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Portugal as an intermediary between the European Union and Africa
Melounová, Irena ; Druláková, Radka (advisor) ; Němec, Jan (referee)
This bachelor essay deals with the interconnection of two traditional interests of Portuguese foreign policy and analyses the role of Portugal as an intermediary between Africa and the European Union. It defines at first three dimensions of Portuguese interests in Africa, which are the Portuguese speaking countries, Maghreb countries and "the rest of Africa". The second part examines activities of the Portuguese representatives during its three EU Presidencies and activities of the Portuguese members of the European Parliament, which are connected with African agenda. Finally, it inserts these activities in the broader context of EU policies towards Africa and by comparison of the first and second part it comes to conclusion that Portugal can be really denoted as an intermediary between Africa and the European Union.
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Elections in Chile 2009
Kunová, Martina ; Němec, Jan (advisor) ; Školkayová, Marta (referee)
Twenty years has passed from dissolution of authoritarian regime of Augusto Pinochet and in the presidential election 2009/2010 in Chile the right-wing candidate won. The era of continuous government of centre-leftist coalition, that administrated country from the period of transition, was ended off. The thesis focuses on the analysis of presidential and parliamentary elections, in the first place on the question what was the matter of triumph of the opposite candidate in the presidential election. In this context it should not be left out the binominalism, electoral system which brings other fundamental consequences affecting also the election return of particular candidates or political parties. In the thesis is taken down the running of the election campaign and at the conclusion the returns of both elections are compared.
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21st century socialism in Hugo Chavez's program and realpolitik
Matějovská, Zuzana ; Němec, Jan (advisor) ; Nachtigallová, Mariana (referee)
This bachelor thesis is concerned with the program of 21st century socialism in Venezuela and with its practical application in politics of Hugo Chavez. The main objective is to determine whether a real transformation of Venezuelan society is taking place with the goal of establishing 21st century socialism or whether this concept is used by Chavez as mere rhetoric to obtain votes. The first chapter describes the most important events leading up to the election of Hugo Chavez's as the President. The second chapter deals with the program of 21st century socialism as presented to the population of Venezuela. Its content is analyzed in terms of political transition, social policy, economic policy and foreign policy. Chapter three then looks for similarities and differences between this program and the actual policies of Hugo Chavez, specifically in the four aforementioned areas.
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The participation of women in high politics in selected countries of Latin America: current trends
Rada, Tomáš ; Němec, Jan (advisor) ; Školkayová, Marta (referee)
The main theme of this bachelor thesis is political emancipation of women in Latin America. The first part presents the issue of women in politics, arguments in favor of and against more engagement of women. Generally analyzes two important factors that influence women's representation in parliament: the electoral system with its particular components and the gender quotas. The second part analyzes, based on the acquired knowledge, the contemporary situation in Latin America, specifically in three countries: Argentina, Chile and Uruguay. The ambition of this thesis is to identify contemporary trends that occur in these countries.
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Ten years of governance of Hugo Chavez
Galová, Veronika ; Němec, Jan (advisor) ; Nachtigallová, Mariana (referee)
The thesis describes the governance of Hugo Chavez in ten years period and compares it with the period which preceded his arrival. It focuses on institutional changes, changes in economic and social policy and foreign policy, particularly in the South American region itself. The thesis is describes process of consolidation of democracy in Venezuela since 1958, and changes that occured after the arrival of a man who was a few years ago a participant of attempts to topple the former government. The main subject of analysis of the thesis is the phenomenon of social and political polarization, the implementation of elements of participatory democracy and oil industry. The work points to changes from the neo-liberal state to the social state.
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Forms of organization, goals and influence of indigenous movements - cases of Bolivia and Ecuador
Kerclová, Helena ; Němec, Jan (advisor) ; Nachtigallová, Mariana (referee)
The main topics of this thesis are goals and influence of indigenous organizations in Latin America. The thesis describes foundation of indigenous organizations from unions and indigenous movements to foundation of indigenous political parties in Bolivia and Ecuador. The thesis focuses on causes of association indigenous people into organizations and their efforts to gain the possibility of political participation. Attention is also paid to ways of indigenous intervention into political events in both countries. The thesis also focuses on aims of organizations, which they proposed, and deals with their success. The main goal of this thesis is to find out why these indigenous organizations were founded and compare their power and impact on the political systems in Bolivia and Ecuador.
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Popular vote in parliamentary systems: causes and effects of the implementation in selected European countries
Kuta, Martin ; Němec, Jan (advisor) ; Dvořáková, Vladimíra (referee)
Popular vote of a president is a necessary condition of a presidential system. This thesis focuses on the popular vote of a president in parliamentary systems where the president is merely a formal head of state with limited powers. The case studies -- Finland and Slovakia -- will provide with possible causes and effects of an implementation of the popular vote in the political systems and their subsequent changes. Intra-executive conflicts as consequences of the split-up of powers between the president and the government will be studied. The main question of the thesis is if the implementation of the popular vote may change the type of the political system.
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American embargo against Cuba
Borovka, Michal ; Dvořáková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Němec, Jan (referee)
I decided to concern about economic embargo in my bachelor works, because it seams that in the question of embargo, it will go to changing. I put myself four following questions in introduction: How embargo impacted on economical development of Cuba? How embargo impacted on Cuban relationship between USA and SSSR? Can we see different impact in different times of Castro's regime? In epilogue I will try to answer on the question how will be embargo in the future? For understanding economical embargo is necessary know the historical facts about relation between USA and Cuba. That is the reason why I concern about history of Cuba in the introduction. Than I analyze Cuban part of history which had happened before embargo. Bachelor works is divide into three parts: History of relationship between Cuba and USA, Cuban revolution and his development and Cuba from revolution till present.
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Financing of political parties in the Czech Republic
Novotný, Petr ; Dvořáková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Němec, Jan (referee)
How can funding of political parties affect the outcome of elections? What impact has the legislation on financing political parties on political system? Is it possible that the government's political parties using this scheme remain in power? I will bring in this work the current theoretical background by leading experts on financing of political parties, as well as a separate chapter on giving patterns, showing signs of functionality and portability to other political systems. Finally, I will analyze trends of legislative funding of political parties in the Czech Republic, the current adjustment and its impact on the Czech political system. In all areas, I will try to identify the basic areas of problems and dilemmas. I will outline possible solutions where appropriate, to which I result of studying the theory, or of my own invention. In conclusion the objective of such analysis is to monitor and verify the following hypotheses. 1. Amendments to legislation are intended to enhance the transparency of the financing of political parties and to prevent corrupt behavior. 2. The funding of political parties tends to strengthen their cartelization, i.e. making access of political parties outside the establishment to high politics difficult. 3. The legislation meets the basic requirements placed on it, its implementation is feasible and its compliance is enforceable. The keywords are: the funding of political parties, (mainland) horizontal contribution, (Canadian) system of tax credits, (German) matching funds, contribution to the work, contribution to the electoral costs, contribution to the mandate, the Constitutional Court.
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