Re-thinking the Lower-middle Level of Administration in Hungary with Particular Reference to the Web 3.0. Era
Absztrakt :
This paper will evaluate the current situation and role of the Hungarian (administrative)
lower-middle level and make projections about its future. Centralisation efforts since 2010
have
had a non-negligible impact on the administrative and non-administrative (common institution
maintenance, micro-regional development policy) tasks assigned to the lower-middle level.
However, it may be argued that the transition to the Web 3.0
era – the era of the most advanced,
most intelligent and customised web technologies – may put such centralisation efforts into
a new context. Revitalisation of formations similar to the multi-functional micro-regional
associations of local self-governments which largely disappeared after 1
January 2013
may be
justifiable in the forthcoming period in order to promote local synergies. If this is correct, a rethink
of the public administration system at the lower-middle level may become a very important
task for the public administration as along with regional discourse.