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UKIP's Position in the Party System of The United Kingdom and the Role of Party Euroscepticism
Škrobák, Zdeněk ; Mrklas, Ladislav (advisor) ; Lebeda, Tomáš (referee)
The main objective of master thesis "UKIP's Position in the Party System of The United Kingdom and the Role of Party Euroscepticism" was to evaluate party position in the party system in both first-order and second-order elections and main sources of voter support. The introductory part introduces concepts. The following part deals with european policies of the british parties after second world war and emergence of the euroscepticism as a important phenomenon in the british politics. Next part deals with the rise of the party's circumstances and it's developement. Discourse analysis will answer the question, whether party remains single issue, and analysis of the electorate will provide information on socioeconomic and geographic status of party voters and their attitudes. The following part deals with party election results in individual first-order and second-order elections. The final part summarizes contemporary situation and outlines the possibilities of its further development.
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Political parties as one of the democracy-guarantees in the Federal Republic of Germany
Berger, Vojtěch ; Mrklas, Ladislav (advisor) ; Jeřábek, Martin (referee)
This thesis aims to describe the consolidation process of democracy in West Germany by the example of the political parties. Firstly, it analyses historical reasons for the negative approach towards the parties in the German area and compares how two different law- and constitutional systems, the Weimar Republic and the Federal Republic of Germany, were dealing with the political parties. The main focus is put on the parties' role in the current German society and on the parties' influence on the democracy-durability in Germany. Special attention is paid to two aspects - financing of the parties and political education. The final part of the thesis summarizes arguments, which confirm the positive tribute of the parties to the German democracy. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Consociationalism as a Possible Solution of Conflicts in Segmented Societies: The Case of Lebanon and Northern Ireland
Klevarová, Kateřina ; Ditrych, Ondřej (advisor) ; Mrklas, Ladislav (referee)
The Master's thesis "Consociationalism as a Possible Solution of Conflicts in Segmented Societies: The Case of Lebanon and Northern Ireland" deals with suitability of consociational model in fragmented societies. By means of the comparative studies of Lebanon and Northern Ireland the author considered possibility to apply the system in countries or regions, which experienced long lasting internal conflict or civil war. The conclusion of the essay is that consociational model is a possible solution of conflicts in segmented societies. However the analysis of the peace process in both cases revealed the importance of external factors, which can contribute to the final implementation of the model. The link between collective identities and interests revealed the requirement of sufficient motivation for elite to engage in power sharing and to take the tough decisions conducive to inter-ethnic political accommodation. This pressure should come in the form of coercive external forces. However, it is necessary to consider the dynamics of the system, which is rigid and it will need certain modifications in the future.
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The Shadow of Jack Abramoff: Regulation of Lobbing in EU Institutions
Folbrecht, Lukáš ; Plechanovová, Běla (advisor) ; Mrklas, Ladislav (referee)
The diploma paper analyses lobbying activities in the main institutions of the European Union, notably the European Commission, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union. It asks whether a coruption or fraud or any other kind of misuse can occur in the relations between lobbyists and politicians, as the rules governing EU's regulation of lobbying have been criticised as "vague" and "extremely weak" (especially compared to those in practice in the United States). The first section of the paper describes how lobbying works in the main institutions of the EU. The second part describes the characteristics of the EU's most important interest groups. The final section analyses the evolution of lobbying regulation in the main institutions of the EU and evaluates its impact. The diploma paper concludes that the most severe problems of lobbying in the European Union are not any kind of corruption or fraud, but the disproportion caused by the strength of the business interest representation, the lack of transparency in the lobbying activities and also the misinterpretation of topics and agendas by some lobbying groups.
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Union of towns and municipalities of the Czech republic and its influence on political system of CR
Paulů, Jiří ; Jüptner, Petr (advisor) ; Mrklas, Ladislav (referee)
SMOČR (Union of town and municipalities of the Czech republic) of is a non- governmental organization, founded as a interest group of corporate bodies, members of Union are municipalities and towns. Union is a partner for governmental and parliamental political representation and participates in preparation and creation of legislative projects in a suggestion proceeding in areas touching competences of municipalities and towns. Enforcing its interests Union seek accenting municipalities and towns interests and subsidiarity principle. Activity of Union is ground on mayors, chief magistrates and representatives, who dedicate common self-government problem as warrant members of Union. Proclaimed goal of Union is legitimate lobbying as well. Thesis also touch a cooperation of Union with similar partner-unions in other countries and its influence as a partner organization to EU institutions.
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Interest Groups, Lobbying and its Regulation in the Czech Republic
Opatrný, Aleš ; Mrklas, Ladislav (advisor) ; Mlejnek, Josef (referee)
Diploma thesis "Interest Groups, lobbying and it's regulation in the Czech Republic" deals with the phenomenon of lobbying and it's role in democratic political processes. First part of this thesis is aimed at political theories of interest groups, various definitions of lobbying and methods of regulating lobbyists. The second part containes a comparison of lobbying regulations in various western states. The third part containes an analysis of the present state of lobbying regulation in the Czech Republic. In the final fourth part, certain methods of lobbying regulation are proposed to take place in the Czech Republic and scrutinized for compliance with the oppinion of Czech political elites and professional lobbyists.
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