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Attitudes of Slovaks towards Hungarian minority
Papcunová, Kristína ; Podaná, Zuzana (advisor) ; Sládek, Jan (referee)
This paper deals with the attitudes of Slovak majority against the Hungarian minority living in Slovakia, and the extent to which these attitudes are changing under the influence of the generation gap. In the theoretical part of the work is firstly defined meaning, origin and function of key concepts. The theoretical part as well summarizes the passage dedicated to the research methodology of attitudes. The main objective of the empirical probe, focusing purely on the citizens of Slovak nationality, is to determine what approach is taken by the respondents against the Hungarian minority. The results of the investigation confirm the significant impact of generational assumptions, especially in matters of historical context. Due to the fact that the sample is not representative, the nature of this work purely exploratory.
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Relations of Czechoslovakia and Hungary through the years 1918-1939 (Tendencies in the development of Czechoslovak-Hungarian relations through the years 1918-1939)
Pejša, Robert ; Chmel, Rudolf (advisor) ; Kiss, Csaba Gy (referee) ; Randák, Jan (referee)
In its evaluation of the main political and cultural-social tendencies of the Czechoslovak-Hungarian interwar relations, this dissertation aims to introduce a new approach to investigating the forms, shapes and perspectives of relations that in the crucial period between 1925 and 1932 reflected a sphere that was far more significant than the political and economic spheres (these only reflected the current interests of individual policies). This sphere, bringing an entirely new perspective on research of Czechoslovak-Hungarian relations, was the internal level of the Czechoslovak-Hungarian relationship - the relationship between Czechoslovak society and its internal policy regarding activities of the Hungarian minority. In this period, there was a diametric difference between these activities and official Hungarian policy. This dissertation attempts to point out that which has until now been ignored: in terms of internal organization and foreign policy goals, the two states were distinctly incompatible (during the whole period between 1918 and 1939), whereas the internal Czechoslovak-Hungarian relations (the evolving relationship between the majority and minority) indicated that there existed areas and population groups that could have allowed for gradual cultural and social convergence occurring...
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Government's policy towards national minorities in Slovakia
Smetanková, Daša ; Reschová, Jana (advisor) ; Mansfeldová, Zdenka (referee) ; Čáky, Milan (referee)
The thesis deals with the government's policy towards national minorities in Slovakia after 1993. It focuses on policies towards the two most populous minorities in Slovakia (Hungarian and Roma minority) mainly in two key spheres -- culture and education. The aim of the thesis is to evaluate the development of the minority policy towards Hungarians and Roma people and to asses individual factors that causes its changes. The goal is also to compare the approach of government coalitions towards these two minorities. The continuity of these policies is mainly observed. Policies can be influenced by internal and external factors. International organizations -- Council of Europe, European Union and OSCE -- and Hungarians are set as external factors and different government coalition in Slovakia as internal. Last question that thesis deals with is if the triadic nexus (as characterized by Rogers Brubaker) between nationalism of Slovak government, Hungary and Hungarian minority in Slovakia can influence also minority policy towards Roma. Despite all these factors that have an influence on government's minority policy after 1993 in Slovakia, it is continual.
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The status of the Hungarian minority in Slovakia after November 1989
Žihlavníková, Martina ; Müller, Karel (advisor) ; Smetanková, Daša (referee)
With the dissolution of Czechoslovakia, the share of minorities in the total population increased and minority issues in Slovakia became highlighted. Integration and acceptance of the Hungarian minority in Slovakia, as a democratic country, is one of Slovakia's key priorities. Opinions on the so called "Hungarian question" change throughout the political spectrum. The composition of the government has therefore an effect on minority policies in Slovakia. The objective of this work lies mainly in the analysis of the status of the Hungarian minority in Slovakia after 1989. The primary goal is to examine how the position of the Hungarian minority changed, depending on the government. The thesis consists of two main parts. The first part will present theoretical knowledge on the issue of minority protection. The core of the other descriptive-analytical part is to examine an attitude of each government to the Hungarian minority. The status of the Hungarian minority in Slovakia will be presented at a cultural and civic-political level.
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