Political Parties’ Collaboration on Public Administration Reform in 1920
Political Parties’ Collaboration on Public Administration Reform in 1920

Summary/Abstract: After the establishment of inter-war Czechoslovakia, the idea of consistent public administration reform had strong support. The need for a uniform administrative organisation was recognised across the full political spectrum. Despite this common goal, when there was a codification of a so-called County Act, there was not a consensus of all political parties. Based on the content analysis of archival documents and the evaluation of defined indicators: participation in the final form of administrative reform, votes for or against the bill, status of the entity (coalition / opposition), speeches in parliament and official / unofficial opinion, this is an attempt to clarify the attitudes of political parties to public administration reform. Presented results show that final version of administration organisation came from political approaches and we have created a new insight into pre-Munich Czechoslovakia in the context of the promotion of party interests.

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