The aim of the course is to introduce the students to the development, processes, methods and institutions of the European Union, with the emphasis on the executive and administrative aspects. The notion of European Administrative Space will be presented and discussed. Also, the course aims to introduce students to the impact of the European integration on the administrative reforms in national states, emphasizing different aspects of the reform (better regulation, quality of services, performance, local-self government).
European Administrative Space
Literature
MANDATORY LITERATURE
Staab, A.; The European Union Explained – Institutions, Actors, Global Impact; Indiana University Press (2011), str. 47-54
European Commission; The EU explained: How the European Union works; (2012), str
Hofmann, Herwig C. H.; Mapping the European administrative space; West European Politics, 31:4 (2008), str. 662-676
Christensen, T., Laegreid, P.; Agencification and regulatory reforms. Paper prepared for the SCANCOR/SOG workshop on “Automization of the state: From integrated administrative models to single purpose organizations”; Stanford University. Available at: https://soc.kuleuven.be/io/cost/pub/paper/AgencificationRegulatioryReforms_Final21021.pdf (2005), str
Thijs, N., Staes, P.; Quality Management as an Instrument for Bottom-Up European Regulation, paper presented at the conference “A Performing Public Sector: the Second Transatlantic Dialogue”; (2006), str
Vink, M.; What Is Europeanisation? And Other Questions on a New Research Agenda; European Political Science 3(1) (2005), str. 63-74
Recommendation CM/Rec(2018)4 of the Committee of Ministers to member States on the participation of citizens in local public life; Available at: https://rm.coe.int/CoERMPublicCommonSearchServices/DisplayDCTMContent?documentId=09000016807954c3, str
