History of Administration 4

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The subject is taught by: Mgr. Martina Orosová, PhD.

Teaching method: lecture

ECTS: 3

Objective:

The subject focuses on the history of public administration from the revolution of 1848/1849 to the present. The aim is to provide students with a comprehensive overview of the development and transformations of public administration, including its various levels, with an emphasis on the territory of contemporary Slovakia. Students will gain the ability to analyse the historical, political, social and economic contexts that shaped public administration in the territory of Slovakia, and to understand the connection between historical development and current administrative procedures. The subject is essential for understanding the structure and content of archival files in Slovak archives in the period under review.

Brief outline:

Revolutionary changes and their impact on state administration 1848 – 1850 (March laws, emergence of civil liberties, abolition of serfdom, Requests of the Slovak nation, Slovak National Council, military dictatorship and districts)
Transformations of public administration of the neo-absolutist monarchy 1850 – 1867 (Provisional, Bach's absolutism, Definitive, October Diploma, Schmerling's Provisional, Memorandum of the Slovak nation, Slovak Okolie, Austro-Hungarian settlement)
Public administration bodies in the dualistic Austro-Hungarian monarchy 1867 – 1918 (Pre-Lithuanian, Zalitavian, central administration of Hungary, structure of courts, capital and city municipalities, municipalities)
Public administration reforms in the Czechoslovak Republic 1918 – 1939 (central bodies, Slovak National Council, Minister with full power for the administration of Slovakia, Slovak Republic Council, notary, county law, regional system, autonomy of Slovakia)
Specifics of the administration of the Slovak Republic 1939 – 1945 (central bodies of the Slovak State, county system, municipal administration)
Insurgent bodies and the restoration of public administration after the war 1944 – 1948 (Slovak National Council, Board of Commissioners, revolutionary national committees, Košice government program, Prague agreements)
People's democratic bodies of Czechoslovakia 1948 – 1960 (communist coup, Constitution of May 9, regions and districts, national committees)
Public administration of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic 1960 – 1989 (socialist constitution, reform of regional system, bodies of national committees, federation, normalization)
Organization of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic 1990 – 1992 (democratic establishment, restoration of self-government)
Territorial and administrative organization of the Slovak Republic 1993 – 2013 (National Council of the Slovak Republic, municipalities, districts, regions, VÚC)

Requirements for graduation:

Regular attendance at lectures, three missed classes without an excuse are accepted.
Passing a mid-term knowledge test (30%)
Passing a final knowledge test (70%).

Recommended literature:

KOLEKTÍV AUTOROV. Dejiny štátu a práva na území Československa v období kapitalizmu I. 1848 – 1918. Bratislava, 1971.
KOLEKTÍV AUTOROV. Dejiny štátu a práva na území Československa v období kapitalizmu II. 1918 – 1945. Bratislava, 1973.
Laclavíková, Miriam – Švecová, Adriana. Pramene práva na území Slovenska II. 1790 – 1918. Trnava, 2012.
Mičková, Zuzana – Skaloš, Martin. Praktikum k dejinám štátu a práva na území dnešného Slovenska do roku 1918. Banská Bystrica, 2023.
RÁKOŠ, Elo – RUDOHRADSKÝ, Štefan. Slovenské národné orgány 1943 – 1968. Bratislava, 1975.
RYCHLÍK, Jan. Československo v období socializmu 1945 – 1989. Praha, 2020.
SCHELLE, Karel. Organizace československého státu v meziválečném období (1918 – 1938). Praha, 2006.
SKALOŠ, Martin. Dejiny štátu a práva na území Slovenska 2 (1848 – 1948). Banská Bystrica, 2021.
Sokolovský, Leon. Prehľad dejín verejnej správy na území Slovenska III. Od roku 1848 do roku 1918. Bratislava, 1996.
Relevant legislation.