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To ensure the public interests by performing public administration should be a purpose of public service performed by public servants of state and municipal institutions. Hence, effective and transparent implementation of public administration by each state and municipal institutions depends on human factor. As well as, the quality of work of this human factor depends on the fulfillment of its legitimate interests. But the conception, scope and content of principle of legitimate expectations in public service of t...

The article contains the results of the analysis of legal regulation of community participation in education management in the city of Moscow, it also formulates the proposals on the improvement of the legislation under study. The research was done on the basis of a complex approach and methodological pluralism. In the course of research more than 40 statutory acts of the city of Moscow were analyzed, they were grouped according to the purpose of enactment (acts, determining the principles of community participati...

In response to the recent dynamics of society development, European states have been considering the concept of settlement as an alternative means of criminal conflict resolution. This alternative is particularly important in the context of European Parliament and Council Directive 2012/29/ES (25 October 2012), which defines the rights of crime victims as well as minimum standarts of support and defence. Criminal procedure resolves certain types of conflicts. Article 1 of the Criminal Procedure Law (henceforth the...

While respecting the variety of inter-group conflicts, most of them have a tendency to be related to political power, i.e. state power. That is because political subjects try to gain the biggest share of power possible, i.e. gain the possibility to influence its distribution, achieve certain goals and advance certain interests against the will of others. These efforts are common for individuals, groups within states, or among states. Clash of interests and opposition of goals occur and led to a political conflict....

The transformation process of the Slovak Republic from a socialist state into a democratic republic left scope and considerable potential for the creation and establishment of the charismatic leadership in terms of emerging young democracy. The development of Slovak political system after the fall of communism was the least linear in all the surrounding countries undergoing these transitions. The aim of this work will therefore mean serving an analysis of meciarism period and its main protagonist- Vladimir Meciar ...

The paper devotes to the problem of client-initiated occupational violence against workers in public administration. In Slovakia, this issue is still lacking proper attention from academic and political perspective. The aims of study: 1. To make out the extent forms and frequency of client-initiated occupational violence against public officials (in period of previous year). 2. To assess how Guidelines for prevention of third party violence and harassment at work have been adapted in branches of public administrat...

The structure of contemporary international relations is multilateral in nature and stage of the international system is rather of entropy. Changes in the system of international relations in the last two decades regrouped states as basic elements of the system, and states are now looking for a new place in the emerging new temporary balance. The symmetry of relations between the great powers is changing and radius of action of medium and small states in international relations has diminished. What are now possibi...

According to estimations of relevant institutions, the private sector, experts, citizens, public administration shows lack of administrative capacity in the implementation of constitutional and legal functions. It is intense of all countries claiming to be members of the EU countries improve their governance and efficiency as a prerequisite for achieving the economic and political objectives in the functioning and in providing services to the citizens. The Government of the Republic of Macedonia should come out fr...

Whereas the concepts of human living is the fulfilment of needs, interests and values to achieve greater benefits, so the conflict is a natural part of human existence and communication, and it is therefore impossible to avoid all conflicts and their consequences. In intercultural context as well as in international relations, conflict is defined as the perceived or actual incompatibility of values, expectations, processes, or outcomes between two or more parties from different cultures. Intercultural conflict typ...

The aim of the research undertaken by authors is to define the optimal way of interaction of civil society institutions and criminal proceedings in Russia. Its methodology included both the general scientific methods and the specific juridical methods of cognition. The main results of the research include new knowledge about the possibility to implement into the criminal proceedings the institutions which can exercise effective control over the course of the investigation, and to promote the administration of just...

The article is concerned with the problem of uncertain treatment of collaboration and cooperation strategies and complications connected with this approach. The key issue for this problem resolution is an ability to adequate recognition of conflicting parties interests and separation their interests from positions. To realize what is the level of analyses depth adequate to the particular situation is complicated. This is traditionally one of the most important and difficult issues not only for beginners in mediati...

The paper analyzes the Amendment of 328/2002 Coll. Act, the adoption of which had been planned for ten years. Up to 2013, the policemen and soldiers in their best active years were leaving for retirement pension and the state kept losing its skilled and highly active policemen and soldiers with long-term experience. The here discussed Amendment plans to deal with these unwished consequences. The paper therefore sums up changes in social security of policemen and soldiers in Slovak republic that are anchored in afo...

Illegal employment brings about negative social phenomena in relation to dependent activities of individuals performed under an employment relationship. Natural persons who work illegally are unable to bear their burden of producing evidence regarding their entitlement to wages and holidays, allowance for meals, as well as other entitlements under the relevant labour laws. The purpose of the paper is to present the legislation related to illegal work and illegal employment in the Slovak Republic which is the key i...

The paper discusses the questions related to the establishment and functions of programs of political parties. It also reveals a general problem of these programs of the parties, which are represented in the State Duma of the Russian Federation. The result of the study is an idea to change the regulatory requirements imposed on the programs of political parties of the existing legislation in Russia.

The purpose of the paper is to point at the chosen problems which must be dealt with by the society when regulating the acceptance of information in connection with the protection of humanity and human dignity, mainly with the emphasis on the harmonic development of juveniles. Topic of the paper, which is anchored in the area of administrative law , offers the distinctive overlaps to the area of constitutional or family law and directs to multidisciplinary or international law research of the issue, concept and le...

The article is an attempt to assess the status of the institute of administrative penalties in Ukraine from the point of view of effectiveness and appropriateness of its existence in the legal system. Based on the analysis of the basic provisions of the Ukrainian legislation concerning the application of the administrative penalties and the relevant statistical data, it was made the conclusion about the significant contradiction of the institute of the administrative penalties and the needs of the social developme...

This paper will deal with issues related to social distance between ethnic groups in Macedonia. Our intention is to define the development of democracy, 20 years after pluralism. The questions which this paper tends to answer are: Based on the social aspect is Macedonia transforming to state of citizens, as were the expectations of the majority or is it becoming state of one ethnicity? How much is social justice oriented to service the needs of citizens? Is there discrimination on ethical basis? Based on their pre...

The article addresses the issue of homes for the elderly, i.e. one of the types of social care facilities in the Czech Republic. The theme of social security for seniors and the role of institutional care in the form of homes for the elderly is a very topical issue, particularly with regard to increasing human age and the associated on-going aging of the population. Demographic aging means a change in the demographic composition of the population in terms of the aging of the entire human population. The solution i...

The aim of the article is to study the problem of determining the role of an international treaty to regulate interstate relations in the field of environmental protection. The basis of the study of the whole range of the international legal rules governing the issue of environmental protection, and their ability to solve their tasks and their compliance with current requirements and needs of the international community and in this regard the development of new proposals and recommendations for their improvement. ...

In the current Romanian Civil Code, the prescription is not defined, but only its object. Thus, it is established that the right to claim is extinguished by prescription, if it is not exercised within the term given by law. It is that right which constrains a person, by using public force, to perform a certain action, to observe a certain juridical fact or to bear a sanction of a civil nature. Therefore, the prescription may be defined as a civil sanction, which limits the substantive right to court proceeding if ...

Dignity at work is, above all, a fundamental principle of the juridical labour relations, which has to be analyzed in close relation with the principle of the respect for private life, another fundamental principal of human rights. In this context, the present paper analyzes the dispute between the employer's right to surveillance of employee's activities, during the working hours, mainly through the use of information and the right of the employee to enjoy the protection of his private life. Also, this dispute mu...

Given that it is the most representative government component of any public administrative system, we have proposed in this paper, to analyze how government is organized and invested in several European countries. Constitutions of various countries governing find distinct features and in terms of organizational structure or incompatibilities regime. Regarding the appointment of the Government, it is determined by the existing constitutional or parliamentary system, constitutional monarchy or semi-presidential regi...

Discourse plays an important role in political systems, especially during the electoral period and electoral campaigns. National politicians often used a wide range of themes that are related to any level of the political system, just to be elected once again. In such a competitive world, discourses and buzzwords play an important role in framing behaviour and relations. The themes of regionalization, good governance, autonomy, decentralization and reforms are very popular words of politicians at national level wh...

Overall geostrategy of the European Union seeks global stability, economic security and environmental sustainability. In contrast with occurring interpretation of „geostrategy” in security/defence terms, we are prone to perception of geostrategy in the context of competitiveness driven by geopolitical and geo-economic developments that are shaped by the political and economic environment. Multidisciplinary relevance of our insight into the issue derived from the primary concept of geo-heterogeneity – and app...

The electoral systems represent a very important element of the entire political process which connects the people`s choices to the types of politics promoted by the governments. They are chosen and sometimes modified by political actors and, once functional, exercise political consequences over these actors. A state`s politics is profoundly influenced by its electoral system. In the last decades, more and more states have opted to modify, either partially or entirely their electoral systems, the main reason being...

In an earlier paper titled “European Union Enlargement to the Western Balkans applied to the Acapulco typology of agenda-setting: Focus on Montenegro, Serbia and FYROM revisited” (Ciderova, Fejesova & Kovacevic, 2015) interactive matrix of the Acapulco typology of agenda-setting was stretched to the context of the European Union external relations (namely, macro-regional strategies of the European Union and regional cooperation initiatives) and enlargement (particularly the Western Balkans). Fulfillment of thi...

Good governance and the quality of public administration is a key aspect in ensuring a country's long-term competi¬tiveness and well-being. In 2001, the European Commission underlined in its “White paper on Governance” that five principles combine to form the basis of good governance: openness, participation, accountability, effectiveness and coherence. Europe 2020 strategy emphasizes that to achieve transformational change towards a smart, sustainable and inclusive growth it is required a strong governance f...

The goal of this paper is to describe and analyze the transatlantic relationship, why it is important to strengthen it not only within the common security and defense policy, but also within the international political and economic system, and to point out the future scenarios of transatlantic relations. Even with the rise of other economic powers, including the emerging growth markets, the United States and the European Union remain the fulcrum of the world economy, each other's most important and profitable mark...

Unrecognized states represent an interesting anomaly in the current international system which is based exclusively on the project of sovereign states. Although not internationally recognized, or only recognized by a few states, they are able to conduct a certain degree of administration over their territories for a relatively long time and according to the Freedom House Index, some of them have become more democratic in last few years. This is an important signal that international recognition is not necessary fo...

Election management is concerned solely with administrative infrastructure required to support the democratic process of elections. Successful elections do not happen without preparation and planning. They are big and costly events, resulting in the completion of a large number of big and small jobs, including a large number of people, where everyone should be aware of their responsibilities in the electoral process and to give account for their actions on the basis of the law. Election management has to do with s...

While some scholars see compatibility between Islam with the concept of democracy, many of them disagree by manifesting great concern for the problem of how to assure that democracy could be developed in a way compatible with liberty. Best illustration is a number of Muslim societies possessing the outward forms of democracy but yet operating as authoritarian regimes. Democracy cannot exist without a functioning civil society that lies outside from the political sphere. Historically religion (Islam) for majority o...

As much as guns and warships, maps have been used as tools of imperialism. Nations and empires are not natural features within the landscape. They are social constructs, created in order to convert the Earth into a huge real-estate market. The Russian-Ukrainian conflict is not fought only in Ukraine, but also on every map, that shows Crimea. Cartography was coined as a science of princes, as it was these elites who used maps to take land and natural resources from those without power – local people. In the last ...

Modern public administration in the implementation of public administration intends to serve citizens' and this is a starting point of any administrative reform, even from the experience of the European countries. Public administration in Republic of Macedonia is mainly understood as centralized administration and disconnected in relation with citizens and the requirements for modern administration and service. The state is the largest employer within the society and in this context the public administration is a ...

Abkhazia and South Ossetia represent specific cases of disintegration of the Soviet empire. Owing to an extensive support of Russia, they managed to effectively separate from Georgia and to get formal recognition of their independence from Russia. However, in fact, Russia conducts full control over both of these republics, which is significantly different from other republics in the post-Soviet space existing de jure. Both of these separatist republics are under direct economic, political and military control of R...

Political aspects in general can be considered as one of the key determinants not only the structure but also the philosophy of public administration of every modern and democratic state. It should be noted, however, that the degree of their influence on the final result (structure and operation) vary from state to state. In the case of modern democratic political systems it is usual that the impact of the political aspects on the system of public administration is displaced by existing civil society. Where civil ...

In October, the Responsibility to Protect will be celebrating 10-year anniversary. This doctrine was developed from a report reflecting the incapability of international community to prevent and effectively react on terrible events of the 90s, such as Rwanda or Srebrenica. However, even after the 10 years of its official existence within the UN institutional system, the operationalisation of the doctrine falls short on several fronts. Why are states reluctant to rely on Responsibility to Protect? What prevents it ...

An underlying thesis of the issue is defined in the causes of the historical failure of direct democracy and on the causes of the factors responsible for the victory of the principle of representative governance in modern political system. Presented paper is based on authorВґs attempt to generalize the views of various authors of modern political science and practical political and historical experience. Organizational difficulty, numerousness of political community, economic or financial questions, the need for p...

Interest of the contribution is nationalist populism in terms of local government of Slovak Republic. The concept is closely related or is identical to the national populism, nationalism, in many cases to extremism. The nationalist populism in the Slovak Republic is studied at two levels. It occurs not only at national level but also at the local level. Profiling actors at the national level establish their ideological orientation also in regional level, and vice versa. Pluralism of interests, which is typical for...

The article reviews the historic experience in forming the regional Executive Authority during the 1990-ies of the XXth century in the Kemerovo, Novosibirsk and Tomsk regions. The 1990пЂ­2000 period, which is marked with establishing and developing the new Russian statehood on the basis of the concept of separation of powers, can be divided into two main periods of establishing the regional Executive Power in Russia, i.e. 1990пЂ­1993 and 1994пЂ­2000. Each period has had a decisive influence on formation of governa...

The conflict resolution and prevention is still developing challenge for the Diplomacy. The Concept of The Multi Track Diplomacy concentrates attention to the role of media. The main role of the media is through the press, television and electronic media to inform and involve the public in discussions on peace and conflict resolution. This Track of the Multi Track Diplomacy Concept is based on the assumption that the engagement in national conflicts, it is necessary to inform the public about the state and develop...

The study provides an outline comparison of the political culture of the countries of Central Europe, on the example of the Visegrad countries - the Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Slovakia. The regionalization and possibly interregionalization of those countries have for strengthening their international position undoubtedly great importance, both inside and outside the EU. Countries of Central and Eastern Europe we can still rank among countries in political transition. Those countries have much in common an...

The European Union is perceived as a great promoter of human rights not only within its borders, but also in its external action. Have they, however, been integrated into the structures of CDSP yet? The paper will focus on the development of the ECDP which will be demonstrated on the EU missions in crisis situations defined as threats to international peace and security by the UN Security Council. On this terms, the EU is a solid partner to the UN, however, the pattern on the mission choice is rather based on real...

The study deals with the current trends of radicalization and support for extremism among young people in Slovakia. The results from previous research projects indicate that the political behavior of current young generation tends to be more related with new trends especially to promote alternative political agenda and solutions. We aim to discuss the findings from qualitative in-depth interviews from two different field work locations in Slovakia and compare these with the nation-wide statistical data from the pe...

The article bears the name of problems contribution of older people in Slovakia after 1989. It is divided into two parts. The first part is addressing to issue at the theoretical level and in the second part we examine them empirically.

In this paper, the authors present a legal-historical analysis of conflicts and their solutions in Bohemia during the reign of the Přemyslid dynasty. It takes into account the methodological incentives which were introduced to the legal medieval studies by a so-called “performative turn” that helped to direct the interest of social science to the typical forms, symbolic contents and social functions of human behaviour. As opposed to the existing research tradition which aims at the political and power-related...

The article focuses on one of the basic questions when concluding a contract on the discount website – what is the nature of the legal relationship, i.e. which party actually enters into a binding agreement with the consumer and thus accepts the obligations specified therein. The consumer buys vouchers at the discount website run by operators who are in a legal relationship with the merchant. The discount website operator receives the money from the consumer, keeps a certain amount as a provision and the outstan...

Reforming of public relations, occurring in Latvian requires the improvement of all laws, including criminal procedure law. Since the 1st of October 2005 in Latvia is in force the criminal procedure law (hereinafter criminal procedure law – CPL) which reformed the previously existing criminal procedure laws and introduced the new ones. The Article 1 of CPL defines the goal of CPL which consists in the establishment of such an order of the criminal procedure which ensures the effective use of rules of criminal la...

The relations between NATO and Ukraine have been discussed in scholarly literature for the two last decades. This issue obtained new dynamics after the 2014 Russian invasion of Ukraine, which had led to the annexation of Crimea and occupation of the eastern parts of the country by Russian army and forces controlled by Russia. After the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2014, NATO condemned the Russian policy on many occasions, provided Ukraine with diplomatic support and launched several programs that were supposed t...

Evaluation is one of the important strategic instruments for obtaining feedback and testifying to the functionality of the management system of research and development (R&D). Based on evaluation results, top representatives generally make decisions and then allocate and redirect funds to support public research in educational institutions. The intentions of science policy, proposals for priority directions of research, reform of the system of R&D and the reorganization of educational institutions are subsequently...

Emigration represents both an opportunity and a challenge for the EU. International migration is growing in scope, complexity and has a serious impact - both positive and negative - on the EU and the Member States. Migration is a complex process with a multinational character that cannot be managed unilaterally or bilaterally only, but through an effective management beneficial to everyone involved and considering its changing characteristics. Within this context, the migration policies of countries change dependi...