B_VeP Public Policy

University of Finance and Administration
Summer 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/2/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Guaranteed by
Ing. Zuzana Khendriche Trhlínová, Ph.D.
Faculty of Law and Administration – University of Finance and Administration
Contact Person: Mgr. et Mgr. Kateřina Franců
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites for this course.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
After study of this course will be student able to characterize the role of public policy for the social practise and to define the role of public policy in economic-social relations and solutions of the important actual economic and social problems at national as well as regional and local level of public administration. At the end of the course students will be able to use knew knowledge to identify important social problems and to define the tools of their solution. These knowledges and experiences can by applicated in everyday management of public sector.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able after the course: - to define public interest and methods of its implementatio in public policy - vymezit hlavní cíle a zájmy veřejné politiky v ČR - definovat hlavní nástroje využitelné pro řešení vybraných socio-ekonomických problémů - specifikovat roli municipální a krajské politiky v řešení ekonomických a sociální cílů současné společnosti
Syllabus
  • This sylabus is determinated to the study of the present study programm, the structure of the courses for the distanted study is fixed in the methodic papers. Structure of the courses: 1. Introduction to the problematic, presentation of the basic thermes 2. Normative background of the public politics. 3. Public interest – definition of the therminology, liasion between public interest and public policy 4. Public interest - process of the identification and implementation of the public interest. 5. Public interest - process of presentation and decision about public interest, role of the political parties. 6. Ethics, morality and public interest. 7. Tools of the public politics: determination of the basic objectives and principles. 8. Tools of the public politics: determination of the basic legal and economic tools. 9. Tools of the public politics: determination of the basic administrative and information tools. 10. Actors of public policy. 11. The role of the civic society in the identification and realization of public policy. 12. Specifics of local and regional politics.
Literature
    required literature
  • Potůček M. a kol, Veřejná politika. SLON Praha 2006.
  • KHENDRICHE TRHLÍNOVÁ, Zuzana. Partnerství v rozvoji obcí, měst a regionů. Praha: Auditorium, 2014, 233 s. ISBN 978-80-87284-44-5.
  • VESELÝ, Arnošt, NEKOLA, Martin, Analýza a tvorba veřejných politik -- Přístupy, metody a praxe. Slon, Praha, 2008.
    recommended literature
  • PATEROVÁ, Hana. Etické aspekty analýzy a tvorby veřejných politik. Praha : FSV UK, 2006. 24 s. Pražské sociálně vědní studie. Veřejná politika a prognostika, PPF-011. ISSN 1801-5999.
  • Malý, Ivan a kol. Dopady vybraných veřejných politik na regionální rozvoj v České a Slovenské republice: vědecký sborník. 1. vyd. Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2012. 251 s. ISBN 978-80-210-5805-7.
  • Doporučená: Potůček M. a kol, Strategické vládnutí a Česká republika, GRADA Praha 2007
  • Ochrana, František a Drhová, Zuzana. Strategické řízení ve veřejné správě a přístupy k tvorbě politiky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Matfyzpress, 2010. 193 s. ISBN 978-80-7378-130-9.
  • POTŮČEK, M., S. ŠAROCH and Vojtěch KREBS. Průvodce krajinou priorit pro Českou republiku. 1st ed. Praha: CESES FSV UK, 2002, 565 pp. info
Teaching methods
Lectures and seminars in full-time study; tutorials in part-time study; compulsory seminar participation is 75% in full-time study, compulsory tutorial participation is 50% in part-time study. Theoretical approaches presented at lectures will be completed by the preparation of the case study. Students that are not present enough on the lectures and seminars can receive and extra seminar work to confirm their knowledge of the course.
Assessment methods
The course is completed with a credit and verbal exam. A specific written study (60 points minimum) and oral exam is required to award the credit and to pass the exam. The themes and conditions of the written case study are presented at first lecture and they are published at is.vsfs.cz at Students documents.
Language of instruction
Czech
Follow-Up Courses
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 12 hodin KS/semestr.
The course is also listed under the following terms Winter 2008, Winter 2009, Winter 2010, Summer 2011, Winter 2011, Winter 2013, Winter 2014, Summer 2015, Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Summer 2024.
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