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English for Public Administration: State and Governance Intro

Learn about the state, public administration, democracy, and human rights. Presentation guidelines provided. Recommended attendance. Exam includes translation and presentation.

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English for Public Administration: State and Governance Intro

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  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: marijana.javornik@pravo.hr

  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

  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: 10-15 minutes • Presenters: 1-3 • Sources: at least 3 differentsources to beused; 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. 16

  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), matching the terms with their definitions, matching the words with their synonyms, completing basic statements and 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!

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