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Different policies of the governing parties and the opposition on pension reform (government period 2021-2025)
Niedermaier, Vojtěch ; Stauber, Jakub (advisor) ; Hájek, Lukáš (referee)
The thesis focuses on the different policies of current government parties and the opposition regarding pension reform. The author extensively introduced the functioning of the pension system generally through three well-known schemes: the Beveridge and Bismarck models, the two-component scheme according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, and the three-pillar scheme. The three-pillar scheme is used by the author to define systems throughout the thesis. The author further presented the functioning of the pension system specifically within the Czech Republic, along with its development and a detailed analysis of changes made or planned by the current government under Petr Fiala. They also examined the functioning of pension systems in selected countries, specifically focusing on three European states: the Netherlands, Germany, and Sweden. The research involves comparing individual political parties based on codes defined by the author from data extracted from interviews with various political actors. The main finding of the thesis is the uncovering of differences in perspectives and approaches of the analyzed political parties to the issue of pension reform. The thesis deals with a socially, medially and politically attractive topic, which allows for countless further...
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UKIP and FPÖ, comparative analysis of party-based euroscepticism
Nováčková, Kateřina ; Polášek, Martin (advisor) ; Bíba, Jan (referee)
The focus of the bachelor thesis is Euroscepticism and radical right parties. At first, the thesis describes the origins and roots of contemporary Euroscepticism, the next step is to present the main theoretical approaches. Based on that, the theoretical framework will be introduced. The aim is to define to which type of Euroscepticism belong United Kingdom Independence Party and Freedom Party of Austria and compare their manifestos during the period 2009-2014.
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Catalan identity and nationalism from the perspective of Catalan and Spanish political parties between 2014 and 2017
Pěkná, Adéla ; Kasáková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Tomalová, Eliška (referee)
The period from 2014 to 2017 was marked in Catalonia by many events and tensions surrounding independence issues. This work "Catalan identity and nationalism from the perspective of Catalan and Spanish political parties between 2014 and 2017" aims to find out how identity themes are captured in the programs of political parties across the entire political spectrum in Catalonia, i. e. in the programs of both national and Catalan parties, and whether the processing of these themes leads to a clear interpretation of Catalan identity or problematizes it. The work is based on the interpretation of the nation according to Anthony D. Smith and the national identity derived from it, expanded with linguistic themes and cultural peculiarities of the community of nations according to Eric J. Hobsbawm. The application of thematic analysis on the political proclamations were identified based on the formulation of these parties' national-identity perception of Catalonia. The basic source are the election programs of the Catalan political parties. This work concludes that the themes represented by the national-identity issue in the program of Catalan political parties are language, protection of cultural heritage and territorial identity. However, processing these topics does not lead to a clear interpretation of...
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The Origins and Devvelopment of the STAN Movement from 2004 to the Present.
Ineman, Vojtěch ; Stracený, Josef (advisor) ; Dvořáková, Michaela (referee)
This bachelor thesis consists of analysis of the creation and development of the political movement "Starostové a nezávislí". In the first part, to engage the reader in the beginning and introduce him to the topic, the thesis is focusing on the concept of the political movement, states its functions and defines the major differences between political party and political movement. The thesis also notices certain circumstances which are mandatory for the creation of a political movement or party and the decrease of popularity for the traditional political parties in the Czech Republic. The main part of the thesis covers the political movement itself, namely the description of its creation and its development until the year 2022, which is portraited through using the elections data. The thesis also recognizes the programme and the electorate of the movement, as well as its crises and critique received by the society. Keywords political party, political movement, STAN, elections, election program
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Mladí lidé v politických stranách a participace mladých lidí na veřejném životě v ČR
DUBOVÁ, Jana
The master´s thesis deals with the topic of political participation of young people. It mainly focuses on young people who are politically involved in the South Bohemian Region. The thesis is divided into two parts. The theoretical part first introduces some of the selected definitions of political participation. I deal with possible forms of political participation: conventional and unconventional.The work also introduces the activities that young people, according to various researches, spend their free time. Subsequently, the relationship of young people, aged 18 to 35 years, to politics is described. Possible causes of young people's lack of interest in public events are also presented.In this part, attention is paid to active and passive voting. Subsequently, the theoretical part deals with selected determinants of political participation. The practical part presents the conclusions of the research of political participation of young people in the South Bohemian region. The aim of the research was to use interviews to find out what the experiences of young political candidates are. Discover, what motivates young people to take an interest in public affairs and what possible obstacles they have had to face.
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Nationwide referendum in Czech Republic 1993-2021
Grospič, Erik ; Guasti, Petra (advisor) ; Jüptner, Petr (referee)
Although there has been a debate of varying intensity regarding the benefits of a nationwide referendum since 1993, the Czech Republic belongs to the minority group of states within the European Union in which the general regulation of this institute is not enshrined in the legal order. At the same time, only one referendum at this level has been held here under specific circumstances since the First Republic itself. This diploma thesis deals with the concept of this element of direct democracy by relevant political entities that were represented in the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic in the years 1993-2021. From a time point of view, this thesis focuses on eight electoral periods of the lower chamber. In the introductory part of the thesis, the use of the referendum is briefly presented from a global point of view, then within Europe and also the current Czech practice. The theoretical part presents the concept of direct democracy and the referendum itself, including its typology. This is complemented by a number of findings from recent scientific studies. In connection with this, some controversial aspects of the referendum are presented, the conception of which by the given actor subsequently determines the relationship to the use of the referendum as such. The...
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Decrease of Electoral Preferences of ČSSD after the Chamber of Deputies' Elections in 2017
Telerovský, Hynek ; Stauber, Jakub (advisor) ; Perottino, Michel (referee)
The bachelor thesis is concerned with the Czech Social Democratic Party and focuses on the election failures of the party in the last two decades. The main objective is to answer the question: What caused the electoral decline of one of the most influential political parties in the Czech Republic? The author identifies potential sources of such a decline. In the theoretical part, he discusses the problems of social democracies on the European continent in the context of the global financial crisis of 2008, which he sees as one of the general factors behind the decline of these parties. In the case of CSSD, the author adds the failed attempt to modernize CSSD, which may have contributed to its decline. In the practical part, both factors are examined in more detail with a specific focus on the CSSD. Using the method of synchronic comparison, the author compares the changes in the electoral success of individual social democratic parliamentary parties in the period 2010-2021. The second factor, concerning the electoral performance of the CSSD after the party's modernization, is examined in the context of the movement of voters and the emergence of new political parties based on the analysis of sociological data. The results confirm the author's assumption that the increasing electoral decline of the...
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Comparison of the Programmes of the Green Party in the Federal Republic of Germany, Austria and the Czech republic in the years 1990 - 2014
Veselá, Martina ; Stracený, Josef (advisor) ; Lánský, Ondřej (referee)
This thesis compares the electoral programmes of green political parties in the Federal Republic of Germany, the Republic of Austria, and the Czech Republic in the years 1990- 2014, namely the German party Alliance '90/The Greens, the Austrian party The Greens - The Green Alternative, and the Czech Green Party. The beginning of the work provides an explanation of the concepts related to green politics, such as ecology, environmentalism, environment and sustainable development, whose knowledge is essential for understanding the major themes of the electoral programmes. Subsequently, the origin and history of all three political parties are outlined. The actual comparison is performed in a twofold manner. The first one compares the content of a specific programme with the previous ones and the second one compares the programmes of all three green parties for the same or the close electoral period. Furthermore, the format of individual programmes is characterized. Attention is focused on the major thematic areas, similarities and differences, and on the position of these parties before and after a particular parliamentary election being held.
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