Vol. 7, No. 1 ****************************************************************************************** * ****************************************************************************************** Content Content [ URL "http://acpo.vedeckecasopisy.cz/publicFiles/0085     Articles Aleksandras Pa apas, Governance Modernisation: Structure and Development [ URL "htt Alvydas Raipa, Vainius Smalskys Abstra t At the turn of the 21st century public management gained subst paradigms, concepts and models of public governance were devel occured. The most important writings of researchers of the evo of modernising public institutions can be defined by the struc (challenges of globalisation, the necessity of changes in gove innovative ideology and the practise of innovativeness) which public governance is acquiring more qualitative experiences in in improving structural and functional operation of organisati in combining the trends of governance centralisation and decen and, in infixing the principles of the results-oriented behavi activities.     Michal K bát Giovanni Sartori: empirický a angažovaný politolog v přespříli acpo.vedeckecasopisy.cz/publicFiles/00842.pdf"] Abstra t This article analyzes the work of Giovanni Sartori – in no dou contrast to the mainstream of contemporary comparative politic paradoxes. A giant of political science whose work is widely a trends in the discipline he helped to shape. Founder of Italia political columnists, Sartori also failed to influence the pol This article studies these paradoxes and seeks to explain them politics and political science as articulated not only in his     Oldřrich K pec Problémy současné demokracie: selhání aktérů nebo logika fungo publicFiles/00848.pdf"] Abstra t This study is a contribution to the discussion of democratic p contemporary democratic system in processing satisfactory outp economy approach to this issue. The main goal is to offer poss are the outcome of failures of individual actors to behave rat of discussed features of the system which to some extent shape construction of simple model are costs of decision making, bou and for illustration of some features also the basics of game between public and particular interests, efficiency of process rational ignoration.     Vilém Nov tný Dva hlavní přístupy ke studiu policy work v komparativní persp Abstra t Policy work labels new distinct stream of scholarship in publi practice. Due to shifts in meaning and ambiguity of this new u research. The article argues it is possible by closer examinat this stream. They influence not only perception of public poli with the issue of policy work through two contemporary main ap research there are presented, in comparative perspective, shor policy analysis of the policy work approach (Colebatch), the p summary of essential findings and sketched delimitation of the     Tomas Re ner Spolková republika Německo na přelomu tisíciletí: Erhardova fo institucemi? [ URL "http://acpo.vedeckecasopisy.cz/publicFiles Abstra t The author of this paper presents two societal concepts of pos started in the intellectual circle of the federal chancellor L political downfall of the Weimar republic and the apocaliptic formulated by leaders of the student protest movement who saw of the marxist revolution in western Europe. Although both con important contribution to the modernisation process of the Fed     Martina Urb nová Malá města Středočeského kraje jako aktéři meziobecní spoluprá Abstra t Small towns are the natural centers of rural areas and have a mainly in cooperation with other municipalities - within micro Bohemia Region, where the consequences of the process manifest structure (in comparison with other regions, the Central Bohem municipalities with up to 1999 inhabitants). Meaning metropoli to fulfill the role of peripheral center of rural areas. This development. The focus of paper represents two basic questions micro-centers and other regional bodies. (2) What about the in intermunicipal cooperation.     Reviews Michel Pero tino JÍRŮ, Jaroslav (2014). De Gaulle. Praha: Prostor, 424 stran, 48 acpo.vedeckecasopisy.cz/publicFiles/00840.pdf"]     Roman Há ek COLEMAN, Stephen (2013). How Voters Feel. Cambridge: Cambridge acpo.vedeckecasopisy.cz/publicFiles/00844.pdf"]     Marián Sek rák PAJTINKA, Erik (2013). Slovník diplomacie. 1. vyd. Bratislava: acpo.vedeckecasopisy.cz/publicFiles/00843.pdf"]     Karel Hö er DANČIŠIN, Vladimír (2013). Metódy prerozdeľovania mandátov v po univerzity v Prešove. 1. vydání, 189 s. Acta universitatis phil 978-80-555-0787-3. [ URL "http://acpo.vedeckecasopisy.cz/public