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The welfare state, middle class and democracy - assumptions, risks and solutions
Růžičková, Veronika ; Müller, Karel (advisor) ; Smetanková, Daša (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the welfare state. The first chapter describes the characteristics of the welfare state and its possible different types. The second chapter is concerned with the historical background. The third chapter focuses on the relationship of the welfare state to the middle class and potentional risks which development of the middle class brings. Last, the fourth chapter elaborates one of the proposals for a reform of the welfare state. Specifically, it is focused on Gidden's Third way. This concept is first introduced, followed by critical responses, where a reader learns what above all bothers most opponents of this specific programme.
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Contribution to the Study of Changes in British Social State and its Society within the Governance of Maragret Thatcher and Tony Blair (1979–2007)
Segeťová, Marcela ; Kovář, Martin (advisor) ; Jeřábková, Zdenka (referee)
The aim of my thesis is the analysis of changes of the Welfare State and society in Great Britain during Margaret Thatcher's and Tony Blair's premiership. The first part will focus on the analysis of the Welfare State, which preceded Thatcher's premiership in 1945/51--1979. In the second part I will analyse selected changes that PM Thatcher realized during the years 1979--1990. The third part is a basic analysis of the development of the British Welfare State after the electoral victory of the New Labour led by Tony Blair in 1997. Tony Blair governed Britain until 2007. Second and third parts are focused on the economic impact of unemployment policy and access to state ownership in Great Britain. At the end of my work I will briefly compare these two premierships within approach to the Welfare State.
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Solidarity nad Social Justice in Society
Kankrlík, Tomáš ; Poláková, Olga (advisor) ; Kubelková, Karina (referee)
The paper focuses on the welfare state, which is enjoying the favor on the one hand and facing the strong criticism on the other hand. The work aims to assess the relationship of the social expenditure share in GDP and the GDP growth in the selected European countries, namely Sweden, Germany and Great Britain. Within the solution of this question the work focuses first on the theory of the welfare state and the state intervention approaches applied in the exercise of social policy. Further the work points to the adverse effects of the social policy. In the applied part the paper analyzes the countries in terms of the structure of social expenditures, their share in GDP and the GDP growth in the period. The paper focuses particularly on the relationship of the share of social expenditures in GDP and the GDP growth. In all three cases the demonstration of the dependence of observed variables based on correlation analysis failed. At the conclusion the work provides evaluation of the relationship of the social expenditure share in GDP and the unemployment rate, where the dependence of both indicators was confirmed.
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Social Politics as Power Instrument
ZÁHOŘÍK, Martin
This thesis describes the origin and the development of the social state. It deals with critical voices in terms of the social state functioning and the crisis caused by social and economical changes. The second section zooms in the social policy as a practical activity and as well as a branch of a science. It is focused on leading ideological concepts of the social policy which predetermine a choice and an usage of basic social political concepts. The third section of this thesis is targeted at the term ``political power{\crqq}, the usage of the power and its legitimacy. The fourth section is foremost devoted to political parties in general and furthermore it deals with the development of the Czech party system. In conclusion, it is concerned with contemporary political parties. The last section explains terms such as ``democracy{\crqq} and ``republic{\crqq} in its original and contemporary meanings.
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Attitude of the Public to the Application of the Social Solidarity Principle in the Czech Republic
POTŮČKOVÁ, Barbora
The aim of the thesis was to find out the view of common Czech Republic population on the principle of social and intergenerational solidarity implementation into the society and to find out the rate of confidence of citizens in the state social system. In the theoretical part of my thesis I deal with the principle of the social solidarity, the history of development of the social policy, the social security system and the care about the social security system. I focus on social solidarity target groups and the way of the social security funding, too. My research work is based on the technique of the questionnaire which was performed by questionning in the region of {\clqq} Vysočina land`` via e-mail. I think that I accomplished the stated targets and both hypotheses were proved. Results of the research work are that Czech citizens prove great deal of the social feeling. Conclusions resulted from the research work may serve as warning on the common social tuning and as an indicator of dearth in the social system which would be suitable to solve as the first one.
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Grounds of appeasement policy in Great Britain between wars
Langmajer, Jakub ; Soběhart, Radek (advisor) ; Stellner, František (referee)
In my bachelor work I will try to analyze in light of political, military and economical point of view the grounds of appeasement policy genesis during interwar period in Britain. I used hypothesis of supremacy of domestic policy, which influenced steps following this policy supporters in the interwar period as a measure for final classification of this policy of appeasement. These items arouse a serious discussion even in present-day period. Were the supporters of "apeasement" only cowards, who were not able to defy the growing totalitarian regime danger in the world or were they politicians of vision, who considered future battle as inevitable and therefore they tried to win as much time as possible for rearmament and war preparation.
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Comparison of European social models in terms of their sustainability
Trousilová, Jana ; Durdisová, Jaroslava (advisor) ; Křížek, Josef (referee)
Social policy in individual EU countries are different, but at it's core based on the sharing of basic, social and human values. Based on the level of state involvement in social practice to differentate free respectively four ideal types of social policy defined by Esping-Andersen. There are specific indicators such as economic growth, unemployment rate or the level of social expenditure, which can identify different types and distinguish between the level of state particition. The aim of my work is to analyze the European social model and social behavior of states distinguished by thedifferent models they use (Sweden, Germany, Great Britain and Spain). Defined by the European social model, at a certain abstraction of identifying the essential characteristics of social policy in seleted European countries in order to determine which intellectual concept in the typology of social policy is the closest.
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Norwegian Welfare State and Its Resources
Veselý, Aleš ; Prorok, Vladimír (advisor) ; Lisa, Aleš (referee)
The text deals with the management of the Norway's crude oil and natural gas with a view to financing and sustaining the welfare state. First, the thesis deals with the development and the principle of the Norwegian welfare state. Subsequently, the attention is paid to the cooperation of Norway and the European Union within the European Economic Area, especially in the context of the dependency of the EU on energy imports from Norway.
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The Competitiveness of the Nordic Countries
Valík, Lukáš ; Němcová, Ingeborg (advisor) ; Machytka, Daniel (referee)
This bachelor thesis is divided into three main parts. The first chapter deals with the theme of the welfare state. It explains the definition of this term, outlines general causes of the rise of this form, characterizes existing models of the social policy with focus on the Nordic type, presents some of the opinions of the critics and also deals with the crisis of this concept. The second part is dedicated to the theme of the competitiveness. It includes some of the applied definitions and gives examples of the institutions, which deal with measuring competitiveness. The second chapter focuses on the methodology used by the World Economic Forum. The third part tries to find a connection between the development of the competitiveness and the reduction of the welfare state in Denmark, Finland and Sweden. The procedure is based on the analysis of the development of the competitiveness of these countries according to the Global Competitiveness Reports and on the analysis of the indicators, which help to estimate the development of the typical attributes of the Nordic model of the welfare state.
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Criticism of the Scandinavian welfare state model
Grusserová, Adéla ; Taušer, Josef (advisor) ; Černá, Iveta (referee)
Bachelor thesis Criticism of the Scandinavian welfare state model aims to describe and evaluate the social systems of the countries of Scandinavia. After identification of the welfare state type in these countries it explores in detail the causes of its present crises and its denotations in Scandinavia. The work also focuses on some economic indicators and their values during the last decade and compares them with an average of all developed countries. Finally it evaluates the connection between social system and economic performance o northern countries.
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