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The reform of the electoral system of the Czech Republic 1998-2000
Čejchan, Jakub ; Bureš, Jan (advisor) ; Koubek, Jiří (referee)
The bachelor thesis "The Reform of the Electoral System of the Czech Republic 1998-2000" deals with the topic of electoral system change enacted in the framework of the ODS-ČSSD so-called "opposition agreement". The thesis focuses mainly on the aspect of electoral mechanism and the way how partial changes of this mechanism can influence overall outputs of the system. The first part of the thesis offers a basic characterization of proportional systems and explanation of important proportional system variables affecting final electoral outcomes. The second part concentrates on particular aspects of the electoral reform accepted within the opposition agreement. It describes circumstances leading to the decision of both ODS and ČSSD to change the electoral system. Also, it analyses the shape of the former electoral system and its changes which were subsequently performed. The last part centres on the constitutionality of the electoral reform and clarifies why the Constitutional Court ultimately declared it unconstitutional.
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Euroscepticism and the Civic Democratic Party: party basis?
Ryjáčková, Lenka ; Bureš, Jan (advisor) ; Buben, Radek (referee)
The Bachelor thesis "Euroscepticism and the Civic Democratic Party: Party Basis" deals with Euroscepticism as a dynamic phenomenon of party and intraparty system. The thesis in this way brings the critical reflection of recent classification typologies regarding the positions of political parties towards the European Union and European integration. Dynamic factors which influence the molding of party opinion are demonstrated on the example of the Civic Democratic Party (ODS). The thesis puts emphasis on the intraparty structure within the context of the organization and ideological reflection of the European issue in the organization. The question that the thesis attempts to answer, is if Euroscepticism in the ODS will be the cause of an institutionalization of a party basis inside the party, and which representation in the party it has.
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Comparison of the Czech right parties: Civic Democratic Alliance and Christian Democratic Party in the early 1990s
Hanáček, Vladimír ; Bureš, Jan (advisor) ; Koubek, Jiří (referee)
Při úvaze o vývoji české politiky v pravé části lineární osy stranicko- politického kontinua jsme nutně konfrontováni s několika složitostmi. Zaprvé je nutné definovat, jak rozumíme vůbec pojmu "politická pravice". Tento pojem může být definován pozitivně, tj. jako politický proud, kladoucí důraz na tradici, obhajující dosavadní sociální diferenciaci a vládu elit, kladoucí důraz na vládu zákona, nezávislé soudy, tržní principy v ekonomické a princip rovnováhy sil v zahraničně- politické oblasti. Takovýto výklad by však byl nadmíru obecný1 a nezohlednil by podstatné vývojové distinkce, kterými pomyslný prostor z ideového i historického hlediska prošel za posledních 160 let. Tyto distinkce jsou pak dále podmíněny rovněž geograficky. Je tak možno k definici přistoupit i negativním způsobem a určit rozlišovací kritérium, na bázi kterého lze lépe vymezit rozdíl mezi politickou pravicí a politickou levicí.
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Political system of Slovak Republic (1939-1945) - typology of undemocratic regime in comparative analysis
Kmošena, Jakub ; Bureš, Jan (advisor) ; Janas, Karol (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the issue of political system of Slovak republic in 1939-1945. Main historical background and events leading to creation of independent state are described at first place. The position of Slovakia in the first Czechoslovak republic but especially in the so-called second republic with special attention for formation of autonomous Slovak land as a precondition for independent Slovak republic is mentioned. The core of this work is based on detailed analyses of specified political system. In several chapters we deal with Slovak constitution, state power sharing and description of legislature, executive and jurisdiction. In other chapters we analyze public administration and political police (Ústredňa štátnej bezpečnosti). Special attention is also dedicated to inner-regime cleavages and few of pressure groups, which appeared inside. Detailed description of party system and main political party - Hlinka's Slovak People Party is following. At the end, classification of regime according to modern theories of fascism and conceptualization based on term "fascization" of Aristotle A. Kallis is offered.
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The role of the senate in the Czech political system from 1996 to 2006
Kouřimský, Jan ; Wintr, Jan (advisor) ; Bureš, Jan (referee)
The aim of this bachelor's work is to introduce a political and organization development of the upper chamber of the Czech Parliament. The monitored period includes mainly the operation of the chamber from 1996 to 2006 but as well the political negotiations forgoing the establishment of the Czech Senate. The work evaluates an activity and cooperation of the Senate with the Chamber of Deputies within the legislative field during the individual function periods, the senate initiative regarding the acceptance of own draft laws, negotiations regarding naming of new constitutional judges. Another point is a familiarization with the profession qualification of individual senators, familiarization with its influence on functioning of the upper chamber and with the prospective impacts on the Senate shape in the future. In the final part this work assesses the election results and composition of the political senate clubs during the individual chamber function periods. A part of this work creates an elementary analysis of the voters election behavior and of the reasons that can lead to a weak participation in elections. There are proposed recommendations for a possible chamber transformation and for increasing of the citizen's interest in functioning of the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic.
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Permanent campaign as an instrument of political marketing in the Czech republic, comparative analysis ČSSD and ODS in 2006-2009
Fišerová, Iva ; Bureš, Jan (advisor) ; Polášek, Martin (referee)
Permanent campaign represents a new way of organising political campaigns. Even though the first appearances of permanent campaign occurred in USA at the end of 60's, the first occurrences in Europe and particularly in the Czech republic were discovered not long-ago. The aim of this paper is to define the permanent campaign, classify it within the field of political marketing and describe its main attributes and appearances. The second part of the essay focuses on marketing activities of Czech political parties, precisely ČSSD and ODS. On the example of this parties, the author shows the forms of permanent campaign in the Czech republic.
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Consociational democracy in contemporary perspective
Procházka, Libor ; Koubek, Jiří (advisor) ; Bureš, Jan (referee)
The bachelor thesis "Consociational Democracy in Contemporary Perspective"pursues, as the name suggests the consociational democracy model. It attempts to make readers acquainted both with the theory and with some of the critique that has been made during four decades. Consociational democracy appears in 1960-ies as a rather narrow empirical model that was to explain stability in plural societies; it nevertheless radically changes and transfers itself in much more ambitious theory. This is recognized and described by the essay.
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Czechoslovak transition to democracy from constitutional view
Bartonička, Jan ; Bureš, Jan (advisor) ; Koubek, Jiří (referee)
This thesis concentrates on the first phase of the Czechoslovak transition to democracy (1989-1990). It tries to describe the most important changes in the country's constitution which took place in this famous eventful period of Czechoslovak history. It starts with the description of the character of the communist state and law. After that, it takes closer look at the country's modern constitutional history. In the second part of the thesis, it is dealt with the evolvement of the Czechoslovak constitution after the fall of the communist regime. It tries to sketch the transformation of the parliament, government and presidency. Then, I represent the lustration laws and other problems connected with facing the country's past. My thesis ends with some notes on the most interesting findings.
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Quality of life of Crohn's disease patients
Gabalec, Libor ; Bureš, Jan (advisor) ; Dítě, Petr (referee) ; Hep, Aleš (referee)
Introduction The assessment of the quality of life in chronic diseases has become greatly extended over the past few decades. The main uses for Quality of life measures in clinical practice are identifying and prioritizing problems, facilitating communication, screening for hidden problems, monitoring changes or responses to treatment Objective The objective was to assess the quality of life of Crohn's disease patients from 2 Czech centres by means of Czech versions of the general WHOQOL-BREF (World Health Organization Quality of Life - shortened version) and specific quality of life questionnaire IBDQ (Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire), to compare the quality of life of patients with an active disease and in remission, and to compare the quality of life with the common Czech population. Methods and results 103 patients with Crohn's disease underwent a survey performed by means of 2 Czech versions of the quality of life questionnaires. The disease activity was assessed by means of the activity index CDAI (Crohn's disease activity index). The set consisted of 53 men and 50 women; the average age of patients was 42 years. An increased activity was found in 45 patients; 58 patients were in remission. The average CDAI score was 232.0 (SD=58.0) and the score in remission was 78.3 (SD=40.4). By...
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