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Quantitative Analysis of the Parliamentary Activities of Members of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
Hájek, Lukáš ; Švec, Kamil (advisor) ; Brunclík, Miloš (referee)
Bachelor thesis A Quantitative Analysis of the Parliamentary Activities of Members of the Parliament of the Czech Republic is divided into two parts - the theoretical and the practical. The first part describes the theoretical background of the thesis. The relevant legislation dealing with MPs mandate and content of its activity is delineated in the beginning of the study. Furthermore the text covers the conclusions made by several native Czech political scientists and constitutional lawyers on the topic. The significant part of the thesis is composed of a description of related research using a quantitative method. It provides an inspiration for methodology and further content of the study. The second part of the thesis represents the practical side of the research. A creation of a data set is described by the variable selection with their operationalization and the data collection. The methodical content of the research and development of the data set operational environment are depicted. After that the garnered data are evaluated, at first in terms of individual variables and then by relationships between variables. The evaluation outputs are represented using illustrative tables and charts. To conclude a method to measure the MPs activity rate is created by the formula of the parliamentary...
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Migration and its social construction in approaches of political parties in the Chamber of Deputies in the Czech Republic
Burešová, Zdeňka ; Novotný, Vilém (advisor) ; Jelínková, Marie (referee)
Migration is a phenomenon which has strong impact on the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic is currently under transformation from transit country to immigration country. At the present time the situation is even more complicated because of the migrant crises which impact all of us. I suppose that the Members of Parliament will create social constructions or narratives about migrants during the sitting of parliament. I aim to identify social constructions of migrants that are created by the Czech political parties represented in the Chamber of Deputies since the 2013 election. I will divide social construction into two main groups. Ones belong to migrants and the other ones to refugees. I would like to find out if there are more positive or negative social constructions and how are benefits and punishments distributed to these groups. I would like to discover key narratives of particular political negotiation as well. Theoretical background of this thesis is the social construction of target population theory of Anne Schneider and Helen Ingram. In the manner of Lina Newton's article "It is not a question of being anti-immigrant: Categories of deservedness in immigration policy making", I will use a combination of discursive and narrative analysis as the main method. I will analyse statements and...
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Legislative Behaviour of Deputies in the Czech Republic
Hájek, Lukáš ; Brunclík, Miloš (advisor) ; Kopeček, Lubomír (referee) ; Pink, Michal (referee)
Scrutiny of legislative behaviour of members of parliament (MPs) has a long tradition in Western Europe. Nonetheless, there has been a research gap in the Czech Republic. Thus, the dissertation thesis identifies the most burning and exciting questions and delivers the answers as a collection of to some extent separated but still interconnected studies. To be more specific, I employ quantitative methods of analysis. I deal with the data on all the members of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic who held the mandate between 1993 and 2017. Overall, the original and unique dataset consists of 1,518 legislators and their comprehensive parliamentary activity. The results suggest that two main conflicts drive parliamentary politics - the institutional division between ruling parties and opposition, and the ideological left-right socio-economic dimension. Besides this, the thesis shows that both the age and tenure of the MPs noticeably affect their parliamentary activity. While older and more experienced MPs propose more bills, address more speeches and obtain more intra- parliamentary posts than young novices, the latter group focuses on the work outside of the parliament. Next, the gender differences in the parliamentary activity of Czech legislators resemble patterns from...
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The Process of approval of laws in the Czech Republic
Jabůrek, Lukáš ; Švec, Kamil (advisor) ; Brunclík, Miloš (referee)
This research looks at the process of law approval in the Czech Republic in practice. This covers law proposal, appproval and implementation. The public views the process of approval and discussion in the Chamber of Deputies as protracted and inefficient resulting in postponing of some important laws. This research therefore aims to find which means the deputies especially the Members of Parliament, can use to influence the process of law approval and to what extent they actually use them. In relation to the main research question the theoretical part will focus on detailed analysis of the Constitution of the Czech Republic. In particular the part which explains the law approval process and competence of deputies The literature will also include the Rules of Procedure of the Chamber of Deputies. The analytical part will be dedicated to 3 specific examples of law approval (from the election period 2013-2017), its progress, amendatory proposals and voting in the Chamber of Deputies. It will possibly also mention reactions of the Senate and the President of the Czech Republic. In all 3 instances the research will try to answer the research question and summarise how the deputies use their competence in practice and how they influence the law approval process. Finally, practical suggestions which...
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Migration and its social construction in approaches of political parties in the Chamber of Deputies in the Czech Republic
Burešová, Zdeňka ; Novotný, Vilém (advisor) ; Jelínková, Marie (referee)
Migration is a phenomenon which has strong impact on the Czech Republic. The Czech Republic is currently under transformation from transit country to immigration country. At the present time the situation is even more complicated because of the migrant crises which impact all of us. I suppose that the Members of Parliament will create social constructions or narratives about migrants during the sitting of parliament. I aim to identify social constructions of migrants that are created by the Czech political parties represented in the Chamber of Deputies since the 2013 election. I will divide social construction into two main groups. Ones belong to migrants and the other ones to refugees. I would like to find out if there are more positive or negative social constructions and how are benefits and punishments distributed to these groups. I would like to discover key narratives of particular political negotiation as well. Theoretical background of this thesis is the social construction of target population theory of Anne Schneider and Helen Ingram. In the manner of Lina Newton's article "It is not a question of being anti-immigrant: Categories of deservedness in immigration policy making", I will use a combination of discursive and narrative analysis as the main method. I will analyse statements and...
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Quantitative Analysis of the Parliamentary Activities of Members of the Parliament of the Czech Republic
Hájek, Lukáš ; Švec, Kamil (advisor) ; Brunclík, Miloš (referee)
Bachelor thesis A Quantitative Analysis of the Parliamentary Activities of Members of the Parliament of the Czech Republic is divided into two parts - the theoretical and the practical. The first part describes the theoretical background of the thesis. The relevant legislation dealing with MPs mandate and content of its activity is delineated in the beginning of the study. Furthermore the text covers the conclusions made by several native Czech political scientists and constitutional lawyers on the topic. The significant part of the thesis is composed of a description of related research using a quantitative method. It provides an inspiration for methodology and further content of the study. The second part of the thesis represents the practical side of the research. A creation of a data set is described by the variable selection with their operationalization and the data collection. The methodical content of the research and development of the data set operational environment are depicted. After that the garnered data are evaluated, at first in terms of individual variables and then by relationships between variables. The evaluation outputs are represented using illustrative tables and charts. To conclude a method to measure the MPs activity rate is created by the formula of the parliamentary...
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Legal guarantees ensuring independent exercise of the parliamentary mandate
Částková, Eva ; Reschová, Jana (advisor) ; Jičínský, Zdeněk (referee) ; Gronský, Ján (referee)
This PhD. thesis is dedicated to the legal regulation of instruments presenting guarantees of the independence of the member of parliament during the performance of his/her functions. The aim of this thesis is in particular to present a comprehensive picture of the topic concerning protection of independent performance of the parliamentary mandate, evaluate the Czech legal regulation in force and, last but not the least, to find an answer to the question to what extent is the Czech legal regulation in force complete and effective as well as present possible alternatives de lege ferenda. Member of parliament must be independent with regard to all aspects of the exercise of his/her mandate. Independency of the member of parliament is necessary precondition for his/her ability to exercise the mandate in such a way, which will enable him/her to face external pressures, not only from the state bodies, but also from other subjects or phenomenons. Instruments protecting independent performance of the mandate also support the possibility of members of parliament to fulfil their role freely and as a result to constitute working parliament. Presented PhD. thesis deals with the topic of parliamentary immunity, particular focus is put on the part presenting protection of freedom of voting and freedom of...
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STatute for Members of the European Parliament: Study 1.200
Pulda, Jan
Evropský parlament svým rozhodnutím ze dne 28. září 2005 přijal nový statut poslanců Evropského parlamentu (2005/684/ES) s účinností od 14. července 2009. Statut se zabývá primárně otázkami poslaneckých náhrad, penzí, danění příjmu poslanců Evropského parlamentu, individuálními platbami apod.
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Code of conduct in parliaments of EU countries: Studz 1.205
Němec, Jan
Práce se zabývá druhy etických kodexů používaných v politické sféře, např. kodexy politických stran nebo předvolebních kampaní, hlavní pozornost je věnována kodexům chování přijatých v zákonodárných sborech ve vztahu k působení poslanců. Jsou uvedeny argumenty pro a proti zavádění takových kodexů a na základě rozboru existujících kodexů v irském, polském a britském parlamentu blíže představen obsah a sankční mechanismy. Přiloženy jsou texty etických kodexů zákonodárných sborů tří výše uvedených parlamentních komor (v původním znění).
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