The global (or even systematic?) crisis that visibly started in 2009 in the form of the financial
crisis in the USA, creates new challenges for all national and supranational governments …

The manuscript applied multi-criteria analysis using several indicators to evaluate 18
transport companies established on the level of the Czech statutory towns during period of …

Local governments are responsible for the delivery of a large variety of very different public
services. The article is focused on two issues: 1) we try to discover whether the local …

The study builds on the original research of contracting and outsourcing in the Czech public
sector and assesses them from a comprehensive perspective. The aim of this study is to …

V příspěvku byla provedena analýza a zhodnocení výdajů obcí na nakládání s komunálním
odpadem na obyvatele a vyhodnocení vlivu konkurenčního prostředí a charakteru vlastnictví …

This chapter discusses the problem of territorial fragmentation and summarizes the
arguments for and against a solution in the form of territorial consolidation regarding the …

The first part of the paper summarizes NPM approaches in public administration reforms in
the countries of Central and Eastern Europe (CEECs), and focuses particularly on …

There is little information on agencification in Slovakia. Here we try to fill this gap by focusing
on both national and the sub-national governments. Our main goal is to describe the …

The debate about public vs. private provision of municipal solid waste management has
been going on for several decades with no conclusive evidence in favor of either. The …

This chapter is dedicated to the introduction into theory of decentralization. We reviewed
past and current theories of decentralization from the classical theories of Oates and Tiebout …