MKV_VSVP Governance and public policy

Faculty of Economics and Administration
Spring 2013
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. JUDr. Ivan Malý, CSc. (lecturer)
Ing. Marek Pavlík, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. David Špaček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. JUDr. Ivan Malý, CSc.
Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. Kateřina Kociánová
Supplier department: Department of Public Economics – Faculty of Economics and Administration
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! MKV_VESP Public and social policy
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The first part of the course introduces concepts and approaches to governance from the historical, theoretical as well as comparative perspective. It summarizes and discusses approaches of various theories of the state and public power structures as well as related systems of governance.The course also includes the topic on governance within international / supranational context.
The second part of the course focuses on public policy models and processes. It introduces and discusses the principles and complexity of public policy-making in the context of modern state. Special attention is given to political marketing, policy-making and implementation in networks. The last part of the course focuses on development and current trends of public policy in the Czech Republic.
By passing the course, students are expected to:
• have comprehensive knowledge of public administration and public policies and their complexity and multidisciplinarity, including the international and supra-national aspects
• be able to apply the knowledge in critical discussions about concrete problems of public administration and policy
• improve their communication and teamwork skills which are necessary for professional public administration scholars
Syllabus
  • Course structure:
  • • Theories of state and public administration – essentials of public power and its organization
  • • Theories of state and public administration – characteristics of modern state, modern (recent) models of public administration, administrative globalization
  • • Selected approaches from history of public administration – thinking about state and organization and function of public administration in the ancient times
  • • Selected approaches from history of public administration – pre-modern and modern thinking and practices
  • • Revision of public administration during the era of revolutions and constitutionalism
  • • Theories and practices of democracy, current issues and challenges
  • • Totalitarian and authoritative regimes
  • • Government and governance and international and supranational organizations
  • • Public policy – introduction to the role and its principles
  • • Policy-making and implementation – principles, actors, problems
  • • Policy analysis, policy versus politics
  • • Political marketing
  • • Public policy in the Czech Republic – development, current state and challenges
Literature
    required literature
  • VOJÁČEK, Ladislav, Karel SCHELLE and Vilém KNOLL. České právní dějiny. 2., upr. vyd. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2010, 694 s. ISBN 9788073802578. info
  • POTŮČEK, Martin. Veřejná politika. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství (SLON), 2005, 399 s. ISBN 8086429504. info
  • HOWLETT, Michael and M. RAMESH. Studying public policy : policy cycles and policy subsystems. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003, v, 311. ISBN 0195417941. info
  • The Oxford handbook of public policy. Edited by Michael Moran - Martin Rein - Robert E. Goodin. New York: Oxford University Press, 2006, xii, 983. ISBN 9780199548453. URL info
    recommended literature
  • • KJAER, A. M. Governance (Key Concepts). Polity Press, 2004, ISBN 978-0745629797.
  • • KRAFT, M. E., FURLONG, S. R. Public Policy: Politics, Analysis, and Alternatives. Washington: CQ Press, 2009, ISBN 978-0872899711
  • • RANDMA-LIIV, T. New Public Management versus Neo-Weberian State in Central and Eastern Europe, 2008
  • HLOUŠEK, Vít, Lubomír KOPEČEK and Jakub ŠEDO. Politické systémy (Political Systems). Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2011, 292 pp. Politika, Evropská unie. ISBN 978-80-87474-23-5. URL info
  • POLLITT, Christopher and Geert BOUCKAERT. Public management reform : a comparative analysis - new public management, governance, and the neo-weberian state. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011, xvii, 367. ISBN 9780199595082. info
  • MCCORMICK, John. Understanding the European Union : a concise introduction. 5th ed. Houndmills: Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, xvi, 247. ISBN 9780230298828. info
  • POMAHAČ, Richard. Základy teorie veřejné správy. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk, 2011, 267 s. ISBN 9788073803308. info
  • Public management and governance. Edited by A. G. Bovaird - Elke Löffler. 2nd ed. London: Routledge, 2009, xxiii, 374. ISBN 9780203884096. info
  • DUNN, William N. Public policy analysis : an introduction. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, N.J.: Pearson Prentice Hall, 2007, xv, 496. ISBN 9780136155546. info
  • HLEDÍKOVÁ, Zdeňka, Jan JANÁK and Jan DOBEŠ. Dějiny správy v českých zemích : od počátků státu po současnost. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny, 2005, 568 s. ISBN 8071067091. info
  • PETERS, B. Guy. Institutional theory in political science : the 'new institutionalism'. 2nd ed. New York: Continuum, 2005, 195 s. ISBN 0826479839. info
  • ČECHÁK, Vladimír. Vývoj veřejné správy v Československu a České republice (1945-2004). Vyd. 1. Praha: Vysoká škola finanční a správní, 2004, 262 s. ISBN 8086754227. info
  • GUPTA, Dipak K. Analyzing public policy : concepts, tools and techniques. Washington, D.C.: CQ Press, 2001, xxiv, 408. ISBN 1568025556. info
  • BLAHOŽ, Josef, Vladimír BALAŠ and Karel KLÍMA. Srovnávací ústavní právo. Vyd. 1. Praha: CODEX Bohemia, 1998, 359 s. ISBN 80-85963-80-9. info
  • SCHELLE, Karel and Michaela ŽIDLICKÁ. Obecné dějiny státu a práva. 1. díl, (starověk). Vyd. 1. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1993, 139 pp. Edice učebnic Právnické fakulty MU ; č. 48. ISBN 80-210-0606-4. info
Teaching methods
The course takes place in 3 tutorials, which are divided into lectures and seminars and serve as a framework for self-studying of students. In order to pass the subject, students are required to:
1. elaborate a seminar essay (20 %)
2. pass the test focusing on their knowledge (50 %)
3. participate in the debate competition of teams (30 %)
The form of course completion links continual self-preparation of students and their competence to debate. The aim is to improve student’s skills to search for and study relevant information, to convincingly argument their opinions and to work in teams.
Requirements (including the literature) are further specified in the interactive scheme and the downloadable studying plan before the semester starts.
Assessment methods
The course takes place in 3 tutorials, which are divided into lectures and seminars and serve as a framework for self-studying of students. In order to pass the subject, students are required to:
1. elaborate a seminar essay (20 %)
2. pass the test focusing on their knowledge (50 %)
3. participate in the debate competition of teams (30 %)
The form of course completion links continual self-preparation of students and their competence to debate. The aim is to improve student’s skills to search for and study relevant information, to convincingly argument their opinions and to work in teams.
Requirements (including the literature) are further specified in the interactive scheme and the downloadable studying plan before the semester starts.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
General note: Předmět si nezapisují studenti, kteří již absolvovali předmět MKV_VESP.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016.
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