Course: History of the public administration

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Course title History of the public administration
Course code KPG/NPDSP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Šmelová Eva, prof. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Neumeister Pavel, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. Historical development of the historical parts of the lands of the Czech Crown (Bohemia, Moravia, Silesia, Lusatia 2. Control, manor, autority, bureaucracy (short theoretical introduction to the problem of administration), 3. The system of the patrimonial manor (court-, castle-, municipal administration), 4. Establishing the estate society (land- and country- parliaments and judicial courts), 5. The administration in the perion of the monarchy of Habsburgs - the way to the bureaucratization 6. The enlightenmental absolutism and the way to the democratization, 7. Administrative system through the period of the Czechoslovak republic between two world wars. 8. Administration in the period of Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia 9. Administration system in the comunist Czechoslovakia.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The subject is focused on the development of the public administration and the administrative institions in the historical lands of the Czech crown. The subject describes the main lines of its development from the patrimonial administration in middle age, through the establishing the reginal nobility administration to the present time bureaucracy.
After the finishing the subject the student will by able: to identify the main period of the public administration development, to chacterize the system of the public administration in this periods, to explain the regional differencies of the administration in the main parts of the Lands of the Czech Crown, to describe the development of the key types of the administration (state administration, public administration, municipal administration, judicial administration, finantial administration, ecclesiastical administration).
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Dialog, Seminar Work

Taking part on the lessons. Final work focused on the theme Development of some institution of the public administration (its historical roots). Discussion about the final work.
Recommended literature
  • Hledíková, Z., Janák, J., & Dobeš, J. (2007). Dějiny správy v českých zemích: od počátků státu po současnost. Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny.
  • Schelle, K. (2009). Dějiny české veřejné správy. Plzeň: Vydavatelství a nakladatelství Aleš Čeněk.
  • Veselý, Z., & Veselý, Z. (1994). Dějiny českého státu v dokumentech. Praha: Victoria Publishing.


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