The article deals with five attributes of the NGO-municipal relations: institutionalization, intensity, functionality, mutual trust and resource dependence. A theoretical model of NGO-local government relations was formed ...

The aim of the article is to reveal negative impacts of globalization from the social perspective and to present the alternative of the New Governance in an attempt to solve the problem of social exclusion. The article ...

Nihilism is accompanying us increasingly in everyday life as well as in scientific and philosophical language argumentation. The article analyses nihilism as a parameter of postmodern era. The authors look into the reasons ...

Over the past decade Lithuanian government has undertaken a series of steps at reforming public administration. Particularly notable are initiatives attempting to increase citizen participation in local policy inspired by ...

In the article the theoretical and practical relations between public administration and business management are discussed. Normative public administration and business management models of New Public Management, New ...

This article analyses the problems of relationships between Lithuanian municipalities and non-governmental organisations in two Lithuanian municipalities. Aiming to disclose the problems of interaction between Vilnius city ...

The aim of the article is to conduct theoretical analysis trying to show that consumerism, as the feature of post-modern society, interrelates with new public management concept and makes an impact to its theoretical ...

The article deals with the replacement of the paradigm of ,,passive social policy" by the paradigm of "active social policy", which normatively poses not only social benefits questions but also important social reintegration ...

The article deals with the concepts of social policy, social security, social insurance, social assistance and social services. It presents the main social security facts on Lithuania. The novelty of the article is its ...

Social services is a constitvent part of the social security system. Social services are provided in cases of social risk such as illness, disability, senility, widowhood, family, childcare, unemployment, lodging, social ...