AR1A233 State administration 1918-1945

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhDr. Libor Vykoupil, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
PhDr. Libor Vykoupil, Ph.D.
Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Olga Barová
Supplier department: Department of History – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
AR1A232 State administration 1848-1918 &&!NOW( AR1A128 State Administration 1918-1945 )
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course aims to outline the main developments in state and municipal administration in the period after 1918. There is an explanation of the issues connected to postwar attitudes towards the Austro-Hungarian administrative and legal system, a familiarization with the functions of the new constitutional bodies and institutions (the National Committee, the National Assembly), there will also be an examination of the electoral system and the main constitutional documents. Within political and municipal administration there will be a focus on the activities of the supreme administrative bodies, attempts at administrative reform – the passing of the district law and the overall renewal of the provincial administrations in 1927. There will also be a look at the changes in local administration and the process of nationalizing the higher administrative offices. There will be a special section for the issue of administrative developments after the breakup of Czechoslovakia in 1938 and the Nazi and Protectorate administrations from 1939–1945. There will also be an examination of the issues of the judiciary and economic administration.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course, students will be able to:
- give a basic overview of the political, legislative and territorial-administrative development of Czechoslovakia;
- explain the main trends in administrative developments in the given period;
- assess the distribution and status of the sources for different topics and situations in the given period.
Syllabus
  • Developmental tendencies in state and municipal administration after 1918.
  • The activities of constitutional bodies and institutions.
  • Political administration.
  • Municipal administration.
  • Administrative reforms.
  • Administration during the Nazi occupation.
Literature
  • 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
  • JANÁK, Jan and Jaromír KUBÍČEK. Přehled vývoje ústavních a správních institucí v Československu od r. 1945 : soupis pramenů a literatury. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1972, 430 s. URL info
  • SCHELLE, Karel. Dějiny české veřejné správy (History of the Czech Public Administration). 1st ed. Plzeň: Aleš Čeněk, 2009, 314 pp. právo. ISBN 978-80-7380-203-5. info
  • SCHELLE, Karel. Organizace československého státu v meziválečném období (1918-1938). Vyd. 1. Praha: Eurolex Bohemia, 2006, 470 s. ISBN 8086861929. 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
  • Mates, Pavel – Matula, Miloš: Kapitoly z dějin a teorie veřejné správy. Praha 1999.
Teaching methods
Lecture
Assessment methods
Written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2020, recent)
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