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European Union Normative Power in Azerbaijan
Kotásková, Tereza ; Havlová, Radka (advisor) ; Dubský, Zbyněk (referee)
Azerbaijan presents itself as a country with an independent foreign policy, refusing European requirements for democratic reforms within the Eastern Partnership. Yet, the European Union keeps developing mutual relations, especially in the field of energy cooperation. The EU has been criticized for betraying its fundamental values of democracy and human rights, and doubts arise if the EU can represent a normative power, as described by Ian Manners in 2002. This master thesis therefore analyzes the European policy in Azerbaijan from a normative perspective. It concludes that the European Union's policy in Azerbaijan is normative and the economic cooperation is not an obstacle. Nevertheless, the impact of the European policy is hampered, making it not possible to state that EU has normative power. The main reasons are insufficient efficiency of European means and Azerbaijan's hostile approach. Still, the current situation of Azerbaijan's economic problems provides Europe with potential to increase its normative influence.
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Political and social transformation in Ústí nad Orlicí in years 1989 and 1990
Kodytková, Martina ; Dvořáková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Petřík, Martin (referee)
This thesis focuses on the post-revolution political development in Czechoslovakia in 1989 and 1990 and exemplifies it by the situation in the regional town of Ústí nad Orlicí. It deals with events, which were forming local policy in town at the end of 1989 and in 1990 until the communal election of the municipal council in November 1990. The study also describes numerous problems and projects in town, which started to be dealt with in the new democratic regime and which were being discussed and criticised in the media. The aim of this thesis is to compare the local and nationwide aspects of said period and to assess the impact of the events of nationwide importance on the state of affairs in Ústí nad Orlicí. In the first part of the study the nationwide frame of events from November 1989 to the free election in June 1990 is described. The second part analyses the events in Ústí nad Orlicí, identifies the key political moments in town and relates them to the political events on the central level. The main local political players in Ústí nad Orlicí are introduced.
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Political awareness and participation of university students: case study of Faculty of International Relations, University of Economics in Prague
Outlá, Martina ; Němec, Jan (advisor) ; Müller, Karel (referee)
My thesis deals with political awareness and participation of students of Faculty of International Relations, University of Economics in Prague. In theoretical part I dealt with models of democracy and the significance of political participation in these models. Afterwards I described political participation tools, especially voter turnout, its decline in Czech Republic and its consequences. In connection with voter turnout I dealt with election campaigns in Czech Republic, especially the negative campaigns, and with the role of mass media in politics. Theoretical part is followed by case study. Its aim is to discover and describe, if the students of Faculty of International Relations are interested in faculty affairs, if they are aware of political situation, if they take part in political participation and what are the factors that influence them the most in decision-making and in their long term political preferences.
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The right to information as a fundamental human right
Kolman, Jiří
When analysing free access to information of the EU institutions it is needed to clarify the fundamental theoretical question of law, if that law can be considered as a basic human right exercisable, inter alia, in international law application. Currently EU law oscillates between supranational approach and intergovernmental point of view using diplomacy rules (international law). Is there, in the case of the EU institutions, space for full access to information, as we are used to it in the case of the EU member states?
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Contemporary Vietnam: 30 years of development towards democracy?
Duongová, Hong Nhung ; Druláková, Radka (advisor) ; Werner, Jan (referee)
Since the Sixth Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam decided to adopt the programme of Doi Moi (reform programme of economic renovation) in 1986, Vietnam has been experiencing substantial economic and social transformation. The country moved from the centrally planned economy, underwent reforms in agriculture and state-owned enterprises, and pursued the trade liberalization. How are the modernization processes reflected in the political development of Vietnam? Is the country poised for the future democratization? What are the obstacles for shifting to democracy? The aim of the thesis is to find answers for these questions using the theoretical framework of selected criteria of classical theories of democracy. The issue is examined at the economic, political and social level.
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Perspectives of democratization in the Arab world
Kaliyeva, Aziza ; Němec, Jan (advisor) ; Novotná, Yvona (referee)
"Arab World" is the only region in the world that lacks democratic values. However, back in December 2010, the authoritarian regimes of the Middle East had faced rapid and remarkable political change under the dynamics of the so-called "Arab Spring". The existing regimes in some of the Arab countries have met the popular opposition that demanded for the changes towards democratization processes, which was perceived by many scholars as a positive factor to the emergence of democracy. Since then, the question of the perspective of democratization of the Arab world has come to the agenda of most political debates. Thus, the aim of this thesis is to discuss and analyze whether democracy is able to develop in Arab region, what are the main challenges to it and whether in the past four years Arab Spring has facilitated the transformation of the political regimes.
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Administration and Management of Football in the Czech Republic
Slavík, Michal ; Král, Pavel (advisor) ; Tripes, Stanislav (referee)
The Football Association of the Czech Republic (FACR) board election triggered speculations about the governance of the association last year. Specifically, principles of transparency and democracy in the association were remarked. The aim of the thesis was to assess the level of transparency and democracy in the governance of the FACR and to compare the evaluation of the FACR governance by different stakeholders. A case study research design was chosen. Multiple sources of data collection were combined such as document analysis, media coverage analysis, interviews and a questionnaire survey. Results reveal low democracy of the FACR governance in spite of democratic governance design. Stakeholders do not feel to be involved in governance of FACR and they do not have the oportunity to take part in this process. Stakeholders' perception of transparency was better than the objective assessment of transparency. In particular, the financial transparency was the lowest. Thus, results provide new evidence to assumption that transparency is not enrooted in the society of CEE countries and the perception of transparency is biased.
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Analysis of selected aspects of the economic and political problems of Greece
Halík, Jiří ; Ševčíková, Michaela (advisor) ; Štěpánek, Pavel (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to analyse economic and political problems of Greece. This thesis examines the lack of democratic systém in Greece and implication of this lack to huge public spending. The work also examines the impact of the eurozone on public debt and the competitiveness of the hellenic economy. In competitiveness it emphasis on current account deficit and labour market. At the end the thesis evaluate the finacial assistance from Eurozone and IMF and predict the likely scenario of the Greek economy. Thesis shows that Eurozone is not primary responsible for preblems of Greek economy.
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