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DEZINFORMÁCIE: TEORETICKÉ VÝCHODISKÁ ICH SKÚMANIANewly issued publications

Radoslav Ivančík

Central European Papers 2024, 12(2):107  

PRINCIPLES OF GOOD ADMINISTRATION AND GUARANTEES OF THEIR APPLICATION IN PRACTICE IN UKRAINE AND THE CZECH REPUBLICNewly issued publications

Kateřina Frumarová et al.

Central European Papers 2024, 12(2):106  

MACEDONIA’S LONG TRANSITION: FROM INDEPENDENCE TO THE PRESPA AGREEMENT AND BEYONDNewly issued publications

Robert Hudson, Ivan Dodovski (eds.)

Central European Papers 2024, 12(2):105  

THE SCIENTIFIC PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN THE HARZ UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES AND THE FACULTY OF PUBLIC POLICIES IN OPAVAReports

Wolfgang Beck, Marta Kolaříková, Marie Sciskalová

Central European Papers 2024, 12(2):89-102  

The contribution was based on the long-term cooperation of the Silesian University in Opava with the University of Hochschule Harz, Halberstadt. The cooperation of the Department of Administrative Sciences, Harz University of Applied Sciences, with the Institute of Public Administration and Social Policy, Faculty of Public Policies, Silesian University in Opava, has developed both at the level of exchange stays of teachers and students. Cooperation was also devoted to research activities and existing approaches to research in the field of public administration, with ministries and nationally recognized institutions, local governments in Saxony-Anhalt,...

CZECH MINORITY IN UKRAINE IN THE LIGHT OF STATISTIC (1897–1939)Articles

Daniel Vymětalík

Central European Papers 2024, 12(2):61-85 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2024.006  

Submitted study deals with the demographic development of Czech minority in Ukraine. The study intercepts development and changes in numbers and territorial concentration of Czech minority in Russian and later in soviet Ukraine, chronologically since the first population census in Russian Empire in 1897 until the last soviet census in the interwar period in year 1939. To achieve set goals the study analyses the individual population censuses.

HOW DOES OPENNESS DETERMINE THE ECONOMY OF LOCAL TERRITORIAL SELF-GOVERNMENT? EVIDENCE FROM SLOVAKIAArticles

Lukáš Cíbik

Central European Papers 2024, 12(2):43-59 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2024.005  

The presented study analyzes the impact of openness and economy on Slovak cities and municipalities in the period 2010–2022 using correlation analysis. The results indicate a weak to moderate correlation between openness and transparency in the selected sample of Slovak cities, city districts, and the largest municipality. Significant improvement in the economic domain was observed in 2018. Correlation analysis also reveals that aspects such as public procurement and real estate sales have minimal impact on economic efficiency. Conversely, transparency in municipal enterprises and investments is closely related to economic outcomes. The findings...

SELECTION OF LABOUR LAW ISSUES AT THE LEVEL OF MUNICIPAL GOVERNMENTArticles

Vladimíra Žofčinová

Central European Papers 2024, 12(2):27-41 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2024.004  

The article is focused on specific features of employment relationships in municipal self-government with critical reference to key problems and their practical consequences in application practice. The author pays attention to the labour law claims of elected officials in municipal self-government, which in terms of current legislation are neither systematically nor comprehensively addressed. It points out the complexity of the mutual relations of the Labour Code as a lex generalis legal norm and special regulations that partially regulate individual labour law issues of elected officials, which causes opacity and variability in the interpretation...

THE RIGHT OF A MUNICIPALITY TO SELF-GOVERNANCE IN THE SLOVAK REPUBLICArticles

Igor Palúš, Matúš Vyrostko

Central European Papers 2024, 12(2):9-25 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2024.007  

This written contribution is dedicated to the right of municipalities to self-governance in the conditions of the Slovak Republic. In the first part of this contribution, the authors analyse theoretical considerations and opinions related to the right to self-government in the environment of municipal self-government. They formulate the conclusion according to which the subject of the given right is the municipality and subsequently they clarify how this right is regulated in the Constitution of the Slovak Republic (hereinafter the Constitution of the Slovak Republic or the Constitution). The second part deals with the examination and evaluation of...

EDITORIALEditorial

Igor Palúš

Central European Papers 2024, 12(2):5  

VEŘEJNOPRÁVNÍ SMLOUVY V PŮSOBNOSTI OBCÍNewly issued publications

Hynek Pečinka

Central European Papers 2024, 12(1):94  

PRÁVO PRO OBCENewly issued publications

Jaroslav Svejkovský, Stanislav Polčák, Luboš Průša a kol.

Central European Papers 2024, 12(1):93  

STŘET ZÁJMŮ VEŘEJNÝCH FUNKCIONÁŘŮNewly issued publications

Jiří Kapras

Central European Papers 2024, 12(1):92  

SPRÁVNÍ ŘÁD: KOMENTÁŘNewly issued publications

Luboš Jemelka, Klára Pondělíčková, David Bohadlo

Central European Papers 2024, 12(1):91  

RECENZIA KNIHY RECENTNÉ PRAMENE PRÁVA VEREJNÉHO ZDRAVOTNÍCTVA SLOVENSKEJ REPUBLIKYReviews

Kvetoslava Rimárová

Central European Papers 2024, 12(1):87-88  

LEGAL AND POLITICAL CONSIDERATIONS OF SELECTED CIRCLES OF THE PROBLEMS OF THE ELECTION OF THE CHIEF MUNICIPAL CONTROLLER IN THE PRESENTED GENERALITY AND CASE STUDYArticles

Ferdinand Korn

Central European Papers 2024, 12(1):63-83 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2024.002  

The presented article provides, on the basis of constitutional-theoretical and political postulates, an insight into the social phenomena that are present in the election of the chief controller of the municipality in the Slovak Republic. It provides a legal analysis and synthesis of the relationship between the individual and the state, the relationship between the state and the municipality, the relationship between the municipality and the individual, and the relationship between the municipal authorities. It combines generality and casuistry in the election of the chief controller of the municipality and points to the obligation to observe the...

SMALL MUNICIPALITIES AND THE PROBLEM OF PROVIDING SELECTED SERVICES: THE CASE OF THE SLOVAK REPUBLICArticles

Martin Švikruha, Jakub Bardovič

Central European Papers 2024, 12(1):39-62 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2024.003  

Territorial self-government is related to a range of competencies and services that must be provided and ensured for residents in the area. However, there are some countries where there are doubts about the ability of certain local governments to fulfil their responsibilities. Slovakia is an example of this. The significant fragmentation of the territory results in a large number of small municipalities. For this reason, the aim of this article is to find out the ability of small municipalities, categorised by population size (up to 500 and up to 1,000 inhabitants), to provide technical infrastructure services within their territories, in particular...

CURRENT VIEWS OF SENIORS AND THEIR POSITION IN SELECTED LEVELS OF SOCIETYArticles

Anna Václavíková, Lucie Kamrádová

Central European Papers 2024, 12(1):29-38 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2024.001  

The aim of the article is to provide an up-to-date view of the issue of seniors, from a slightly different angle. Not to stigmatize the elderly only as a group of people who burden the social system year after year, demanding better pension security and a better pension policy, but to show the elderly in different situations – as economically active, to evaluate their age and share of the total population, what is their marital status, but also to watch as partners who have not yet resigned to their lives and are still thinking about the future. The aim is also to point out that the aging of the population is indeed a process that continues and...

FIRST WOMEN IN PARLIAMENTS AND GOVERNMENTS IN CENTRAL EUROPEArticles

Ivan Halász

Central European Papers 2024, 12(1):9-27 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2023.008  

The study focuses on the first women MPs and ministers in Central Europe. Before the First World War, the women’s suffrage movement had also emerged here, but had not yet achieved any great success. The real turning point for women’s representation came with the First World War. In 1918 and 1919, women throughout the region were granted the right to vote and to elect representatives at parliamentary level. In Austria, and in part of Czechoslovakia, it was mainly women from the Social Democratic movement who played a decisive role. In these two countries, the proportions were similar in the early years. Women elected to the first Polish...

EDITORIALEditorial

Igor Palúš

Central European Papers 2024, 12(1):5  

ADMINISTRACJA W DEMOKRATYCZNYM PAŃSTWIE PRAWA. KSIĘGA JUBILEUSZOWA PROFESORA CZESŁAWA MARTYSZANewly issued publications

Andrzej Matan (ed.)

Central European Papers 2023, 11(2):73  

PRAKTYKA WALKI INFORMACYJNEJ. WPROWADZENIE DO PROBLEMATYKI.Newly issued publications

Kazimierz Kraj, Juliusz Sikorski, Andrej Skwarski (eds.)

Central European Papers 2023, 11(2):72  

DĚLBA MOCINewly issued publications

Vojtěch Šimíček (ed.)

Central European Papers 2023, 11(2):71  

QUALITY OF LIFE OF OLDER ADULTS DURING THE PANDEMIC PERIOD IN LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENTArticles

Lenka Lachytová

Central European Papers 2023, 11(2):55-67 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2023.007  

The contribution emphasizes the environment of the local government and care for seniors within the selected original competences of the municipality in the context of field (home care) service and care within the family (home) environment (aging in place) for citizens who, due to their age and health status, are dependent on help and support in an unfavorable social situation in the community environment. This article is a partial output of the project VEGA 1/0595/21 – Public administration interventions at the time of COVID-19 and their impact on the quality of life of citizens of selected communities.

REGULATORY FUNCTIONS OF STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND CRISES-RELATED PROBLEMS IN SOCIETY IN THE CONDITIONS OF THE CZECH REPUBLICArticles

Miloš Matula

Central European Papers 2023, 11(2):43-53 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2023.009  

The subject of the paper is the influence that the non-standard situations have onthe activities of public administration and especially on the process of its cognition. These situations change the image of the functioning of the State and public administration and clearly show some general trends of their development. Above all, the role of regulatory activity of public administration is showing in a new light; at the same time, the importance of the choice of adequate legal means used by public administration is increasing, as well as the relationship between public administration and the judiciary or the limits that determine the overall state of...

A META-GOVERNANCE MODE OF GENDER EQUALITY POLICY ON THE EXAMPLE OF THE CZECH REPUBLICArticles

Gvantsa Dzidziguri

Central European Papers 2023, 11(2):27-41 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2023.006  

Czechoslovakia split into two independent states, the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic, in 1993. Already after the Velvet Revolution and the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic moved to a democratic government system. The analysis of this change is important for research, which will be discussed in a comparative aspect with Georgia (as a post-Soviet state, which was declared an independent state at the same time and began to change the government system) within the framework of a wide doctoral research. As the governance system changes, the process of policy planning and implementation changes, and the research will specifically...

DEVELOPMENT AND COMPARISON OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HEADS OF STATE AND JUDICIAL POWER IN EUROPEArticles

Karel Klíma

Central European Papers 2023, 11(2):9-25 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2023.005  

We assess the development of the relationship between the institution of the head of state and judicial power as it has developed from the patrimonial state through individual other epochs of the history of monarchical power to the present. The original concentration of all power in the hands of the monarch is gradually changing so that, in the process of revolutions, monarchs leave legislative, executive and judicial powers to the decisionmaking framework of parliaments and governments. This process takes on a special form in the era of so-called constitutional monarchies at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries. Special history then concerns the...

EDITORIALEditorial

Igor Palúš

Central European Papers 2023, 11(2):5  

EditorialEditorial

Editor

Central European Papers 2023, 11(1):5  

ZÁKON O KRAJÍCH.  KOMENTÁŘNewly issued publications

Petr Pospíšil, Václav Těžký a kol.

Central European Papers 2023, 11(1):68  

LISTINA ZÁKLADNÍCH PRÁV A SVOBODNewly issued publications

Zdeněk Kühn, Jan Kratochvíl, Jiří Kmec, David Kosař

Central European Papers 2023, 11(1):67