Navigating Globotics at the Semi-Periphery

Public Management and Governance Shifts in the Visegrád Group Under Globalisation and Technological Change
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
ISBN: 978-90-04-71194-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 61, 241 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 458 g

Reihe: International Comparative Social Studies

This book focuses on the economic and political challenges posed by the simultaneous processes of globalisation and rapid technological change for public management and policy making in the Visegrád countries (Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia). The empirical work, based on 90 interviews and close cooperation with experts in the field, has provided valuable insights into the social consequences of the technological revolution, technical revolution, technical upgrading and economic development, public services, data management, communication and disinformation, coordination within the public sector and with private entities in the management of data and intellectual property. The research reveals a set of complex political economies with a high degree of political inertia characteristic of semi-peripheral countries, combined with various attempts to actively shape the technological flow.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Mozdzen, Michal

Zawicki, Marcin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Regierungspolitik Wirtschafts- und Finanzpolitik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Betriebswirtschaft: Theorie & Allgemeines

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

List of Figures and Tables

Notes on Contributors

1 The Visegrád Group at the Threshold of the Fourth Industrial Revolution Marcin Zawicki

2 What Model of Public Management and Governance in Response to Globotics? Stanislaw Mazur

3 The Socio-Economic Consequences and Challenges of the Fourth Industrial Revolution: an Empirical Study of the Visegrád Countries Maciej Fraczek

4 Semi-Peripherality, Dependency and the Institutional Foundations of Developing a Modern Industry in the Visegrád Countries Tomasz Geodecki

5 Models for Managing State Relationships with Stakeholders in the Visegrád Countries Andrzej Kozina

6 The Development of e-Services in the Evolution of e-Government in the V4 Countries Marcin Kedzierski and Pavel Horák

7 The Management and Regulation of Data and Information Flows in the V4 Countries Bartlomiej Biga

8 Open Data Policy as a Response of the V4 Countries to the Technological Shift Marek Oramus

9 Communication Management – the Approach of the Visegrád Countries to Fake Narratives and News Michal Zabinski and Máté Hajba

10 The Limited Yet Existing Agency of the Semi-Periphery and the Case for Technological Re-Embedding: Conclusions Michal Mozdzen

Appendix: List of Experts Participating in IDIs

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Michal Mozdzen holds a PhD in economics and works as an assistant professor at Krakow University of Economics. His research focuses on political economy, macroeconomics, fiscal policy, public administration and labour market issues in CEE countries, with emphasis on Poland.

Marcin Zawicki, habilitated doctor in policy sciences and PhD in economics. He works as associate professor at Krakow University of Economics. His research focuses on public management and governance, public policy and public administration.