USESEN027 Local Politics

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Summer 2012
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Pavel Šaradín, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Pavel Šaradín, Ph.D.
Institute of Central European Studies – Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
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 course Local Politics presents the specific character of forming and performance of politics as administration as well as fight for power on the level of cities and municipalities to students. It is focused on Czech municipal politics, its historical development and current state. Both the structure of Czech municipalities according to their size and amount of performance of public administration (municipalities of I., II, III types) and political life on local level, including the electoral system for elections to municipalities, means of participation between local politics and interest groups will be mentioned. The attention will paid also to whole European problems of local politics, possibilities of their representation in organs of EU and Council of Europe (Committee of regions). In its final part, the course will offer the possibility of comparison of Czech local politics with situation in selected European states.
Syllabus
  • 1. Delimitation of term local politics, peculiarities of local politics
    2. Czech local politics - its role and importance in political system of the Czech republic and in Czech civil society
    3. Birth and development of modern Czech self-administration 1848-1938
    4. Czech local politics in the period of totalitarian an post-totalitarian authoritative regimes 1939-1945 and 1948-1989
    5. Course of Velvet Revolution on local level and renewal of Czech self-administration in the 90´s of the 20th century
    6. Czech self-administration in conditions of reforms of public administration
    7. Structure of Czech municipalities in the system of public administration
    8. Elections and electoral systems on local level
    9. Local political elites and interest groups, representation of local public and group interest
    10. Representation of local interests on European level - Committee of Regions and European network of towns
    11. Local politics in selected European countries (Germany, Austria, France)
    12. Local politics in selected European countries (Britain, Slovakia)
Literature
    required literature
  • BALÍK, S. Česká komunální politika v obcích s rozšířenou působností. CDK, Brno, 2008. info
  • JÜPTNER, P. - POPONEC, M. - ŠVEC, K. a kol. Evropská lokální politika. FSV UK, Praha, 2008. info
  • Čmejrek, Jaroslav. Obce a regiony jako politický prostor. Praha, Alfa, 2008. info
  • HLADÍKOVÁ, Z. - JANÁK, J. - DOBEŠ, J. Dějiny státní správy v českých zemích. NLN, Praha, 2007. info
  • VALEŠ, L. a kol. Politologické aspekty veřejné správy. Aleš Čeněk, Plzeň, 2006. info
  • VALEŠ, L. Listopad 89 v Klatovech. AgAkcent, Klatovy, 2005. info
  • ŠARADÍN, P. - OUTLÝ, J. (ed.). Studie o volbách do zastupitelstev v obcích. Univerzita Palackého v Olomouci, Olomouc, 2004. info
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Teacher's information
Seminar paper regarding topic of local politics
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2013, Summer 2014, Summer 2015.
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