USESEN005 Decentralization Processes in Europe

Faculty of Public Policies in Opava
Winter 2013
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Lukáš Vomlela, 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 aim of the course is provide the primary outline of decentralisation processes in Europe. The course is divided in two parts, the first is dedicated to theory of decentralization, the second then to case studies, i. e. selected countries of western and central Europe. The focus is put on analysis of principles of decentralisation and their effectiveness. The students will be presented the elementary decentralization tendencies, the role of political parties as well as history of decentralization. In the lectures, the teachers deal with local as well as regional policy and role of political participants in the process of decentralization.
Syllabus
  • 1. Modern state and territorial self-administration, prerequisites of functioning of self-administration, main concepts
    2. Centralisation, decentralisation and subsidiary, appeals of European Union
    3. Historical development of decentralizing processes in Europe. Model examples: Great Britain, France, the Czech republic, the Slovak republic
    4. Principal forms of application of subsidiary in current public administration in selected member countries of European Union
    5. European Chart of Local Self-Government, European legislative trends in the area of public administration
    6. Theory of decentralization, principal outline, typology
    7. European municipalities in comparative outline, role of municipality, size, division and merging of municipalities, Effectiveness of local self-administration
    8. Municipal systems in northern Europe
    9. Municipal systems in southern Europe
    10. Municipal systems of mixed type
    11. Main transformations and tendencies of decentralization in western Europe as a continuum of democracy
    12. Decentralization in eastern and central Europe, application of theories, typology
Literature
    required literature
  • Čmejrek, Jaroslav. Obce a regiony jako politický prostor. Praha, Alfa, 2008. info
  • VODIČKA, Karel - CABADA, Ladislav. Politický systém České republiky. Praha: Portál, 2007. info
  • DEMMKE, Christopher a kol. Decentralisation and accountability as a focus of public administration modernisation : challenges and consequences for human resource management. Maastricht: EIPA, 2006. info
  • ŠARADÍN, Pavel - OUTLÝ, Jan (eds.). Studie o volbách do obecních zastupitelstev. Olomouc: UP, 2004. info
  • MESEŽNIKOV, Grigorij (ed.). Komunálne voľby 2002. Bratislava: IVO, 2003. info
  • MESEŽNIKOV, Grigorij a kol. Reforma verejnej správy na Slovensku 1998 - 2002. Bratislava: IVO, 2002. info
  • FIALA, Vlastimil - ŘÍCHOVÁ, Blanka. Úloha politických aktérů v procesu decentralizace. Olomouc/Praha: Moneta FM, 2002. info
  • MRKLAS, Ladislav. Krajské volby 2000. Fakta, názory, komentáře. Praha: CEVRO, 2001. info
  • JOHNSTON, Ronald J. - TAYLOR, Peter J. Geography of Elections. London: Croom Helm, 1979. 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
Final written test.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2012, Winter 2014.
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