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Reconstruction of the Puerto Rican energy grid after hurricane Maria and the 2020 earthquake: A comparative analysis of the different options of grid restructuring, the involved stakeholders and the political feasibility.
Hartmann, Robert ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Nekola, Martin (referee)
CHARLES UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Institute of Political Studies Department of Political Science Master's Thesis 2021 Robert Hartmann 78525080@fsv.cuni.cz ii CHARLES UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Institute of Political Studies Department of Political Science 4 Years after Hurricane Maria - An institutional analysis of the Puerto Rican energy sector in regard to the stagnant energy transition Master's thesis Author: Robert Hartmann Study program: International Economics and Political Studies Supervisor: Professor PhDr. Martin Potůček, CSc., M.Sc. Year of the defense: 2021 Abstract: Error! No text of specified style in document. iii Abstract While initiatives across the globe started to combat and mitigate climate change, their effort and ability differ significantly, especially in regard to the abilities to transform the energy sector as one of the biggest emitters in our society. Thus, transitioning away from the current global energy system is of paramount importance and drivers, as well as obstacles for a successful transition must be identified. The transition towards low-carbon, more resilient and reliable energy systems does require more than changes in technologies as the process is also shaped by changes in the rules and regulations which govern energy systems. This thesis will...
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Third-country Young Immigrants' Transition to Work and Activation Policies in Europe: A comparative case of Austria, Czech Republic, and Finland.
Esien, Eddy Bruno ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Winkler, Jiří (referee) ; Hiekischová, Michaela (referee)
in English. Eddy Bruno Esien, Dissertation Thesis The purpose of this dissertation seeks to find out how young third country immigrants` transition from welfare to all types of work take place in Austria, Finland, and the Czech Republic and how is the role of their employment services in work-related activation programs implementation to smoothing this process. The thesis consists of an Introduction and sixteen included articles. The dissertation is based on a qualitative cross-national comparative fewer case study approach, in which both primary and secondary data were collected for analysis. The main research question was: How does young third country immigrants` transition from welfare to all types of work take place in Austria, Finland, and the Czech Republic and what is the role of their employment services in work-related activation programmes implementation to smoothing this process? In more detail research questions included: (a) the roles of the governments, public and private employment service agencies in the implementation of work-related activation program to enable young third country immigrant's transition from welfare to all types of work in Austria, Finland and the Czech Republic; (b) the relationships between the public and private employment service agencies and the Governments in...
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Support of youth civic engagement in the Czech Republic: National Youth Strategy for years 2014-2020
Znamenáčková, Alena ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Jelínková, Marie (referee)
The main topic of this thesis is the support of youth participation in the Czech Republic and related national youth policy, as defined in the National Youth Strategy for the years 2014- 2020. The aim of this thesis is to analyze and evaluate the process of creation, implementation and evaluation of this Strategy. Furthermore, the fulfillment of the strategic goal SC8, which focuses on the support of active involvement of young people, is evaluated. The thesis also includes an analysis of key actors, an informalized analysis of discourses related to youth policy and international comparison. Aims of the Strategy 2014-2020 were fulfilled through several implementation tools. The main tools were state grant programs for work with children and youth for NGOs, subsidy programs at the regional level, the Erasmus + program and cooperation with the NN LAG Czech Republic. The analysis of the Strategy evaluation process showed that the real process differed in some respects from the original plan. Monitoring of the fulfillment of strategic goals of the Strategy 2014-2020 should be provided by thematic groups, which, however, disintegrated during the validity of the Strategy. The deadline for the overall evaluation of the Strategy was postponed to June 2021. The biggest problem of the Strategy 2014-2020 was...
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A Social Enterprise Law As Means To Combat Social Exclusion
Kolář, Šimon ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Stehlík, Petr (referee)
Thesis "Analysis of legislative and social conditions of supporting social entepreneurship in the Czech Republic" delves into the issue of social entepreneurship in the Czech Republic. The main aim of the thesis is to analyze both social and legislative conditions that actors use to battle social exclusion through social entepreneurship in the Czech Republic. To achieve this, a case study needed to be exercised; interviews with actors from both employers and employees of these businesses were carried out. Moreover, issues that these businesses have to deal with were identified and are described as well as benefits for the target population. Furthermore, conditions that have to be met in order to receive funding from the ESF are described. The way these conditions are designed and ultimately evaluated is discussed in detail. Using actor centered institutionalism, actors that take part in discussions regarding the legislation, which is currently being prepared, are identified and described. Interactions between these actors are discussed and, additionally, recommendations for the further development of social entepreneurship in the Czech Republic are being put forward.
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Czech Pension System Sustainability: How to Complement the PAYG System?
Mikušek, Vít ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Kotrusová, Miriam (referee)
Práce se zabývá vybranými návrhy na zavedení veřejnoprávní podoby penzijního fondu jako doplňku k průběžnému systému, které se objevují v českém veřejně-politickém diskurzu. Tyto návrhy podrobuje vzájemnému srovnání z hlediska parametrických rozdílů navrhovaného opatření. Na základě textové analýzy návrhů byly identifikovány dva možné způsoby alokace depozit penzijním fondem, které byly podrobeny analýze hypotetického dopadu na veřejné finance při zahrnutí státní garance nezáporného reálného výnosu. První možnost vychází z předpokladu stejných legislativních podmínek se soukromými účastnickými fondy, a spočívá v možnosti fondu investovat depozita na finančních trzích. Jako optimální se ukázala vyvážená investiční strategie, která v období 2013-2019 dokázala účastnickým fondům zajistit dostatečnou výnosnost k překonání inflace při relativně nízké míře rizika. Druhým možným způsobem alokace je smluvní financování vládních investic za úrok ve výši inflace. Na základě testu Grangerovy kauzality a vektorového modelu korekce chyb nebylo prokázáno, že by vládní investice statisticky významně ovlivňovaly budoucí hodnoty HDP v dlouhém období. Z hlediska míry rizika zvýšeného deficitu veřejných financí se tak pro případný státní fond jako optimální jeví vyvážená investiční strategie při alokaci prostředků na...
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Universal basic income as a political concept and unfulfilled social reality
Navrátil, Marek ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Jelínková, Marie (referee)
The master's thesis Universal basic income as a political concept and unfulfilled social reality puts focus on the concept of universalism in social policy and the possibilities of introducing its elements in the Czech Republic. The global discussion of the philosophy of social support and the popularised idea of unconditional financial transfers from the state to all citizens are thus translated into the Czech environment. The goal is to evaluate the instances hitherto applied at home and abroad, consider the perks and shortcomings of universal income, set the discussion within the contemporary Czech social framework, and assess whether it is realistic to implement reforms of this kind. The first chapter describes universal income as a concept, the second evaluates the history of universalism in the Czech Republic, the third provides an overview of the current Czech social system, and the fourth ponders possible avenues of implementing universalist reforms. The thesis aims to verify two hypotheses: the first one is to determine to which extent previous forms of universalism in the Czech environment proved to be successful; the second deals with the possibility and merits of introducing further blanket instruments in 2020. In both cases, the research puts emphasis on cash transfers to the...
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The role of selected companies in work-life balance of employees, focusing on the concept of corporate social responsibility
Kavalová, Aneta ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Pýchová, Silvie (referee)
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the role of selected companies in the area of work-life balance of employees, with a focus on the concept of corporate social responsibility. The issue of reconciliation both parts of life has recently become a topic that attracts more and more attention as there has been an incresed number of people facing struggles in this area. Therefore, in the first part of the thesis the topic of work-life balance was put into social context, subsequently into the context of public and social policy and finally also to the concept of corporate social responsibility which represents a framework through which the work-life balance issue is viewed. There are lots of actors influencing one's possibilities regarding reconciliation of work and personal life, however, employers are one of the most significant ones. The thesis thus focuses on two companies with a different scope of work-life balance policy in a form of case study. The first aim of the research that was conducted within this thesis was to provide a comprehensive view of the approaches towards work-life balance policy of the selected companies through data obtained from semi-structure interviews with relevant representatives of both companies, these data were subsequently analyzed through optics of the...
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Family Policy in the Context of New Social Risks
Waloszek, Tomáš ; Potůček, Martin (referee)
The aim of the rigorosum thesis is to understand the way whether and how (what discourses) strategic documents of family policy of the Czech Republic construct new social risks. The presented rigorosum deals with family policy and the parallel phenomenon of new social risks. The structure of society is changing. Together with the new structure of society, new social risks and new kinds of social problems emerge. The question is whether this fact reflects the family policy of the Czech Republic. The thesis discusses whether family policy at all takes into account (what way) the new social risks faced by families with children. In its sub-project, however, it does not neglect the role of social work. On an epistemological basis of social constructionism is in the thesis of qualitative research strategy used method of analysis of documents. Methodologically, it is a discourse analysis, one of the possibility of discourse-analytical research is chosen a critical discourse analysis. The thesis is therefore subjected to a critical discursive analysis of strategic family policy documents (2005- 2017), with the specification of the Czech Republic. Keywords Family; Family policy; New social risks; Post-industrial society; Social work with family; Discourse; Discursive analysis; Critical discourse analysis
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The political dimension of social exclusion of elderly people as a result of the digital divide
Chmelíková, Tereza ; Kotrusová, Miriam (advisor) ; Potůček, Martin (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the phenomenon of the digital divide and its influence on the quality of life of seniors. The digital divide - a product of the modern information society - is one of the major factors influencing the social exclusion of elderly people. The theoretical part of theses introduces the concept of active aging as a way of successful solving problems associated with the population ageing, as well as a prevention of the exclusion of seniors from both society and participation in public affairs. The author mainly focuses on the issue of how are seniors in the Czech Republic at risk of exclusion as a result of digital exclusion. In the practical part, the present level of digital literacy of Czech seniors is explored. Following qualitative research - semi-structured interviews with experts - aims to find out whether the digital divide represents a social problem for the elderly people in the Czech Republic that contributes to their inequal position among the society, or even causes their exclusion from the participation in governance, and consequently, reduces the quality of their lives.
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