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Pandemic Crisis Management: The Case Study of Childcare Facilities for Children under Five Years of Age
Pánská, Natálie ; Hejzlarová, Eva (advisor) ; Potůček, Martin (referee)
The master thesis is focused on crisis management during the covid-19 pandemic. Specifically, it focuses on childcare facilities for children under five years of age in the period from March 2020 to June 2021. The particular types of facilities are under the responsibility of three ministries. The aim of the work is to describe what the crisis management in this area looked like, how the interdepartmental cooperation looked like, and what impact it had on the facilities themselves and subsequently on the families. The diploma thesis is embedded in various concepts of crisis management, but also interdepartmental cooperation and strategic governance. As a part of elaboration of the topic, eight expert interviews were conducted, which are supplemented by an analysis of public policy documents (eg selected government pandemic measures, other government documents, methodologies, etc.). The analysis showed that the first phase of the pandemic was the most problematic, however some of the problems persisted in other phases. This is especially the case with crisis communication, which has failed at all levels. Throughout the pandemic, the government failed to develop a clear communication strategy. The pandemic measures were thus often unclear, and the explanations came with considerable delays. At the...
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Barriers and Opportunities of Strategic Governance in Higher Education in West Africa: The Case of Senegal
Ndiaye, Sokhna Adele Rosalie ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Vlk, Aleš (referee) ; GUEYE, Serigne Magueye (referee)
References NDIAYE, Sokhna, A. R. Barriers And Opportunities Of Strategic Governance In Higher Education In West Africa: The Case Of Senegal. Praha, 2022. 212 pages. Dissertation thesis (PhD.). Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Sociological Studies. Department of Public and Social Policy. Supervisor Prof. PhDr. Martin Potůček, CSc., M.Sc. Abstract This dissertation project presents an analysis of the higher education system in Senegal. Indeed, the past three decades of higher education have been marked by a growing instability of the system manifested mainly in access and quality issues. Despite the different programs and policies elaborated and implemented, these problems only persist. As such, I attempt to answer the main questions: What are the most essential factors for the unsuccessful implementation of significant Higher Education policies in Senegal? In which ways could strategic governance be improved to remedy the current pitfalls of the system? By extension, I propose as a potential solution the rethinking of the governance approach to higher education by studying the barriers and opportunities of strategic governance in higher education in Senegal. This study is based on both qualitative and quantitative data analysis aiming to understand the considered problems through...
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Analysis of the influence of demographic development on employment and employment policy of elderly people in the Czech Republic
Špirková, Petra ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Nekolová, Markéta (referee)
The thesis "Analysis of the influence of demographic development on employment and employment policy of elderly people in the Czech republic" focuses on the specific position of elderly people in the labour market. In the event of redundancy, they tend to be under threat of long- term unemployment more often and to a greater extent than other groups in the labour market. The thesis describes in detail the current state of employment of elderly people in the Czech Republic and the European Union with respect to demographic trends, which - in addition to other consequences - also have a strong impact on the labour market. The aim of the thesis is to determine the main obstacles preventing greater involvement of elderly people in the labour market in the Czech Republic, and the direction employment policy should take in order to achieve greater efficiency. The basic hypothesis of the thesis is the idea that the implementation of an active employment policy in the Czech Republic is not effective enough in solving the unemployment issues of the elderly. Using four theoretical frameworks, the main deficiencies of the currently implemented employment policy with respect to elderly people and the causes thereof are identified. Theoretical foundations are also applied in discussing possible solutions to the...
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The Legislative Process of the Bill on the Children Group. A Case Study of the Intervention of the Participants.
Jirků, Olga ; Hejzlarová, Eva (advisor) ; Potůček, Martin (referee)
This thesis deals with an implementation of a new public policy tool - child care in the children's group - particularly it examines its origin, evolution and the reasons for its implementation. As the "Children's Group Act" became a new form of the childcare (in the Czech Republic), my participation in the legislation process of the bill adoption served as a motivation for the topic selection of this thesis. The opening part introduces the topic, specifically it studies the past and the present childcare system within the current area of the Czech Republic. Further it acquaints us with tools and remedies allowing for a greater harmonization of a family and work life of parents of infants. In other words, there are discussed theoretical concepts of a private work life harmonization of parents and concepts of equal opportunities of women and men. Moreover, the thesis introduces participants who were entering the negotiation and the adoption processes of the bill in question, either directly or indirectly. The aim of the thesis is to present a case study that would characterize both, the adoption process of the bill and the participants' determination of the final form of the act.
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Change of health insurance in the Czech Republic after 2009 - Institucional Analysis
Vondráčková, Jana ; Háva, Petr (advisor) ; Potůček, Martin (referee)
This diploma thesis focuses on changes in the system of sickness insurance in the Czech Republic since 2009. Based on the analysis of the development of social security in the context of neoliberal capitalism and economic globalization, the aim of the thesis was to reflect the ideological and factual basis and the legitimacy of the institutional change in the sphere of sickness insurance in connection with adoption of Act No. 187/2006 Coll., On sickness insurance and the discovery of socio-economic consequences of these changes. The theoretical basis of this thesis has been the institutional change in the sphere of sickness and the (non) legitimacy of the policy in this sphere of public finance reforms. Other theories have included the relationship of economic and social policy that they have been closely related to the theory of social state. The social state has been the beginning of the subject of aging, globalization and the recession of economic development in the last decades. In the empirical part of the thesis, with the use of the method of institutional analysis, critical discursive analyzes and interviews, the sphere of sickness insurance was examined in connection with the connection with the adoption of Act No. 187/2006 Coll., On sickness insurance and the socio-economic implications of...
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From standards of living to quality of life: changes in analyzing and measuring of development of society after the crisis of 2008 and their projections in political strategies of Western states.
Kopečný, Ondřej ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Loužek, Marek (referee) ; Hartl, Jan (referee)
In this dissertation thesis, I focus on changes in the assessment and measurement of quality of life and development after the crisis of 2008 and the reflection of these changes in the political strategies of Western countries. I follow up on the public debate and on many books and professional articles whose authors dealt with the causes of the crisis, with the reactions of governments and international institutions to its manifestations as well as with its effects on the quality of life of Western society. The thesis aims to find out whether the dramatic events of autumn 2008 led to a more significant change in Western society and its institutions, like many experts, politicians, and public figures expected at the beginning of the crisis. First, I focus in this context on the analysis of institutions, which is based primarily on the study of strategic documents, books, and proceedings published after the crisis as well as on articles published in the world media. Subsequently, I engage in the analysis of social preferences, for which I use data on subjective quality of life collected within the European Quality of Life Survey. The results of the institution's analysis show that economic growth is still considered (even after the crisis) a major condition for the development of Western countries...
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The EU structural funds in the 10 new member states: How they were implemented in the 2004-06 period
Vašáková, Jana ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Jirsová, Pavlína (referee)
The aim of this paper is to analyze the key characteristics of Structural Funds implementation in the 10 New Member States during the 2004-2006 period. The paper introduce the basic information about the Structural Funds, explore the Structural Funds implementation in the individual countries, and at the end it compares and summarizes findings. The main goal of this paper is to introduce Structural Funds and explore how the New Member States utilized them. What were their priority areas for the observed period? How much money individual countries were allocated? How much money they were able to absorb? The Structural Funds are important for the regional development. They fund investments, innovations, and support policies and measurements which should help countries to develop. And because the 10 New Member States were, at the time of accession, less developed than the other Member States, I decided to take a look what opportunities the NMS had in order to improve their situation.
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The Czech Republic pension system - developments after 1989 and its reform
Belčev, Daniel ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Duškov, Ivan (referee)
The present thesis focuses on the analysis of the Czech pension system reform. In order to understand the respective consequences, the analysis is put into the context of the development of the Czech pension system after 1989. In addition to the value aspect, attention is paid to the demographic, legislative, political, economic, social, institutional and international aspects of the pension system, its arrangement, financing and financial sustainability. The comparison of the pension reform implemented by the coalition government of Prime Minister Petr Nečas with the concept of pension reform of the opposition Czech Social Democratic Party by the criteria of budgetary responsibility, quality of life of pensioners, solidarity, social justice, equivalence and resilience of pension reform in time is also emphasised. Theoretical bases include the theory of path dependency, the theory of institutionalism, the welfare state theory, the theory of corporatism and the criterion anchoring of the reform. The present thesis applies the method of analysis of secondary data and the method of comparative analysis. To obtain secondary data, methods of document and data record searching are utilised.
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Investing in Children - Sustainable fertility from the perspectives of generational accounting, social welfare, human capital creation and the free-rider problem, with policy recommendations for the Czech Republic
Zborník, Peter ; Háva, Petr (advisor) ; Potůček, Martin (referee)
This paper seeks to clarify the causes and effects of low fertility in Europe with a special emphasis on the Czech Republic. Instruments to measure fertility and the efficiency of investments in children and human capital are defined. Generational accounting is used to show that low fertility has severe effects on the long-term sustainability of the Czech fiscal system. Social Welfare Stock (SWS) is developed as an alternative to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). SWS-growth is forecasted to be weak unless fertility increases. The main cause of low fertility, are high opportunity costs of children due to Familism and gender regimes. The PAYG pension system is claimed to have abolished the old-age insurance motive for having children. Children bring economic dissatisfaction: "on the basis of a purely economic approach, the optimal number of children for a rational agent is zero" (Stanca 2009). A further cause of low fertility is an inefficient public administration due to corruption, lack of political incentives and budgetary constraints. Proposed policies to increase fertility are: increased share of GDP on child benefits from 2,2% to 2,95, with a higher share of the benefits for young children; child-related pensions; more quality child care for children aged 0-3; parenting training and interventions for...
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