The book is an in – depth analysis of public policy and public governance in Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia and Hungary. The research encompasses a number of key issues related to broadly – understood new public governance, such as regionalism, public policy, corporatism, public decision – making, political marketing, communication, etc.
The international team of researchers representing various disciplines such as political sciences, management sciences, economics, have undertaken a didifficult and at the same time necessary task. The complexity and timeliness of the described issues have been accurately 'closed' in the well – researched, exceptionally interesting scientific publication.

Prof. Michal Kubát, Charles University in Prague