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Populist proposals in the Czech political system: Dog-baiting breed of dogs, guns and self defense
Šebek, David ; Charvát, Jan (advisor) ; Trávníček, Matěj (referee)
This work is focused on the populist bills in the Czech political system, which covers weapons, "fighting breeds" of dogs and self-defense. The work focused on bills and amendments of laws that were designed and discussed in the Chamber of Deputies from 1993 to 2010. At the first place, definition of populist bill is summarized, then work research if bills relating to the topics covered, designed and discussed in a given period Chamber of Deputies, fits into this definition. If yes, then try to identify the petitioner and find their political situation in the time of design of the bill. The aim is to verify the thesis that populist proposals are produced by policymakers at risk of not being re-elected.
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Causes of the actual ODS crisis
Zunt, Štěpán ; Perottino, Michel (advisor) ; Trávníček, Matěj (referee)
Bachelor thesis Causes of the actual ODS crisis deals with finding the reasons for the current state of the ODS. This party was one of the most important parties in the nineties of the twentieth century and determined the direction of the entire Czech political events. At present the party has only 16 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and the situation has not improved much. The first part focuses on the theoretical concept of parties and their definition. With this chapter ODS can be defined as conservative-liberal party. Another part focuses on the history and development of the ODS, there is already outlined what possible reasons could get the side into the current crisis. In the last part is a selection of the most important moments of the party, but also events that are completely unrelated to ODS. It has been selected six key things while three were later proved to be the reasons that led to the current crisis. The first reason is that the party is unable to cope with its program of transformation and could not find another key topic. The departure of its founder Vaclav Klaus had the negative impact on the side. The third reason is the emergence of new parties, due to this fact the party is losing voters.
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Mixed member proportional representation in New Zealand
Trávníček, Matěj ; Mlejnek, Josef (referee) ; Šedo, Jakub (referee)
The thesis is about New Zealand House of Representatives electoral system. In introductory part is briefly presented the political system of New Zealand. Then is currently used electoral system, its genesis and impacts of transition from the first past the post to mixed member proportional system researched. Thesis is in its effort focusing on segments of electoral system and trying to identify its problematic points and to introduce alternative electoral system proposed to the electors in referenda. The thesis is using the electoral studies methods, especially quantitative measuring of attributes of electoral system and party structure within the House of Representatives. Implementation of mixed member proportional electoral system returned New Zealand towards highly proportional electoral results and raised the number of relevant political parties and thus created the praxis of coalition and minority cabinets. Transition to mixed member proportional electoral system, which occurred as a result of referenda, also helped to solve a certain crisis of polity perception connected to first past the post system, which was that time in use. In New Zealand there is currently a high emphasis on expertise and public involvement in the matters of electoral system and contrary only a small part is played by political...
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Gubernatorial Elections Florida 2014
Heczková, Eva ; Trávníček, Matěj (advisor) ; Kotábová, Věra (referee)
This thesis focuses on the 2014 gubernatorial election in Florida. During this campaign there was a massive occurrence of negative advertising from both candidates. Incumbent Republican Rick Scott, later on the winner of the election, raced against Charlie Crist, nominated by the Democratic Party. Since both candidates have already held the position of governor of Florida, they have both been very well known and even though the necessary documents for being accepted as a candidate were submitted by 46 individuals, only these two candidates were considered as potential winners. The thesis is structured into a theoretical and a practical part, both of them focusing on an analysis of the campaigns of Rick Scott and Charlie Crist. The timeframe of the thesis ranges from the moment of candidacy announcement to general election day. For that reason, the focus is on the primary as well as general election. An important part of the analysis is a general background of the evolution of Florida as a state, its demographic situation, party affiliation and a brief history. The State of Florida is a diverse state where politics plays an important role in public life, but it was affected by the negative gubernatorial campaign of 2014. The main question I will try to explore and answer is whether the negative...
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Party System Development in Town Pyšely from 1994 to 2016
Vaculík, David ; Trávníček, Matěj (advisor) ; Průdková, Karolína (referee)
The thesis analyses the results of the municipal elections and the development of the coalition in the town of Pyšely (Central Bohemian region) in the course of 22 years. It focuses on the development of the party system at the communal level and its changes over time, the candidate's strategy and the election of the Mayor for each term. It also deals with the making and development of the coalition in Pyšely.
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Voter Perception of the Electoral System for Local Elections
Palkosková, Lucie ; Jüptner, Petr (advisor) ; Trávníček, Matěj (referee)
1 Abstract This paper tries to demonstrate an incorrect perception of the Czech municipal electoral system by voters. In order achieve this aim I identified the following research questions. Firstly, what is the perception of preferential voting by voters in the Czech local electoral system? Secondly, do voters use a strategic voting in the municipal elections? Thirdly, is there some influence on voters' decisions depending on the form of a candidate subject? These questions were answered on the basis of my own research, which took place in a chosen municipality. I showed that voters perceive preferential voting by the wrong way, which primarily comes from their low awareness of the electoral system. Furthermore, it was found that the different perception of the candidates affects a voter behavior. Unfortunately, whether voters use a strategically choice in municipal elections, I could not prove it.
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Comparison of Political Parties ODS and TOP09: Program versus Reality
Batko, Martin ; Švec, Kamil (advisor) ; Trávníček, Matěj (referee)
The bachelor thesis "Comparison of the Political Parties ODS and TOP 09: Programe versus Reality" analyses how successful were the mentioned political parties in the implementation of their election programmes in actual fact. The beginning of this thesis deals with the theory of the party systems. The Giovanni Sartori's and Jean Blondel's typologies are applied to the Czech party system. The second section of this part follows up the Klaus von Beyme's theory of the party families, the emphasis is put on the conservative and liberal thinking, which the political parties ODS and TOP 09 recognize as their own ideologies. By using the election programs, comparative method will find out which of the studied party was more successful in the implementation of their promises into the reality. The Comparison analyses the election programs of the both parties for the elections to the Chamber of Deputies of the Czech Republic in 2010. Evaluation has been done in four sections, which are the economic policy, the struggle against corruption, the social system and the pension reform. It has been found out that both parties were in their actions similarly successful, the most problematic of studied parts was the economic policy. Nevertheless, TOP 09 has implemented slightly more promises into the reality than...
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Causes of the actual ODS crisis
Zunt, Štěpán ; Perottino, Michel (advisor) ; Trávníček, Matěj (referee)
Bachelor thesis Causes of the actual ODS crisis deals with finding the reasons for the current state of the ODS. This party was one of the most important parties in the nineties of the twentieth century and determined the direction of the entire Czech political events. At present the party has only 16 seats in the Chamber of Deputies and the situation has not improved much. The first part focuses on the theoretical concept of parties and their definition. With this chapter ODS can be defined as conservative-liberal party. Another part focuses on the history and development of the ODS, there is already outlined what possible reasons could get the side into the current crisis. In the last part is a selection of the most important moments of the party, but also events that are completely unrelated to ODS. It has been selected six key things while three were later proved to be the reasons that led to the current crisis. The first reason is that the party is unable to cope with its program of transformation and could not find another key topic. The departure of its founder Vaclav Klaus had the negative impact on the side. The third reason is the emergence of new parties, due to this fact the party is losing voters.
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Mixed member proportional representation in New Zealand
Trávníček, Matěj ; Mlejnek, Josef (referee) ; Šedo, Jakub (referee)
The thesis is about New Zealand House of Representatives electoral system. In introductory part is briefly presented the political system of New Zealand. Then is currently used electoral system, its genesis and impacts of transition from the first past the post to mixed member proportional system researched. Thesis is in its effort focusing on segments of electoral system and trying to identify its problematic points and to introduce alternative electoral system proposed to the electors in referenda. The thesis is using the electoral studies methods, especially quantitative measuring of attributes of electoral system and party structure within the House of Representatives. Implementation of mixed member proportional electoral system returned New Zealand towards highly proportional electoral results and raised the number of relevant political parties and thus created the praxis of coalition and minority cabinets. Transition to mixed member proportional electoral system, which occurred as a result of referenda, also helped to solve a certain crisis of polity perception connected to first past the post system, which was that time in use. In New Zealand there is currently a high emphasis on expertise and public involvement in the matters of electoral system and contrary only a small part is played by political...
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Populist proposals in the Czech political system: Dog-baiting breed of dogs, guns and self defense
Šebek, David ; Charvát, Jan (advisor) ; Trávníček, Matěj (referee)
This work is focused on the populist bills in the Czech political system, which covers weapons, "fighting breeds" of dogs and self-defense. The work focused on bills and amendments of laws that were designed and discussed in the Chamber of Deputies from 1993 to 2010. At the first place, definition of populist bill is summarized, then work research if bills relating to the topics covered, designed and discussed in a given period Chamber of Deputies, fits into this definition. If yes, then try to identify the petitioner and find their political situation in the time of design of the bill. The aim is to verify the thesis that populist proposals are produced by policymakers at risk of not being re-elected.
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