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Public Administration in EU Countries

Type of study Bachelor
Language of instruction Czech
Code 115-0022/02
Abbreviation VSvZEU
Course title Public Administration in EU Countries
Credits 4
Coordinating department Department of Management
Course coordinator Ing. Eva Ardielli, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

1. Historical overview of public administration, developmental tendencies and formation of public administration systems, formation of ideas about democratic conception of public administration.
2. Place of public administration in the modern European state, signs of states, constitutional arrangement and legislation of EU countries, European administrative law.
3. Institutional structure of the EU, activity and position of the key triangle (European Commission, European Council, European Parliament), other institutions, EU budget and EU institutions financing.
4. European administrative space, principles and principles of European public administration, ENP actors, EU and EU competences, comparative aspects and models of public administration in EU countries, traditional model of public administration.
5. Civil service systems in EU countries - principles, civil service legislation, models of EU civil service, service bodies, training of EU officials.
6. Local administration in EU countries, types, models and structure of local government, actors, competence of local governments, importance of decentralisation, financing of local government in EU countries.
7. Anglo-Saxon system of public administration, characteristics and main features of the system, public authorities, specifics, local administration.
8. Continental administrative system - characteristics and main features, public administration and public authorities
9. Scandinavian system of public administration, characteristics and main features of the administrative system, public administration, public authorities, territorial administration and local government.
10. Public administration in countries of Mediterranean tradition, main features of administrative system, structure of territorial self-government.
11. Public administration in the Visegrad Four countries, characteristics and main features, public administration and public authorities, structure of territorial self-government.
12. Public administration in the Baltic states, main features of the administrative system, public authorities, territorial administrative division.
13. Public administration in the countries of the South-East model of public administration, characteristics of the administrative system, public administration, territorial administration, local administrative system.

Literature

BRANDSMA, Gijs Jan (ed.). Handbook on European Union Public Administration. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar Publishing, 2024. ISBN 978 1 80220 900 6 .
EUROPEAN COMMISSION. Public administrations in the EU Member States. Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union, 2021. ISBN 978 92 76 40106 3 . Dostupné z: https://data.europa.eu/doi/10.2887/793815
HALÁSKOVÁ, Martina. Veřejná správa v zemích Evropské unie. Online. VŠB - Technická univerzita Ostrava, 2023. Dostupné z: https://doi.org/10.31490/9788024846941.

Advised literature

HALÁSKOVÁ, Martina. Veřejná správa a veřejné služby v zemích Evropské unie. SAEI, vol. 13. Ostrava: VŠB-TU Ostrava. 2012. 198 s. ISBN 978-80-248-2808-4.
HAMMERSCHMID, G., VAN DE WALLE, S., ANDREWS, R. and BEZES, P. (eds.) (2017). Public Administration Reforms in Europe. The View from the Top. Edward Elgar Publishing, 304 p.
KOLEKTIV AUTORŮ. Evropská veřejná správa. Praha: UJAK, 2015. 544 s. ISBN 978-80-7452-110-2 .
NOVOTNÝ, Vladimír. Veřejná správa v zemích Visegrádské čtyřky. Praha: Leges, 2017. 192 s. ISBN 978-80-7502-215-8.
PANARA, C. VARNEY , M.R. (2015). Local Government in Europe: The 'Fourth Level' in the EU Multi-Layered System of Governance. Routledge, 448p.
STAROŇOVÁ, K., L. STAŇOVÁ, E. SIČÁKOVÁ BEBLAVÁ. Systémy státní služby. Koncepty a trendy. Bratislava: Univerzita Komenského, 2014. 268 s. ISBN 978-80-223-3783-0 .