NGO–Public Administration Relationships in Tackling the Homelessness Problem in the Czech Republic and Poland

Monika Sidor and Dina Abdelhafez
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Monika Sidor: Department of Public Administration, Faculty of Political Science and Journalism, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University in Lublin, 20-031 Lublin, Poland
Dina Abdelhafez: Department of Public and Social Policy, Institute of Sociological Studies, Charles University in Prague, 15800 Prague, Czech Republic

Administrative Sciences, 2021, vol. 11, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: Recently, the role of non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in Poland and the Czech Republic has increased, which has translated into a growing tendency to change the procedures for social assistance provision. However, the relationships between public administration and non-governmental organisations differ in both countries. The Najam Four-C’s Model is used in this paper to describe how NGOs and public administration approach the problem of homelessness in the Czech Republic and Poland. To explore this issue, the authors conducted interviews with public servants and NGOs’ mangers in both countries. The findings show that, as far as homelessness is concerned, NGOs and state authorities function on the basis of complementarity in Poland as well as in the Czech Republic.

Keywords: homelessness; NGOs; public administration (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: L M M0 M1 M10 M11 M12 M14 M15 M16 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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