and Online Networks, 2014
      Patterns of Roma Employment in Europe, 2014
      Women on the European Labour Market, 2014
      Applying Tolerance Indicators: Roma School Segregation, 2013
      New Knowledge about Hungary, 2013
      The Rise of the Extreme Right in Hungary and the Roma Question: The Radicalization of Media Discourse, 2012
      Ethnic Differences in Education and Diverging Prospects for Urban Youth in an Enlarged Europe, 2011
      Friendly Neighbours: Increasing the Potential of European Neighbourhood Policy Cross-Border Cooperation Initiatives, 2011
      Interactions between the Ethnic Composition in School and Students' Performance, Self-esteem and Future Aspirations, 2010
      How Do Schools in Old and New Member States of the EU Treat Minority Ethnic Youth and Shape Their Performance?, 2009
      Ethnic Differences in Compulsory Education, 2008
      DIOSCURI Policy Recommendations, 2007
      Women, Integration and Prison; Policy Recommendations for Hungary, 2005


      = Working Papers and Reports

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      The connotations of collaboration: European linguistic and scholarly perspectives on collaborative governance, 2019'
      Counter-Islamophobia Kit: Key National Messages – Hungary // A projekt legfőbb megállapításai - Magyarország, 2018
      Post-crisis politics, social resistance, and equality policy paths: New social movements and forms of citizens’ cooperation for solidarity, 2018
      Programmatic Europeanization revisited: The role of EP election proximity, EU support and Eastern European patterns, 2018
      Counter-Islamophobia Kit: Dominant Counter - Narratives to Islamophobia – Hungary, 2018
      Communicating Cohesion in Eastern Europe. The Cases of Romania, Hungary and Slovenia, 2018
      The politics of refugee solidarity in Greece: Bordered identities and political mobilization, 2018
      Involving Others: Assessing efforts to improve the schooling experience of Hungarian Roma children through focused teacher training and afternoon schooling programs, 2017
      Cohesion Policy and Perceptions of the European Union in Hungary. A Cultural Political Economy Approach, 2017
      Backsliding in area of constitutional safeguards and independent institutions, corruption control, and general equality and minorities, 2017
      Solidarity in the treatment of mental illness in Hungary: A case study of the Awakenings Foundation as a vehicle for change, 2017
      Counter-Islamophobia Kit: Dominant Islamophobic Narratives - Hungary, 2017
      Invisible Denizens: Migrant Night Shift Workers’ Fragile Possibilities for Solidarity in the Post-Circadian Capitalist Era, 2017
      The Hungarian border spectacle: Migration, repression and solidarity in two Hungarian border cities, 2017'
      Solidarity in the housing sector: Civic responses to homelessness and housing poverty in Hungary, 2017
      Roma employment and the potentials of state and business actors in labor market inclusion, 2017
      Contested forms of solidarity: An overview of civil society organisations in Hungary and their impact on policy and the social economy, 2017
      Solidarity at the border: The organization of spontaneous support for transiting refugees in two Hungarian towns in the summer of 2015, 2017
      Industrial Relations in Car-manufacturing Industry: a Comparative Case Study of Audi Hungaria, Gyor and Mercedes Benz, Kecskemet, 2016
      Union Organizing in the Automotive Industry in Slovakia in Times of Crisis: Do They Help Workers or Protect Themselves?, 2016
      Tensions in the Periphery: Dependence and the Trajectory of a Low-Cost Productive Model in the Central and Eastern European Automotive Industry, 2016
      Trade Union Strategies in a Time of Economic Crisis: the Case of a Car Assembly Plant in Poland, 2016
      Feet of Clay? The Political Economy of Adopting and Abolishing Private Pensions, 2016
      Every word has its special weight'. A qualitative case study of multilingual realities at Siemens, Hungary, 2016
      In a corporate environment, we need to be inclusive'. Toward understanding multinational companies' practices of multilingualism and cultural diversity, 2016
      Industrial Relations in Multilingual Environments at Work, 2016
      Mapping Backsliding in the European Union, 2016
      Multilingualism in Hungary: Practices and Perspectives, 2016
      Report of Case Studies on Gender Equality as a Focus Point of National and Nativist Discourses, 2016
      State, Crisis and Politicization of Economic Policymaking: Reflections from Hungary and Turkey, 2015
      Challenges to Preliminary Identification of Romani 'Victims of Trafficking': The Serbian Case, 2015
      What Really is a Pension Crisis? A Theoretical Argument on the Link Between Ageing, Productivity, and Retirement, 2015
      Evaluating the Evaluators: When and How Does the World Bank Evaluate Its Projects in the Western Balkans, 2015
      Vulnerability of Roma' in Policy Discourse on Combatting Trafficking in Human Beings in Serbia: Perspectives of the National Policy Actors, 2015
      Intersections of Gender, Ethnicity, and Class: History and Future of the Romani Women's Movement, 2015
      Leaving 'Roma' Behind. Notes on the Impact of Housing and (Forced) Mobility on Education, 2015
      Decentralization, Union Power and Contention Episodes: the Case of Dacia Workers, 2015
      Integration of Vulnerable Migrants: Women, Children and Victims of Trafficking (Hungary), 2015
      IR-Multiling National Report: Hungary, 2015
      Understanding Public Knowledge and Attitudes towards Trafficking in Human Beings. Part 2, 2015
      Gender equality and care choices in the light of population ageing, 2014
      Migrant domestic care workers: state and market-based policy mix, 2014
      The role of migrant labour in meeting European care demand, 2014
      Half-in, Half-out: Roma and Non-Roma Romanians with Limited Rights Working and Travelling in the European Union, 2014
      Early School Leaving in the Context of Policy-making in Hungary, 2014
      Europe In Crisis: Addressing Changing Patterns Through Innovation, 2014
      Review of Existing Monitoring Mechanisms for the Integration of Migrants in Hungary, 2014
      Understanding Public Knowledge and Attitudes towards Trafficking in Human Beings. Part 1, 2014
      Gender dimension of the labour markets over the past two decades, 2013
      Overview of the Labor Market Situation of Low-Educated and Roma Population and Regulations Affecting their Employment, 2013
      Pushed to the Edge. Research Report on the Representation of Roma Communities in the Hungarian Majority Media, 2011, 2013
      From benefits to brooms. Case study reports on the implementation of active labour market policies for Roma at local level, 2013
      Active Labor Market Policies with an Impact Potential on Roma Employment in Five Countries of the EU, 2013
      Critical Frame Analysis: A Comparative Methodology for the 'Quality in Gender+ Equality Policies' (QUING) project, 2012
      The Radicalization of Media Discourse. The Rise of the Extreme Right in Hungary and the Roma Question, 2012
      Derangement or Development? Political Economy of EU Structural Funds Allocation in New Member States - Insights from the Hungarian Case, 2011
      Dynamics of European migration. A comparative assessment of Croatia, Bulgaria and Hungary, 2011
      Multinational Corporations and National Business Systems: Integration or Separation, 2011
      Rural Out Migration and Land Use in Moldova, 2011
      The Embodiment of (in)Tolerance in Discourses and Practices Addressing Cultural Diversity in Schools in Hungary. The Case of Roma, 2011
      Tolerance and Cultural Diversity Discourses in Hungary, 2011
      Being ‘Visibly Different’: Experiences of Second-generation Migrant and Roma Youths at School, 2010
      Bread baskets, fuel supplies and bio tech crops: Will the Central and Eastern European countries take part in the second Green Revolution?, 2010
      Ethnic and Social Differences in Education in a Comparative Perspective, 2010
      Interactions Between the Ethnic Composition in School and Students’ Performance, Self-esteem and Future Aspirations, 2010
      Franchizing Frenchness: What Social Models Do French-dominated Multinational Companies Bring to Hungary?, 2010
      Immigration and Health Care: A Case Study of the Spanish Experience, 2010
      Inheritance Matters. Changing Land Use Trends Amongst the Elderly in Rural Hungary, 2010
      Italian Immigration Policy: Access to Health Care and the Foreign Workforce, 2010
      Return to Europe. Reflections after 20 Years of Democratic Renewal, 2010
      The Political Background of Structural Changes in the Educational System of Hungary, 1985-1994, 2010
      Comparative Report on Education, 2009
      Comparative Report on Educational Policies for Inclusion, 2009
      Comparative Report on Ethnic Relations, 2009
      Missing Intersectionality: Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Class in Current Research and Policies on Romani Women in Europe, 2009
      Fostering Civic Participation in The Policy Process in Hungary: a Short Review of Policy and Practice, 2008
      Promoting Social Capital Through Public Policy in Hungary; the 2004 National Development Plan, 2008
      The Impact of Civic Engagement on The Quality of Life in Hungary, 2008
      Social Capital, Diversity and Trust in Hungary: Two Case Studies, 2008
      Monitoring Social Capital in Hungary: A Short Review of Recent Research, 2008
      Controlled Decentralization. Local, Regional, and Central Power in the Making of Hungarian Regional Development Policy, 2008
      Monitoring EU Spending in Hungary, 2008
      Social Capital and the Delivery of Social Services in Hungary: Review of Recent Research and Practice, 2008
      Social Capital and the Integration of Minorities and Immigrants in Hungary, 2008
      DIOSCURI Final Project Report, 2007
      Quality in Gender+ Equality Policies: State of the Art and Mapping of Competences Report: Bulgaria, 2007
      Quality in Gender+ Equality Policies: State of the Art and Mapping of Competences Report: Hungary, 2007
      Quality in Gender+ Equality Policies: State of the Art and Mapping of Competences Report: Latvia, 2007
      Quality in Gender+ Equality Policies: State of the Art and Mapping of Competences Report: Lithuania, 2007
      Quality in Gender+ Equality Policies: State of the Art and Mapping of Competences Report: Poland, 2007
      Quality in Gender+ Equality Policies: State of the Art and Mapping of Competences Report: Romania, 2007
      Social Network Analysis of Regional Policy Making in South Transdanubia, Hungary, 2007
      Social Network Analysis of Regional Policy Making in the Northern Great Plain Region of Hungary, 2007
      Social Capital, Regional Development, and Europeanization in Hungary. A Literature Review, 2006
      The European Future of Turkey and Ukraine: The Policy Debate in Hungary, 2006
      The Roma in Hungary: Socio-economic Status, Human Rights Protection and Migratory Dynamics. An Annotated Bibliography of Recent Research, 2006
      Anti-Americanism and International Security: Indications in International Public Opinion, 2005
      Anti-Americanism and Popular Culture, 2005
      Anti-Americanism and Regionalism in East Asia, 2005
      Anti-Americanism in Canada, 2005
      Roma Women's Unemployment in Hungary, 2005
      Transferring Expertise and Methodologies: A Case Study of the Development of ‘Quarterly Economic Indicators’ and Forecasting Skills in Moldova and Kazakhstan, 2005
      US-Latin American Trade Relations: Path to the Future or Dead End Street?, 2005
      Women, Integration and Prison; Comparative Report - Full Version, 2005
      From the Ground Up. Assessing the Record of Anticorruption Assistance in Southeastern Europe, 2004
      Past and present: Is there anything new with anti-Americanism today?, 2004
      Selling Americanism, Combatting Anti-Americanism: The Historical Role of American Foundations, 2004
      Social Capital in Central and Eastern Europe. A Critical Assessment and Literature Review, 2004
      Social Capital Research in Central and Eastern Europe and the Former Soviet Union. An Annotated Bibliography, 2004
      Terror and Governance, 2004
      The Trans-Atlantic Relationship in the Post-Cold War International Relations, 2004
      In Search of Responsive Government. State Building and Economic Growth in the Balkans, 2003
      Social Capital in the Balkans: The Missing Link?, 2003
      Xenophobia in Hungary: A Regional Comparison. Systemic Sources and Possible Solutions, 2003
      Ethnic Violence and Justice, 2002
      Nation-building Versus State-building in the Balkans. Lessons Learned, 2002
      Understanding Xenophobia in Eastern Europe, 2002
      Reshaping Globalization: Multilateral Dialogues and New Policy Initiatives, 2002


      = Books from Other Publishers

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      CPS academic staff also publish books through renown publishers, and here they take a very active role in the preparation of volumes, in editing, and in the overall preparation of the manuscript for publication.

      Policy Experiments, Failures and Innovations: Beyond Accession in Central and Eastern Europe, 2018
      The Gender Politics of Domestic Violence: Feminists Engaging the State in Central and Eastern Europe, 2018
      The Romani Women's Movement: Struggles and Debates in Central and Eastern Europe, 2018
      Migrant, Roma and Post-Colonial Youth in Education across Europe. Being 'Visibly Different', 2014
      Developing Open, Rule-based, Predictable, Non-discriminatory Trade Relations with Priority ODA Recipients, 2013
      The Role of Civil Society in Development Assistance and Aid Effectiveness, 2013
      The Role of the Private Sector in Development Assistance and Effectiveness, 2013
      Capitalism from Outside? Economic Cultures in Eastern Europe after 1989, 2012
      Democracy's New Champions. European Democracy Assistance after EU Enlargement, 2008
      Finding the Money: Public Accountability and Service Efficiency through Fiscal Transparency, 2008
      Multiple Meanings of Gender Equality: A Critical Frame Analysis of Gender Policies in Europe, 2007
      EU Accession Prospect for Turkey and Ukraine. Debates in New Member States, 2006
      The World Bank and Governance. A Decade of Reform and Reaction, 2006
      Global Knowledge Networks and International Development, 2005
      SAPARD Review in Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Poland and Romania, 2005
      Women Integration & Prison, 2005
      Follow the Money: A Guide to Monitoring Budgets and Oil and Gas Revenues, 2004
      Included in Society, 2004
      Nationalism after Communism: Lessons Learned, 2004
      Ethnic Violence and Justice: The Debate over Responsibility, Accountability, Intervention, Complicity, Tribunals and Truth Commissions, 2003
      Reinventing Media: Media Policy Reform in East Central Europe, 2003
      Reshaping Globalization: Multilateral Dialogues and New Policy Initiatives, 2003
      Society and Genetic Information: Codes and Laws in the Genetic Era, 2003
      Ethnic Monitoring and Data Protection: The European Context, 2001


      The Policy Documentation Center


      This database of public policy documents from Central and Eastern Europe and the former Soviet Union is the largest of its kind, with over 1500 papers from over 60 institutes from over 25 countries. The PDC covers a wide range of public policy topics. The majority of papers are produced by think tanks and research institutes although the PDC also includes studies and proposals from several international programs.


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      External links


      The Center for Policy Studies
      The Policy Documentation Center
      The Department of Public Policy, Central European University
      Central European University

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