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Transformations of Dutch Populism
Počtová, Tereza ; Charvát, Jan (advisor) ; Salamon, Janusz (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with a strongly resonating topic, populism, specifically with its changes in the Netherlands, especially since the beginning of the millennium, as it was a turning point for populism there. Populism itself has more interpretations, so the first chapter of this thesis deals with its theoretical definition. The next part of the thesis is dedicated to the actors of Dutch populism, especially to Pim Fortuyn and Geert Wilders. Therefore, the chapters deal with the analysis of these politicians, their manifestations, ideologies, controversies and their subsequent comparison. The aim of this thesis is to find out and compare what these actors have in common, the emphasis is put on their political topics and manifestations. In addition to comparison, the aim of this work is to map the gradual success of populism in the Netherlands, which has been on the rise since 2002. The last part of the thesis deals with the impacts of populism on Dutch politics as such.
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Art by all senses
Charvát, Jan ; Uhl Skřivanová, Věra (advisor) ; Daniel, Ladislav (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the use of our senses in art education. The theoretical part of the thesis clarifies concepts of "pedagogical constructivism, personality approach in the teaching of art education, creation as self-knowledge, sensory education", opens the question of experience as a starting point for art activities for contemporary pupils at the time of digital technologies. Our senses that come out of us are inseparable and ubiquitous, therefore they interfer with the various other components of our lives. So that's why the work tried to cover the senses to a wider extent of our conduct. Sometimes the theoretical part ranged from the chosen trajectory, but it was only because of the strong feelings of necessity to think about the question of human culture or at least to mention the anchoring of our education in history. This section also focuses on the psychological side of sensory sensitivity education. The five elaborated tasks in the didactic part bring a look into art lessons which characteristic features are experience, imagination, free decision and easiness, which originates from true sincerity and truthfulness towards oneself. The main inspirational component is sensory sensitivity. At the conclusion of the didactic part there is a summary of all reflective dialogues and...
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Political Party ANO before parliamentary elections 2017
Měska, Ondřej ; Švec, Kamil (advisor) ; Charvát, Jan (referee)
The main objective of my diploma thesis is to analyze and evaluate the Political Movement ANO positioning within the political parties system of the Czech Republic by using a methodological framework approach. The thesis provides an analysis of electorate shifting and selected political parties manifestos as well as their comparison with the Political Movement ANO. Timewise, my focus is on the period prior to the election to the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic in 2017. As for analytical purposes, the Hierarchical Bayesian Modeling has been used. This statistical model helps to get the respective values and to show the electoral vote changes between the last two parliament elections (to Chamber of Deputies). The author uses quantitative and qualitative research for comparison and analysis of programmatical convergency as defined in the election manifestos of various political parties. For manifestos quantification a coding scheme by a Comparative manifesto project group has been applied. The reason for using the above mentioned scheme is that it provides a structured methodology to quantify the domains that the political parties do focus the most in their manifestos. The aim of the analytical part of the thesis is to define how and especially from where the Movement ANO...
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The programatical evolution of the ODS
Kašpárková, Petra ; Perottino, Michel (advisor) ; Charvát, Jan (referee)
Political party manifesto is one of the most significant ways of communication between a party and the citizens. In these documents, the parties present their values and ideological background as well as their priorities in current political issues. This master thesis deals with the topic of Civic Democratic Party and comparasion of its manifestos. Civic Democratic Party has been established in 1991. former Czechoslovakia. Until 2017 there has been created almost 30 different party manifestos. In this qualitative case study, the manifestos topics have been described, as well as its changes during these years. The analysis has been primarily focused on the topics of Economics and European integration. According to theoretical frame, we assume that the changes are made only in case of the significant changes of political environment. We also focus on the process of change, as the impact of party Conventions and Expertise. This analysis has been primarily based on the interviews made with current and past members of the party.
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National Front: Old extreme right or new extreme right?
Valenta, Pavel ; Charvát, Jan (advisor) ; Perottino, Michel (referee)
The thesis is focused on the development and transformation of the National Front, largely after Marine Le Pen took up the position of the party's boss in 2011. An analysis of the direction of the party will be conducted to answer research questions, with the main emphasis on the development of the party from 2011. The analysis will be made with the reflection of the events of recent years, especially considering the influence of Marine Le Pen on the events around the party and her own actions. Based on these facts, in combination with the theoretical part of the thesis, the work has the ambition to answer research questions, including a question in the title of the thesis itself. The thesis is divided into several parts. In the first part, after the introduction into the problems of thesis, the aim of thesis is revealed, followed by methodology and overall overview of the structure of work. Another (theoretical) part defines key concepts. The following part deals with the general historical development of the party. The final part of the thesis focuses on the transformation of the National Front under the leadership of Marine Le Pen and, in the context of the theoretical part, attempts to answer research questions and outlines possible options for future development.
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Analysis of far-right subjects in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
Podsedník, Michael ; Charvát, Jan (advisor) ; Mlejnek, Josef (referee)
This master`s thesis deals with the theories of the far-right party family. The theoretical part consists mainly of textual work and the author introduces theory of the party family and the far-right party family. Next, theories of three different authors are introduced and on their bases the author studies selected political subjects, which are Dělnická strana sociální spravedlnosti, Svoboda a přímá demokracie of Tomio Okamura, Slovenská národná strana and Kotleba- Ľudová strana Naše Slovensko. The author bases the work on the concepts of far-right parties by these authors: Piero Ignazi, Hans-Georg Betz and Cas Mudde. Furthermore, the dynamic development of far-right parties, is described with focus not only on Europe but more specifically on Czech Republic and Slovakia. The goal of this thesis is to find out if it is possible to categorize various subjects into the far-right party family based on the selected criteria and potentially point out their differences. Mainly analytical and empirical method is used in this thesis. For the analysis of the parties, the author uses political programs, presentation of the subject in the public eye and media, and also their activity on social media.
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Populism: a phenomenon of current democracy
Čech, Tomáš ; Brunclík, Miloš (advisor) ; Charvát, Jan (referee)
The main motivation of this master thesis is to clarify the normative relation between populism and liberal democracy. The task is not to express a normative statement about populism or liberal democracy, but only to explain the relation between those two concepts. Very common topic about populism is the question if populism represents a corrective or a threat to liberal democracy. The procedure in this thesis is quite straightforward. First of all, the reader will learn about the phenomenon of populism, a part of its history and the reasons why is populism coined as a contested concept. After, there is a clarification of populism for the context of this thesis and a choice of the most useful method that will help us achieve the final goal. As a follow-up, the reader learns more general information about populism. The intent is to explain concepts and goals that are most associated with populism. These include, for example, the people, the elite, the leader, or direct democracy. After clarifying populism and how we approach it, we will shift our focus onto liberal democracy. Here we will proceed in similar way as in the case of populism. As soon as we introduce everything necessary to grasp the idea of liberal democracy, we will deal with the goal of this thesis. The last chapter focuses on...
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Analysis of the electoral campaign in the elections to the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic in 2017: a case study of the Pirates'party
Šigut, David ; Perottino, Michel (advisor) ; Charvát, Jan (referee)
The main goal of this master thesis is to analyse the election campaign of the Czech Pirate Party in the elections to the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic in 2017. Even though the Pirate Party have participated in several elections since 2009, the election in 2017 brought the greatest electoral success. Nowadays, the external experts from various fields participate in the pre-election campaigns of the parties. Such cooperation usually lasts only during the pre-election campaign and it ends after the elections. These experts create campaign strategies and plans, train party leaders in communication, provide brand analyses, etc. The primary objective of this thesis is to analyse how the campaign of the Czech Pirate Party was conducted in 2017, whether they collaborated with external experts and what elements they had in their campaign.
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The causes of terrorist radicalisation among Northern Irish Catholics
Parolek, Jan ; Aslan, Emil (advisor) ; Charvát, Jan (referee)
This work deals with the question of whether, in the case of terrorist radicalization of Northern Irish Catholics (being both national and a religious minority in the Northern Ireland and de facto also in the UK) during 'The Troubles', was ideology only a function of Catholics' socio-economic grievances, or a standalone, individually decisive factor. The thesis explores the motivations for terrorism as they are stated in personal testimonies, group surveys, or other sources. The theory of Radicalization Puzzle, viewing the radicalization as a complex non-linear combination of four variously strong categories of reasons (grievances, ideologies, networks and support structures) is used. After establishing the definitions of terrorism and minority status, exploring the Irish-British history and the validity of minority status of Northern Irish Catholics, the paper brings together the stated reasons for radicalisation and combines them in a "mental map." Several broad categories of reasons are identified and overlaid with the Puzzle categories. It is found that grievances were a big motivational factor for terrorism, but they were overwhelmingly of social kind, mostly sectarian or state violence. Economic grievances as a dominant radicalising factor were very rare. The Republican ideology has also been a...
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