ESF:BPR_VPUS Public P. and Ter. A. and Self - Course Information

BPR_VPUS Public Policy and Territorial Administration and Self-government

Extent and Intensity

2/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Ing. Svatava Nunvářová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Irena Václavková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Ing. Svatava Nunvářová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Ing. Irena Václavková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Milan Viturka, CSc.
Department of Regional Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration

Timetable

Mon 11:05–12:45 P106

• Timetable of Seminar Groups:

BPR_VPUS/1: each odd Monday 16:20–17:55 P312, S. Nunvářová, I. Václavková
BPR_VPUS/2: each even Monday 8:30–10:05 P102, S. Nunvářová, I. Václavková
BPR_VPUS/3: each odd Monday 8:30–10:05 P102, S. Nunvářová, I. Václavková
BPR_VPUS/4: each even Monday 16:20–17:55 P312, S. Nunvářová, I. Václavková

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 90 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/90, only registered: 0/90, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/90

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

• Regional Development and Administration (programme ESF, B-HPS, specialization Reg. Develop. & Admin.)
• Regional Development and Administration (programme ESF, M-HPS)

Course objectives

Course introduced students to problems of public policy and territorial governance and self-governance. Students gain knowledge about public policy in the context of political systems. It also deals with policy, which is targeted on its functioning on local and regional levels. A part oriented on territorial administration informs students about principles of function of public administration system and about history of its development. Attention is drawn to territorial state governance and sef-governance (division, functioning, regulations).

Syllabus

• 1.Definition of basic concepts and continuities.
• 2.Public policy and its relation to other disciplines.
• 3.Policy, political ideologies, policy on local and regional level.
• 4.History of public administration.
• 5.Reform of territorial public administration, contemporary system of public administration.
• 6.Territorial state government and self-government (state government with orientation on its functioning in territory).
• 7.Principles of function of self-government, community, region.
• 8.Elections to regional and community representation.
• 9.Local referendum, petition and freedom to assemble right.
• 10.Creation of regulations by territorial self-government units.
• 11. Inspection on self-government activities.
• 12.-13.Chosen aspects of public administration decisions and allocation of public resources.

Literature

• Potůček a kol. Veřejná politika. Slon: Praha, 2005.
• NUNVÁŘOVÁ, Svatava. Veřejná politika a územní správa a samospráva (Public Policy and Territorial Administration and Self-government). Brno: Masarykova univerzita v Brně Ekonomicko-správní fakulta, 2006, 131 pp. Vydání první. ISBN 80-210-3958-2. info
• 2. Pomahač, R., Vidláková, O.: Veřejná správa. Praha: C. H. Beck, 2002. s. ISBN 80-7179-748-0.

Assessment methods

Form of examination: written test.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• KRRKVS Management and control in public administration
• KRTPRM Development of Municipal and Rural Communities: Theory and Practice
• KRVPII Public policy and regional government and selfgovernment II

Further Comments

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

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