Local administration 4100-1SSATO

1. The concept and criteria of self-government.
- Local government on the basis of German administration science.
- Local government on the basis of Anglo-Saxon administration science.
2. Conditions for the functioning of the European model of local government
- theories of self-government
- evolution of local government in France
- evolution of local government in Germany
3. Territorial division of the country
- the concept of territorial division
- shaping territorial division
- factors shaping territorial division
- basic division.
- auxiliary division.
- special division.
- territorial system of local government in Poland.
4. Conditions of the Polish model of local government
- The constitutional principle of decentralization of public power.
- Constitutional features of local government in Poland.
- Legal personality of local government.
5. The commune as the basic unit of local government
- political position
- tasks of municipal government
- commune council
- commune head, mayor, city president
- commune office and organizational units
- auxiliary units
6. District government as a territorial unit at the supra-local level
- political position
- tasks of the district government
- district council
- district board and Starosta
- District Office and organizational units
- a city with county rights
7. Voivodeship self-government as a territorial unit at the regional level
- Constitutional position
- Tasks of the voivodeship self-government
- Voivodeship assembly
- Voivodeship Board and Voivodeship Marshal
- Marshal Office
- Organizational units
8. Elections to local government units
- rules for direct elections of the executive body in the commune
- rules for elections to the executive body in the poviat and voivodeship
- rules of elections to the decision-making body in the commune
- rules of elections to the decision-making body in the poviat
- rules of elections to the decision-making body in the voivodeship
9. Forms of direct democracy
- public consultation
- concept, essence and forms of referendum
- other forms of social participation.
10. Personnel in local government administration
- employment models in local government units
- type of work in local government (official position, office secretary, position of advisors and assistants)
- basis for establishing an employment relationship (selection, appointment, appointment, employment contract)
- duties of a local government employee
- rights of a local government employee
11. Financial management of local government units
- the essence of local finance
- basic principles of the budget procedure
- commune, district and voivodeship budget
- sources of local income and expenses
- the principle of adequacy of resources to tasks
- supervision over local government units
12. The specificity of the political system of the capital city of Warsaw
- city authorities
- district bodies, role and tasks of the district
- sources of funding
- capital character of the city
13. The right to access information in local government bodies
- arguments for and against access to information
- the right to information in the Constitution of the Republic of Poland
- the principle of transparency in the Act on Access to Public Information

Term 2023Z:

None

Type of course

obligatory courses

Mode

Classroom

Prerequisites (description)

1. Students learn the main theoretical concepts of local government. 2. Presenting the legal regulations for elections to local government bodies. 3. Discussion of the role and place of local government bodies. 4. Presentation of public tasks of local government units. 5. Assimilation of organizational structure of local government units. 6. Mastering the principles of financial management of local government units, the procedures for adopting the budget and granting discharge to executive bodies.

Course coordinators

Marta Balcerek-Kosiarz

Learning outcomes

Learning outcomes for the study program
K_W01
The graduate knows and understands to an advanced degree selected facts, theories, institutions, processes, phenomena in the field of political science and administration, relevant to the subject "Territorial self-government", oriented towards practical applications in the field of foreign language teaching at the second stage of education.
K_W02
The graduate knows and understands the necessary terminology in the field of politics and administration, in particular the local government system, its tasks, the role and tasks of decision-making and executive bodies.
K_W05
The graduate knows and understands the functioning and relations of social structures, such as local, supra-local and regional communities for which local government institutions have been established: municipal government, district government and voivodeship government in Poland.

Learning outcomes defined for specialties
S_W01
The graduate knows and understands selected facts to an advanced degree, theories of the emergence of local government on the basis of Polish and foreign administration science, the place and role of executive and legislative bodies, processes related to the performance of public tasks, phenomena in the field of local government, relevant to the field of language teaching foreign languages, oriented towards practical applications in the field of teaching foreign languages at the second stage of education.
S_W05
The graduate knows and understands the systemic position of municipal self-government, poviat self-government and voivodeship self-government, their mutual dependencies as well as the place of their bodies and the relations between them in the structure of decentralized local government administration.

Assessment criteria

Assessment methods
Assessment in the form of a test with a grade based on a list of questions corresponding to the issues discussed during the course.

Practical placement

Bibliography

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Samorząd w Polsce. Istota, formy, zadania, pod red. S. Wykrętowicz, Poznań 2012.
Bukowski Z., Jędrzejewski T., Rączka P., Ustrój samorządu terytorialnego, Toruń 2013.
Europejskie modele samorządu terytorialnego. Stan obecny i perspektywy, pod red. J. Wojnicki, Warszawa 2014;
Z. Leoński, Samorząd terytorialny w RP, Warszawa 2006.
A. Piasecki, Samorząd terytorialny i wspólnoty lokalne, Warszawa
2009.
A. Borodo, Samorząd terytorialny w systemie prawnofinansowym,
Warszawa 2012.
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Narastające dysfunkcje , zasadnicze dylematy, konieczne działania., Uniwersytet Ekonomiczny w Krakowie, Małopolska Szkoła Administracji Publicznej, Kraków 2013;
Rola i zadania kadr administracji samorządowej w Polsce na tle europejskim, w: Polski samorząd terytorialny. Europejskie standardy i krajowa specyfika, pod red. A. Lutrzykowski, Toruń 2014.
Europejska Karta Samorządu Lokalnego sporządzona w Strasburgu 15 października 1985 r. ratyfikowana przez Polskę 26 kwietnia 1993
r. Dz. U. Nr 124, poz. 607

Term 2023Z:

None

Notes

Term 2024Z:

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