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How do Public Policy-makers Perceive National Quality Infrastructure? The Case of Serbia as an EU Pre-accession Country

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 July 2019

Jelena Ruso  and
Jovan Filipovic
Jelena Ruso
Affiliation:
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Jove Ilića 154, Belgrade, Serbia. Email: jelena.ruso@fon.bg.ac.rs
Jovan Filipovic
Affiliation:
University of Belgrade, Faculty of Organizational Sciences, Jove Ilića 154, Belgrade, Serbia. Email: jelena.ruso@fon.bg.ac.rs
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Abstract

In this article, we develop a framework for a comparative analysis of policy-making in the EU pre- and post-accession CEE countries (CEECs) in order to create generalized knowledge in some particular areas, such as quality infrastructure (QI). In order to find how public policy-makers perceive QI, we employ a triangulation methodology. The results show that policy-makers are not fully familiar with national QI concepts and seldom rely on experts’ opinion. Moreover, QI legislation is uncritically transferred from the EU.

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European Review , Volume 28 , Issue 2 , April 2020 , pp. 276 - 293
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© Academia Europaea 2019

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