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Presidential campaign finance in the US: diminishing role of public funding
Slavíčková, Kristýna ; Kotábová, Věra (advisor) ; Švec, Radek (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on public financing of presidential campaigns in the United States and the fact that after decades of functioning successfully the system's use by presidential candidates diminished and virtually vanished in recent years. The aim of the thesis is to identify the particular reasons for this development and to propose suggestions for changes that would eventually make the system functional and lucrative for the candidates again. It sets forth a comprehensive description and analysis of the legislation and Supreme Court rulings concerning presidential campaign financing as well as an overview of the current state of public campaign finance law. It then examines those presidential elections in which some candidate(s) opted out of the public financing, whether for primary or general elections, and tries to find the reason behind the candidates' decisions to opt out. Based on that it determines the reasons which were a common denominator among the presidential candidates and which caused the diminishment of public financing and categorizes them. At the end it proposes possible solutions to these problems and the possibilities of reforming the public financing of presidential elections.
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The role of the immigration issue in the presidential campaigns of Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007 and 2012
Poláková, Terezie ; Emler, David (advisor) ; Perottino, Michel (referee)
The purpose of my thesis is to analyse the role of the immigration issue in the presidential campaigns of Nicolas Sarkozy in 2007 and 2012. The thesis is divided into two parts. The first part illustrates the subject of this thesis in theory. It describes the development of the immigration question in France after the Second World War, and then addresses the rhetorical style of Sarkozy called "sarkozysme". The second part treats the outcomes of a Computer- assisted Text Analysis, a method described by sociologist Martin Hájek. The result of this process is a schema presenting the co-occurrence of the most frequent words in a text. In the second part, the schemas of the campaign of 2007 and 2012 are examined separately with regards to the role of the word "immigration". In the last chapter, the context and importance of "immigration" is compared. The aim of the thesis is to prove my initial hypothesis that the immigration issue had a negative connotation in the context of Sarkozy's speeches in 2007 and 2012, and that its importance had a growing tendency. The first claim was only partly proven as the immigration issue in 2007 had unexpectedly positive connotations whereas negative ones in 2012. The growth of its importance was proven and demonstrated. Keywords Sarkozy, immigration, presidential...
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Vice Presidency in the U.S. Executive Branch
Dohnal, Vojtěch ; Kotábová, Věra (advisor) ; Kubátová, Hana (referee)
The thesis deals with the vice-president's office of the USA, his powers and his position in the American executive. Considering relatively limited constitutional definition of the vice-presidency, also circumstances of the historic evolution of election this function and issues of vice-president's succession to the presidential office are the subjects of my thesis. The vice-president's selection in the United States of America used to be for many reasons a very important and by the public desirously awaited decision of a presidential candidate before presidential elections. This is the reason, why the thesis deals also with the issue of the impact of the vice-president's nomination on a presidential campaign.
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Energy Security of the United States of America
Jappel, Ctibor ; Kozák, Kryštof (advisor) ; Calda, Miloš (referee)
JAPPEL,
Ctibor.
Energy
Security
of
the
United
States
of
America.
Praha,
2012.
74
s.
Diplomová
práce
(Mgr.),
Univerzita
Karlova,
Fakulta
sociálních
věd,
Institut
mezinárodních
studií.
Katedra
amerických
studií.
Vedoucí
diplomové
práce
PhDr.
et
Mgr.
Kryštof
Kozák,
Ph.
D.
Abstract
The
thesis
deals
with
the
energy
security
of
the
United
States
of
America
at
the
beginning
of
the
21st
century.
The
first
part
of
the
thesis
identifies
energy
security
as
a
relatively
new
concept
in
political
discourse,
whose
meaning
is
not
yet
firmly
defined.
The
goal
of
this
part
is
therefore
to
refine
the
definition
of
energy
security
using
an
analysis
of
the
content
of
relevant
academic
sources.
The
second
part
of
the
thesis
focuses
specifically
on
the
situation
of
the
United
States
of
America.
It
identifies
the
challenges
to
energy
security
the
country
faces,
mainly
the
high
level
of
dependence
on
petroleum
products,
and
provides
an
overview
of
available
solutions.
The
third
part
is
a
case
study
that
deals
with
the
presidential
election
campaign
of
2008.
This
campaign
took
place
during
a
period
of
extremely
high
energy
prices,
and
the
energy
security
proposals
made
by
the
major
candidates
...
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Ukrainian Presidential Election 2004, 2010 and Electoral Geography
Chmelařová, Alžběta ; Voráček, Emil (advisor) ; Koubek, Jiří (referee)
This work aims to describe tendencies in development of Ukraine's electoral geography and characterize Ukrainian voters' behaviour during 2004-2010, with focus on presidential elections 2010. Electorate in Ukraine is regionally divided and this division proved its stability in time, which can be observed in Ukrainian elections since gaining independence. Orange revolution only deepened the division and made regionalism more evident. Presidential elections 2010, first presidential elections after Orange revolution, followed the structure of divided country between west and east and "their" candidates as well. Support of "Orange camp" is decreasing, Viktor Yanukovych, looser from 2004 and antihero came back. The paper provides the reader with explanation of these processes and factors that lead to Mr. Yanukovych's victory. Key words: electoral geography, presidential elections, Ukraine, Yulya Tymoshenko, Viktor Yanukovych, electoral behaviour, Orange revolution, regionalism
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The Political Culture of the Presidential Elections in the Czech Republic
Černá, Vladimíra ; Znoj, Milan (advisor) ; Wintr, Jan (referee)
This thesis deals with the political culture of the presidential elections in the Czech Republic. Its main aim is to compare the state of the political culture in 1993 and 2008 in the Czech Republic in connection with the presidential elections. The study employs analytical and comparative methods. The thesis tests the validity of the hypothesis that the civil maturity of the politicians grows with the duration of the democracy.
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The influence of media to the public administration
Foglová, Leona ; Louda, Tomáš (advisor) ; Matula, Miloš (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with influence of media to public opinion. The main goal of this thesis is to verify or to disprove the hypothesis of the influence of media to the public administration. The quantitative sociological research is applied for finding results of defined hypothesis. The hypothesis says: media influence public opinion and public administration. The other goal of this thesis is to discovery if factors like gender, age or educational background influence how society perceives impact of media. The questionnaire is divided into five age categories and each of them has a different number of respondents. For that reason we can not compare the results but only speculate. After evaluation and analysis of the survey is the hypothesis accepted and these factors are commented.
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Influence of Advertising on Consumer
Vnoučková, Monika ; Hajdíková, Taťána (advisor) ; Trachta, Václav (referee)
The aim of bachelor thesis "The influence of advertising on consumers" is to get awareness of the election campaigns. And in terms of influencing public opinion of the Czech Republic during the election period and also in terms of marketing professionals. At work describes methods of promotion and communication mix. Following is describen the procedure for creating an advertising campaign.
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Financování a efektivnost volebních kampaní
Petřík, Jan
The bachelor thesis deals with problem of effectiveness of resources spent by the various presidential candidates in the presidential campaign 2012/2013. The re-cherché is focused on the presidential elections under the current legislation and the methods of conducting political campaigns. The practical part deals with the amount of media time obtained in the public and private televisions by individual presidential candidates and media time obtained compared with the incurred costs of the campaign of the candidates.
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