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Voting behaviour of the Czechs: Case study of Czech voters from 2000
Kopáčová, Natálie ; Vymětal, Petr (advisor) ; Husák, Jan (referee)
The bachelor thesis focuses on the definition of social, economic and political factors, which affect the voting behaviour and its significance from voter's point of view. The aim of the thesis is to analyse the voting behaviour of voters in the Czech Republic from 2000 as well as to cover the topic of voter absence and reasons for that. The first two parts of the work are dealing with scientific theories and findings about factors that have an impact on voter's behaviour and voter turnout. The third part is strictly practical, as it analyses the influences affecting the behaviour of Czech voters.
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The potential impact of the electronic voting on voter turnout in the Czech republic
Vondráková, Kateřina ; Lechner, Tomáš (advisor) ; Pěkná, Jitka (referee)
The Master's Thesis deals with a potential impact of an introduction of the electronic voting on voter turnout of university students. First section focuses on theoretical foundation and academic debate of this subject. Additionally the current level of implementation of the electronic voting in the Czech Republic, Estonia and worldwide is explored. The hypothesis is formulated as a question whether the introduction of the electronic voting could potentially influence voter turnout of university students. The study is based on a questionnaire survey.
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Stability of Incumbents in the Parliament of the Czech Republic
Mareček, Jan Lukáš ; Němec, Jan (advisor) ; Kuta, Martin (referee)
The thesis deals with the personal stability of the Czech Parliament in the period after 1993 when the Czech Republic was founded. The author assumes a better orientation in both organizational and procedural issues of reelected representatives. The aim of this thesis is to explore what factors have influenced the rate of reelection of MPs and Senators and how these are subsequently reflected in the personal structure of both Chambers. Using a quantitative analysis, the author tests the hypothesis that the rate of reelection will be higher in the Senate due to the majority voting system which is more personalized than the proportional one used in the Chamber of Deputies. The hypothesis was tested in the Committees analogically. Furthermore, the author tests if the current level of voter turnout influences the final election results and the rate of reelection, respectively. The text is divided into three chapters. The thesis is composed of a common structure heading from a theoretical background towards empirical analysis.
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Participation of citizens in public life in rural municipality
NIGLIAZZO, Hana
The title of this bachelor work is The participation of citizens in public life in rural municipality. The work deals with a case study of the village Čížová. The thesis is divided into two parts the theoretical part and the practical part. The theoretical part consists of four chapters that deal specifically with the introduction of rural communities in Bohemia, their legislation and an analysis of the components of the electoral system. In crucial chapter of literature review, the reader learns what the factors that influence voting behaviour and the turnout are. The last chapter discusses civic participation and the possibility of association of citizens under current legislation. The first chapter of the practical part presents the village Čížová from different perspectives. The next chapter analyses the local political system that represent especially candidates without party affiliation in a village with a size like that. The following chapter discusses the turnout in the village. In the village there works a huge variety of federal activities that have a long tradition.
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Geographical research of the peripheral region of Kaplice with a focus on social capital
SVOBODA, Radek
This diploma thesis deals with a geographical research of the peripheral region of Kaplice with the orientation on social capital. The administrative district of municipality is located in the southern part of South Bohemia in the district of Český Krumlov. The diploma thesis consists of two parts. The theoretical part concentrates on the terms like social capital, periphery and on the basic geographical characteristic of the monitored area. The subsequent practical part deals with the specific research that consists of the analysis of secondary data and survey. All acquired data are processed and presented in the form of tables and graphs with following evaluation and comparison of results with other similar researches.
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Geographical research Volary peripheral region with a focus on social capital
AUFRECHTOVÁ, Dita
This thesis deals with the research Volary peripheral region with a focus on social capital. The region is a territory administrative districts of Volary located in southwestern Bohemia in protected area and national park Šumava. This is a community Volary, Lenora, Zbytiny, Stožec, Želnava, Křišťanov and Nová Pec. The work consists of two parts. The theoretical section in each chapter deals with a brief overview of the issue of regionalization of space and social capital as well as basic geographic characteristics of the monitored area. The practical part of the thesis focuses on specific research that has been carried out on the basis of an analysis of secondary data and survey. The obtained data are processed and presented in the form of tables and graphs with subsequent evaluation and comparing the results with similar studies that have been made.
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How unemployment affects the behavior of voters?
Kdolská, Veronika ; Lahvička, Jiří (advisor) ; Brožová, Dagmar (referee)
This thesis deals with the influence of unemployment on the voting behavior of citizens. It mainly focuses on the elections to the Chamber of Deputies of Czech Republic in 2006 and 2010. The fixed effects method was applied to the panel data using 133 territorial units. Through the application of models I found that the increase of unemployment by 1 percentage point will increase the share of votes for left-wing parties by 0.23 percentage point within the valid votes cast, while the increase of the proportion of votes for right-wing parties is 0.48 percentage point. Unemployment decreases the share of votes for the centerist and small parties. That indicates that unemployment polarizes electorate towards large parties. The results show that the unemployment is slightly more advantageous for the right, but has no significant effect on the election results. Its effect on voter turnout was not proven. Other results indicate that "nicer" weather during elections diverts electorate from small and centrist parties.
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The use and the consequences of electronic voting in Estonia
Pelíšková, Dana ; Němec, Jan (advisor) ; Vymětal, Petr (referee)
Europe has faced to the long-term falling voter turnout, particularly of the young generations presenting the most numerous group of absentee voters, and this trend should be changed by electronic voting. Many European states have already introduced pilot projects of electronic elections, but the only state in the world, where the nationwide electronic elections have taken place, is Estonia. The Estonian case became the subject of my thesis. The thesis deals specifically with the political consequences of the introduction of electronic voting and if the arguments for introducing electronic voting were really fulfilled.
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EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
VÁCLAVOVÁ, Zuzana
ANNOTATION Thepresentdoctoral thesis explorestheEuropeanParliament as theonlyonedirectlyelectedinstitutionoftheEuropean Union as taughtwithintheeducationalsubject "Education to citizenship". Theintroductorypartsofthedoctoral thesis engage in thehistoricalcontextofintegrationoftheEuropean Union and formationoftheParliamentaryAssembly ECSC. Thefollowingchaptersexaminetheissueofthefirst direct electionintotheEuropeanParliament, itsformation, development and reasonswhytheEuropeans' interest to vote in the said transnational institution is on the decline. To furtherclarifycircumstancesofEuropeanelections in the Czech Republic, oneofthechaptersinvestigates these problems. Theother part ofthedoctoral thesis provides a viewintothe Czech curricularreform, whichsupportstheEuropeandimension in education and thepositionoftheEuropeanParliament in lessonsoftheeducationalsubject "Education to citizenship". Theconcluding part analyses a questionnairesurvey in whichteachersoftheeducationalsubject "Education to citizenship" forsecondaryschools in theSouth Bohemian region participated. Thedoctoral thesis isbased on national and foreignliterature and otherdocumentarysources.
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