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Integration of Russian-German (Late-) Resettlers in Nord Rhine-Westphalia
Ilyushina, Natalya ; Nigrin, Tomáš (advisor) ; Filipová, Lucie (referee)
The thesis examines the issue of integration of the Russian-German (late)resettlers (so-called (Spät-)Aussiedler)) in North Rhine-Westphalia. There was a significant German minority living for several centuries in the territory of the former Russian Empire. Two world wars lead in the perspective of German minority in Russia to discrimination, mass detentions, deportations or years of working in Soviet forced labor colonies. After the end of Cold War conflict, resulting in the collapse of the Soviet Union and opening the frontiers, legal bases for their return back to old fatherland were established. However, subsequently with an arrival of these Germans from Russia was proved that this group of repatriated immigrants also requires a special assistance attitude in terms of the integration measures. The main purpose of this paper lies therefore in analysing the integration policies of Russian-German (Spät-)Aussiedler. Other aims are focused on the clarification of how effective were the rehabilitation measures that had been implemented so far; what trends can be observed in the integration policy since 2005/ 2007 as well as what kind of the problems are to be solved. A significant part of the thesis represents an analysis of statistical data based on specific integration indicators allowing to assess...
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Family policy of the Great Coalition in Germany (2005 - 2009)
Pištorová, Tereza ; Filipová, Lucie (advisor) ; Baštová, Petra (referee)
The Federal Republic of Germany is among the countries with the lowest birthrates in Europe; Germany's total fertility rate has fluctuated between 1.3 and 1.4 children per woman since the 1970s. Presented thesis "Family policy of the grand coalition in the FRG 2005- 2009" deals with measures taken by the Federal Ministry of Family Affairs, Senior Citizens, Women and Youth, headed by Ursula von der Leyen, and their impact on the birthrate and other indicators such as the employment rate among mothers and the risk of poverty. In this period of time, the concept of family policy was changed towards the Scandinavian model, which supports Work-Life-Balance. The effects of the introduction of year-long income- dependent parental benefits, which are extended by two months when the parents alternate in care, are analyzed in this thesis. The second researched measure is the massive support of the expansion of child care opportunities for children under three years of age. The thesis shows that the total fertility rate has not shown any significant change; nevertheless, the decrease in specific fertility rate among highly educated women was halted and the employment rate among mothers increased. The effects will only be able to be complexly assessed after a longer period of time.
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The Criticism of Bologna Process in Germany
Boťová, Kateřina ; Filipová, Lucie (advisor) ; Konrád, Ota (referee)
This thesis deals with German criticism of the European higher education reforms within the so called Bologna Process. These reforms include the division of studies into two and later into three cycles, the introduction of a unified credit system and the support of mobility. Germany in particular represents a country, where the Bologna Process initiated a broad academic debate and became a subject of student protests. The paper discusses the criticism of particular goals, the overall concept of the reforms and the specifics of their implementation in Germany. It focuses on both the core of scholar criticism and the students' insight on the subject. The analysed period is bordered by the signing of the Bologna declaration in 1999 and by the year 2010, which was originally meant to be the last year of the reform process. Some academicians saw the Bologna Process as an instrument for the commercialization of higher education and a deviation from the model of W. v. Humboldt. The majority however pointed out the erroneous implementation of reforms and misapprehension of the original goals. Similar stances were also adopted by students. New bachelor's programmes were mostly criticized for their unsuitable conception and low quotas for student admission to master's programmes. At the same time, students stressed...
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Integration of second and third generation Muslims in Germany: Example of North Rhine-Westphalia
Lokvencová, Kristýna ; Filipová, Lucie (advisor) ; Nigrin, Tomáš (referee)
The aim of the work is to analyze the integration of Muslim immigrants, who came to Germany as the guest workers especially in 60th 20th century. Attention is focused to the second and third generation of Muslim immigrants in Germany and their integration in federal state whit the largest number of Muslim population in Germany - North Rhine- Westphalia. The author analyzes the different groups of Muslims in Germany by country of origin, nationality, religion and age. The author based on the criteria compares Muslim immigrants who live in North Rhine-Westphalia with Muslims in Germany. In addition to the analysis and comparison of individual groups of Muslims in NRW and Germany, the author focuses on the integration policy of the provincial Government of North Rhine-Westphalia, which is consistent with the integration policy of the Federal Government. Taken into account is influence of selected Muslim organizations acting in North Rhine-Westphalia on the integration of second and third generation Muslims in society. Based on the information, the author also deals with the integration of Muslim immigrants in North Rhine-Westphalia to the German society in terms of religion, education and in terms of the labour market. In the end, the author summarizes the findings of the second and third generation...
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Vietnamese Community in Germany 1990 - 1995
Do Thu, Trang ; Nigrin, Tomáš (advisor) ; Filipová, Lucie (referee)
The Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) in the 70`s adopted and successfully integrated the boat people, who fled from war in Vietnam. On the contrary, the German Democratic Republic (GDR) had adopted in the 80`s tens of thousands of factory workers from several socialist countries, including Vietnam. Hence this, the fall of the Berlin Wall deepened the differences in the integration of these two groups. While the former "boat people" lived a decent life, their "East German" compatriots waited years for the allocation of permits to stay and faced the attacks of right-wing extremists. However, the era after the German reunification had also brought many opportunities to start a business freely and independently, even to start a family. This thesis clearly describes the different developments within the Vietnamese community in Germany between the years of 1990-1995, which stemmed precisely from the different conditions of emigration from Vietnam. The first part focuses mainly on the characterization of the Vietnamese workers in the GDR and the boat people. This allows comparing the different integration of both groups in other chapters. In contrast, the other ones deal with the specific issues that affected the Vietnamese community in years 1990-1995. Especially, the political struggle for the status of former...
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Rapprochement from below? German-French town twinning from 1950 to 2000
Filipová, Lucie ; Pešek, Jiří (advisor) ; Perottino, Michel (referee) ; Ledvinka, Václav (referee)
The dissertation Rapprochement from below? German-French town twinning from 1950 to 2000 is a historiographic study that focuses on town twinning as a specific aspect of German-French co-operation in the second half of the 20th century. The topic is analysed in a wider German-French context and based on statistical data as well as archive sources. The main objective of the study is to evaluate the impact of high-level bilateral relations on German-French town twinning, identify the motivation of its supporters and compare German-French town twinning in the West-German and East-German federal states. Additionally, the localisation of town twins was studied for the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany.
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Germany and the Eastern Enlargement of the Schengen Area
Mrhal, Jaromír ; Mlsna, Petr (advisor) ; Filipová, Lucie (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the preconditions, the process and the consequences of the so-called Eastern enlargement of the Schengen Area in 2007, with special regard to the Federal Republic of Germany, its role in the process as well as the advantages and disadvantages connected with it. After a short introductory summary of functioning principles and history of the Schengen Area from 1985 to 2011 there is a chapter dedicated to the process of the enlargement by nine new countries. Nevertheless the main attention is paid to Poland and the Czech Republic, two Eastern neighbours of Germany. The third chapter analyzes in detail the consequences of the enlargement, especially its influence on the development of criminality and illegal immigration in Germany or the police co-operation among the countries concerned. Apart from the all- German dimension the thesis focuses on the specific situation in individual federal states on the eastern border - Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Brandenburg, Saxony and Bavaria. The last chapter deals with the media reflection of this topic in the Czech press, specifically in the most widely read non-tabloid journal Mladá fronta DNES. By means of an analysis of statistics the statements has been refuted that the Schengen enlargement is going to cause a growth of...
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A Holistic analysis of polish return migration programs
Chlebek, Claudia Maria ; Vykoukal, Jiří (advisor) ; Filipová, Lucie (referee)
In this dissertation, the effectiveness of three Polish return migration programs will be analysed against a combination of return migration theories and economic channels. It will examine the motivations behind their conception, and the services, grants or initiatives implemented with the aim of addressing the needs of new and existing migrants, improving communication channels, and most importantly, developing the environment, means and incentives that will attract migrants to return to their homeland. Any failures to properly identify and address the needs, desires and aspirations of migrants with the structure of the return migration programs greatly delimit the success of the respective program through lesser participation and diminished societal impact.
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