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Symptoms of Failures Inside the State Administration of the Czech Republic: Case Study of the New Green Savings Subsidy Program
Kalecký, Lukáš ; Ochrana, František (advisor) ; Plaček, Michal (referee)
This thesis investigates the mode of operation and indications of failures of the State Environmental Fund of the Czech Republic (SEFCR) and the subsidy program New Green Savings (NGS). The research question is motivated by the author's personal experience with the state and operation of the public administration. This thesis is a case study built upon the experience of the author and statements from witnesses, using the qualitative research method of process tracing. The author is a project manager who worked at SEFCR for almost 7 years and is thoroughly familiar with the work environment. The thesis identifies problem areas and symptoms of failures and clarifies operation mechanisms of SEFCR and the NGS program. Moreover, the thesis details how and why a loyal state employee becomes a "troublemaker" and "whistleblower", and further points out possible consequences and impacts of the defective system. In this work, the state organization and the subsidy program are considered a social system with complex dynamics, so the investigated phenomenon is approached through explanation in the form of subsumption under an explanatory theory. The applied explanatory theories and concepts include: (a) path dependence and historical institutionalism, (b) social disorganization theory, (c) theory of...

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