Part 1 (Uroš Pinterič, 27.-31.10.): Local development (4 lectures)

- geographical determinism of development

- legal boundaries of development potential

- assessment methods - evaluations

- innovation methods for development

- political struggle vs. effectiveness

- effects of political participation

Sources:
Klimovsky, Radzik (2012): Selected aspects of local and regional development. Nova Gorica:FUDS
de Vries, Reddy, Shamsul Haque (2008): Improving Local Government. Hampshire, New Yourk: Palgrave.
Blair, Carroll (2009): Local Economic Development; 2nd ed. Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, Singapore: Sage.

Part 2 (Tomáš Černěnko, 3.-7.11.): Efektívnosť miestnej samosprávy + seminář (4 přednášky)

- efektívnosť a meranie efektívnosti

- efektívnosť verejnej správy - čas a úspory

- municipalizácia

- hybridné organizácie

- seminár: meranie efektívnosti, nákladovo úžitkové metódy, hybridné organizácie

Zdroje:
Richard Florida (2010): Who Is Your City? New York: Basic Books.
Walter Isaacson (2011): Steve Jobs. Praha: Práh
David Bills (2010): Hybrid Organizations and the Third Sector. London: Palgrave Macmillan

Part 3 (Katarzyna Radzik) - Leadership and Local Democracy (4 lectures)

- models of local leadership in European local governments;

- links between the institutional position of the leader and leadership styles;

- relations between the leader and the other actors in the process of governing (political parties, entrepreneurs, and the civic society);

- impact of leadership on urban governance (e.g. New York, London, Paris, and Warsaw)

Sources:

Denters B., 2011, Local Governance In: The Sage Handbook of Governance,
M. Bevir (ed.),SAGE;
John P., 2001, Local Governance in Western Europe, SAGE.
Leadership at the Apex. Politicians and Administrators in Western Local Governments, 2002, P.E.Mourtizen, J.H.Svara (eds.), University of Pittsburgh Press.
Pollitt Ch., Bouckaert G., 2011. Public Management Reform. A Comparative Analysis: New Public Management, Governance, and the Neo-Weberian State, Oxford University Press.
Rao N., 2005, From Committees to Leaders and Cabinets: The British Experience In: Transforming Local Political Leadership, 2005, R. Berg, N. Rao (eds.), Palgrave Macmillan.
Swianiewicz P. 2005, Nowe interpretacje teoretyczne polityki miejskiej, Studia Regionalne i Lokalne 2005, Nr 4.
The European Mayor. Political Leaders in the Changing Context of Local Democracy, 2006, H. Bäck, H. Heinelt (eds.), A. Magnier, VS Verlag;
The New Public Governance. Emerging perspectives on the theory and practice of public governance, 2011, S. P. Osborne (ed.), Routlege.

The Oxford Handbook of Local and Regional Democracy in Europe, 2010, (eds.)
J. Loughlin, F. Hendriks, A. Lindström, Oxford University Press;Transforming Local Political Leadership, 2005, R. Berg, N. Rao (eds.), Palgrave Macmillan.