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1st pub.

Praha : Matfyzpress, 2008

199 s. : il. (některé barev.), mapy ; 24 cm + errata

ISBN 978-80-7378-038-8 (brož.)

Nad názvem: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Fakulta sociálních věd

Obsahuje bibliografie, bibliografické odkazy a rejstřík

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Introduction: Good governance as a Scarce Resource in the Czech Republic (Martin Potůček) 7 // References 10 // Part A. The European Union’s Framework 11 // 1. The European Union and Government Institutions in Central Europe (Vesselin Dimitrov) 13 // 1.1 Introduction 13 // 1.2 Ready for Europe? 13 // 1.3 Europeanisation Eastern style? 15 // 1.4 The Emergence of European Governance? 15 // References 18 // 2. Methods Recommended by the European Commission to Help Improve Public Administration in the Czech Republic (Hana Páteřová) 21 // 2.1 Introduction 21 // 2.2 Selected quality methods 23 // 2.2.1 The Common Assessment Framework (CAF) model 23 // 2.2.2 Benchmarking 26 // 2.2.3 Balanced Scorecard (BSC) 27 // 2.2.4 The Regulatory Impact Assessment method (RIA) 28 // 2.3 Assessment of the value of quality methods at various levels of public administration 30 // 2.4 Conclusion 31 // References 33 // Useful websites 34 // Part B. The Czech Republic 35 // 3. Governance in the Czech Republic in the Era of Globalisation and European Integration (Martin Potůček) 37 // 3.1 Theoretical background 37 // 3.1.1 The state and its functions 37 // 3.1.2 The state as a coordinator of key regulators 39 // 3.1.3 Public administration as bureaucracy 40 // 3.1.4 Governance 44 // 3.1.5 Strategic governance 46 // 33.2 Empirical evidence 46 // 3.2.1 The state 46 // 3.2.2 Strategic governance 48 // 3.3 Future challenges 51 // References 52 // 4. Selected Problems of Czech Public Administration in an International Comparison (Martin Nekola) 55 // 4.1 Introduction 55 // 4.2 The limitations of an international comparison 55 // 4.2.1 Methodology and availability of data 56 // 4.2.2 Goals 56 // 4.2.3 Objectiveness 56 // 4.3 Problems of Czech public administration in an international comparison 57 // 4.3.1 Evaluation of the quality/efficiency of public administration on a macro level 58 //

4.3.2 Openness and transparency 58 // 4.3.3 The efficiency and performance of public administration 61 // 4.3.4 Corruption in public administration 64 // 4.3.5 The regulatory framework 68 // 4.3.6 Credibility and impartiality of public administration 70 // 4.3.7 Resources in public administration 71 // 4.4 Conclusion 74 // References 75 // 5. Czech and Slovak Civil/Criminal Justice and the Protection of Constitutionality (Jiří Kabele) 77 // 5.1 Introduction 77 // 5.2 The concept of civil/criminal justice 78 // 5.3 Civil/criminal justice and the problem of a system/regime gap 80 // 5.4 The assignment of entitlements to private justice making 82 // 5.5 Comparative research design of private justice making 85 // 5.6 A comparison of the Joint Czecho-Slovak Charter with other “charters” 88 // 5.7 The Czech and Slovak Constitutional Courts as protectors of rights // between 1998 and 2003 89 // 5.8 Diagnosis of the rule of law according to Regular Reports of the European Commission 94 // 5.8.1 Rule of Law 95 // 5.8.2 Rights 96 // 5.8.3 Judiciary and the polke 96 // 5.9 Conclusion 98 // References 100 // Appendix 1 102 // 6. The Bright and Dark Sides of Informal Networks // in Post-communist Societies (Pavol Frič) 109 // 6.1 Introduction 109 // 6.2 The situational factor 111 // 6.3 The network-internal relations quality factor 113 // 6.4 A typology of informal networks 116 // 6.5 Conclusion 120 // References 121 // Part C. Critreria of Societal Development 127 // 7. The Quality and Sustainability of Life as a Criterion of Societal Development (Miroslava Mašková, Zuzana Drhová) 129 // 7.1 Introduction 129 // 7.2 Quality of life 131 // 7.2.1 Developments in quality of life research 131 // 7.2.2 Concept of the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions 133 // 7.2.3 Monitoring quality of life 135 //

7.2.3.1 Domains of quality of life 135 // 72.3.2 Indicators of quality of life 136 // 7.2.4 The First European Quality of Life Survey 137 // 7.3 Sustainability of life and the concept of sustainable development 138 // 7.3.1 Concept of sustainable development 139 // 7.3.2 Themes and indicators of sustainable development 140 // References 141 // 8. The Economic Dimension of the Quality and Sustainability of Life (Natálie Švarcova) 145 // 8.1 Theoretical background 145 // 8.2 Empirical findings 148 // 8.2.1 Objective indicators 149 // 8.2.2 Subjective indicators 151 // 8.2.3 Objective and subjective indicators 154 // References 157 // 59. The Social Dimension of the Quality and Sustainability of Life (Libor Prudký) 159 // 9.1 Starting points and limitations 159 // 9.2 The concept of social cohesion as the basis of understanding // the social dimension of the quality and sustainability of life 163 // 9.3 Indication and evaluation 166 // References 168 // 10. The Environmental Dimension of the Quality and Sustainability of Life (Zuzana Drhová) 171 // 10.1 The theoretical basis of the environmental dimension of the quality and sustainability of life 171 // 10.2 Sustainable development: A problem of management or a cultural change? 173 // 10.3 Ecological footprint 173 // 11. The Security Dimension of the Quality and Sustainability // of Life (Libor Stejskal) 179 // 11.1 Introduction 179 // 11.2 Extending the concept of security 179 // 11.3 Securitisation 183 // 11.4 The relation between security and sustainability 184 // 11.5 The relation between security and the quality of life 186 // 11.6 Contradictions in ensuring security 188 // References 190 // Conclusion (Martin Potůček) 193 // Index of Authors 195