1. English for Public Administration I

2. General info Lecturer: Dr. sc. Marijana Javornik Čubrić
Classes: Wednesday 9:00 – 10:30
Office hours: Wednessday 10:30 – 11:30, Gundulićeva 10, Room No. 6
Contact:

3. Course materials
Lelija Sočanac, Marijana Javornik Čubrić, English for Public Administration, Narodne novine, Zagreb, 2018.
Module I: Introduction to the State and Governance

4. Topics Unit 1: The State, Its Development and Functions
Unit 2: Public Administration and Bureaucracy
Unit 3: The Basic Democratic Principles: the Rule of Law and the Separation of Powers
Unit 4: Human Rights
Unit 5: Constitutions and Constitutionalism
Unit 6: Decentralization and Devolution

5. Course outline Week 1/Oct.3 Introduction;
Unit 1: The State, Its Development and Functions
Definition of the State
Week 2/Oct.10
Characteristics and Functions of the State
What is a State?
Week 3/Oct. 17
Unit 2: Public Administration and Bureaucracy
Characteristics and Functions of Bureaucracy
Week 4/Oct. 24
A Definition of Bureaucracy
Week 5/Oct.31
Unit 3: The Basic Democratic Principles: the Rule of Law and the Separation of Powers
The Rule of Law
Week 6/Nov. 7
Separation of Powers
Week 7/Nov.21
Unit 4: Human Rights
What Are Human Rights?
Week 8/Nov.28
The European Court of Human Rights
Week 9/Dec.5
Unit 5: Constitutions and Constitutionalism
What Is a Constitution?
Week 10/Dec.12
From the Constitution of the United States
Week 11/Dec.19
Unit 6: Decentralization and Devolution
Definition and Intergovernmental Structure
Week 12/Jan.9
Devolution of Powers to Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
Week 13/Jan.16
Revision
Week 14/Jan.23
End-term test

6. Presentations NOT obligatory, but recommended
Substitute for the oral part of the examination (a part of the final grade)

7. Guidelines for presentations
Suggested duration: minutes
Presenters: 1-3
Sources: at least 3 different sources to be used; one written, two can be from the Internet
Draft to be sent a week in advance
Questions and discussion or group work

8. No reading; only notes
Try not to include too many pictures or long sentences
Topic to be selected by Oct. 17

9. Suggested topics History of the state
The Montevideo Convention on the Rights and Duties of States
Federalism
Decisions of the ECHR
Constitution of the Republic of Croatia
The British Constitution

10. Teaching materials Available at: www.pravo.hr/sj Predmet:
Engleski jezik upravne struke I

11. Attendance Strongly recommended
Required for taking mid-term examination (3 absences allowed)

12. Examination
Written part – translation of relevant terminology (Croatian-English and English-Croatian), basic definitions, translation of short relevant texts
Oral part – presenting a topic using relevant vocabulary OR a presentation

13. Any questions?

14. Thank you for your attention!