Central European Papers, 2023 (vol. 11), issue 1
Editorial
Editorial
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Central European Papers 2023, 11(1):5 
Articles
SELECTION OF PUBLIC POLICY ACTORS AT THE LEVEL OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
Ján Machyniak, León Richvalský, Stanislav Michal
Central European Papers 2023, 11(1):9-20 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2023.002
Territorial self-government has a significant place in the political system of the Slovak Republic. This fact is confirmed by its emplacement in the Constitution of the Slovak Republic. An inseparable part of self-government are the actors who shape it through their daily activities, most often by their governance in the public interest. This presented paper deals with the issue of local self-government in the conditions of the Slovak Republic, with an emphasis on the selection of its key actors. While expressing our considerations we identify with the assumption that local self-government is a space for political participation of its inhabitants,...
DYSFUNCTIONALITY OF MUNICIPAL SELF-GOVERNMENT BODIES
Lívia Trellová
Central European Papers 2023, 11(1):21-33 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2023.004
Municipal self-government has been proving for a long time that its existence has a significant role in the conditions of a democratic and legal state. Due to the large number of municipalities in Slovakia, the application practice is faced with the inability of some municipalities to elect their municipal bodies, which at the legal level resulted in the adoption of the institution of incorporation of a non-functional municipality. In the article, the author focuses on the problematic aspects of implementing the incorporation of a non-functional municipality. Similarly, she points out the shortcomings of the legislation in the case of partial non-functionality...
CHALLENGES ON LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT
Wolfgang Beck
Central European Papers 2023, 11(1):35-45 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2023.003
CONSTITUTIONAL STATUS AND CRIMINAL LAW PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS OF NATIONAL MINORITIES AND ETHNIC GROUPS IN THE SLOVAK REPUBLIC
Matúš Vyrostko, Igor Palúš
Central European Papers 2023, 11(1):47-61 | DOI: 10.25142/cep.2023.001
The matter and significance of the issue of the rights of national minorities belongs not only to the traditional subject matter of legal and socio-political sciences, but due to its legislative anchoring and actual implementation, it is included among topics that are often problematic, or have a controversial interpretation, which is manifested in plurality, or rather in the difference of opinion on their essence and meaning. However, lawyers, political scientists, sociologists, and also politicians agree on one thing – the rights of national minorities and ethnic groups are subject to constitutional regulation in the domestic environment, they...
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