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The evolution of Labour Party's position on Brexit
Březina, Ondřej ; Váška, Jan (advisor) ; Kłusek, Johana (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the attitude of the British opposition Labour Party towards Brexit. The thesis explores the development of this attitude since the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum until the 2019 United Kingdom general election and focuses on the reasons for Labour Party's ambivalent stance towards this issue. The main subject of this thesis is the influence of the division of the Labour Party's electorate and the British one-round plurality electoral system on this attitude. The first part of the thesis deals with electoral systems and their influence on party systems and political parties. The second part examines the historical development of Labour Party's stance towards European integration. The goal of this part is to show that the Labour Party had always had an ambivalent and changing view on European integration and that its disunity on this issue is not a new phenomenon. The third part examines the development of Labour Party's position after the 2016 referendum and shows, how the view of the party changed, how the party tried to deal with this issue and what conflicts the party members experienced. The last chapter deals with the reasons for actions of Labour Party MPs that voted contradictory to the official party line. The first part of this...
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Harold Wilson and the change in the attitude towards the EEC between the years 1964-1967
Pažitný, Tomáš ; Váška, Jan (advisor) ; Pečenka, Marek (referee)
The bachelor thesis "Harold Wilson and the change in the attitude towards the EEC between the years 1964-1967", examines the role and motivation of British prime minister in the fundamental transformation of the foreign policy of the United Kingdom. Compared to the original stance of Harold Wilson in 1964, when he became a prime minister, he shifted his country towards the European Economic Community unprecedented, during his premiership. The bachelor thesis examines importance of various factors in the decision-making process of Harold Wilson, using the interpretative research method. In the main part, this paper chronologically proceeds through domestic political and economic factors, which occurred between the years 1964-1967. Political factors are the turbulent atmosphere in the Labour party and in the Cabinet and economic factors are bad position of sterling and problem with the balance of payments. External factors, such as deterioration of relationships in the Commonwealth, changes in foreign trade and the question of British military commitments in the world, complete these domestic issues. At the end of the thesis, the paper analyzes the decisions made by Harold Wilson in the period of 1964-1967 and assesses their impact on the transformation of the British policy towards the European...
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Transformations of the British Labour Party in the 1980s
Prošková, Nikola ; Soukup, Jaromír (advisor) ; Říchová, Blanka (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with detailed characteristic of the transformation of the british Labour Party in 1979 - 1994. The core of the work is to provide a deep insight into organizational and personal structure of the party and to analyse party's policy statements. The 1979 ended Labour Party's government performance for a long time. The aim of this work is to observe organizational as well as ideological changes by which the party reacts to its own unsatisfactory electoral results. Finding the reasons why approved modifications did not help the party to win general elections is absolutely crucial. The period before 1979 including the description of international situation and electoral change is described in the opening part to outline initial conditions of further observed stretch of time. Afterwards particular periods between general elections are presented themselves. A full image of problems pursuing labours between 1979 and 1994 is given by analysing manifestos, organization of the party, development of pre-election campaigns and public opinion. The one of the main cause leading to the long-term lack of success was voter's displeasing experience with the last government of the Labour Party. Economic problems profoundly connected with the stagflation, repeated strikes and culminating into...
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Labour Party and its internat structure after devolution: the case Welsh Labour
Vincová, Nikola ; Říchová, Blanka (advisor) ; Perottino, Michel (referee)
The thesis is focused on the analysis of national party organizational adaptation to political decentralization, specifically of internal change in the Labour Party. The main aim of this case study is to find the degree to which the devolution influence Labour party internal organization and strengthen the role of Welsh Labour. The thesis assumes a certain shift in the position of the Welsh Labour Party within the party structures, this change is placed in context of decentralization reform in Great Britain. Based on the defined factors, which are set out in the introduction, the thesis examines the changes in the party internal structure and the transfer of powers towards its regional branch - the Welsh Labour. The aim of the thesis is not only to find whether the decentralization reform had an impact on the internal party organization, but also to present other possible factors of this change and outline further possible research.
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The evolution of Labour Party's position on Brexit
Březina, Ondřej ; Váška, Jan (advisor) ; Kłusek, Johana (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the attitude of the British opposition Labour Party towards Brexit. The thesis explores the development of this attitude since the 2016 United Kingdom European Union membership referendum until the 2019 United Kingdom general election and focuses on the reasons for Labour Party's ambivalent stance towards this issue. The main subject of this thesis is the influence of the division of the Labour Party's electorate and the British one-round plurality electoral system on this attitude. The first part of the thesis deals with electoral systems and their influence on party systems and political parties. The second part examines the historical development of Labour Party's stance towards European integration. The goal of this part is to show that the Labour Party had always had an ambivalent and changing view on European integration and that its disunity on this issue is not a new phenomenon. The third part examines the development of Labour Party's position after the 2016 referendum and shows, how the view of the party changed, how the party tried to deal with this issue and what conflicts the party members experienced. The last chapter deals with the reasons for actions of Labour Party MPs that voted contradictory to the official party line. The first part of this...
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Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party i Contemporary British Politics
Vicanović, Siniša ; Říchová, Blanka (advisor) ; Brunclík, Miloš (referee)
1 Abstract Bachelor thesis "Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour Party in Contemporary British Politics" is a case study focusing on two key areas, namely the election of Jeremy Corbyn, and ideological and programmatic changes in party policy since. The first part of this thesis seeks to understand the causes which led to the election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader in 2015. It begins by a short overview of 2015 leadership race, followed by a closer analysis of factors influencing the election. Specifically, it aims to identify the main reasons which motivated people to support Corbyn, and the mechanisms and underlying factors which enabled this. The resulting analysis demonstrates that a combination of numerous factors i.e. changes to the election process, influx of new members (many among them left-wing and lower-class), use of technology in the campaign, and personal appeal of Corbyn played a major role in influencing the election. The second part of the thesis is dedicated to examining the impact of his leadership on the ideology and policy of the Labour Party, and what distinguishes Corbyn's Labour from New Labour. Firstly, by analysing the data obtained by the Comparative Manifesto Project, and using the rile index it attempts to assess whether Labour under Corbyn underwent some significant ideological shift....
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Political Debate about the Issue of Free Movement of People in the United Kingdom between the Years 2010 and 2016
Janáková, Šárka ; Váška, Jan (advisor) ; Šlosarčík, Ivo (referee)
This Bachelor thesis is concerning with the evolution of stances of four main British political parties, namely the Conservative Party, Labour Party, Liberal Democrats, and the United Kingdom Independence Party, towards the issue of free movement of people between the years 2010 and 2016. The thesis aims to analyse on the basis of chosen documents, mainly manifestos or speeches of the parties' leaders, how and why did the stance of each political party towards the freedom of movement changed over the chosen period and how the stances differed among the parties. Mostly two documents are analysed for every chosen milestone of the time period between the years 2010 and 2016. These milestones are general elections in the years 2010 and 2015, the end of the transitional period for Bulgaria and Romania at the turn of the year 2014 and the European Parliament elections in the year 2014. For showing a possible shift in the stances of individual parties towards the issue of free movement of people are their statements characterised on a six-level scale negative to positive, whereas the sixth level means the issue was not mentioned in the statement. Apart from that also the level of prominence of the issue of freedom of movement is characterised at each milestone, showing how important a role this issue...
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The Labour Party and the Transformation of the British Foreign Policy at the Beginning of the Cold War
Bednářová, Karolína ; Soukup, Jaromír (advisor) ; Kučera, Tomáš (referee)
In this work I deal with the fact how the British Labour Party, under the rule of C. Attlee, formulated the foreign policy of Great Britain in 1945-1951. My work explores whether and how Labour's foreign policy changed at the beginning of the Cold War versus the Conservatives in the 1930's. At the same time, my work focuses on the Labour Party and its victory in the 1945 elections. I examine the issue by comparative method, when I compare how the foreign policy of Great Britain was formed during the 1930s and 1940s. In particular, the thesis compares relations with the United States and the Soviet Union, as it was the two strongest world powers of the time, and the entire Cold War was conducted between them. At work, I conclude that foreign policy and relations with the US and the USSR did not change at the beginning of the Cold War. We can see a few differences in Labour access compared to the Conservatives, but the UK government continued its foreign policy, which already gave a rise and direction to the Conservative Party in the second half of the 1930's.
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Great Britain and Free Trade. Analysis of British parliamentary debate in the context of TTIP negotiations
Heyzl, Martin ; Váška, Jan (advisor) ; Kasáková, Zuzana (referee)
Bachelor thesis Great Britain and Free Trade, Analysis of the British parliamentary debate in the context of TTIP negotiations deals with the stances of major British political parties, the Conservative Party, the Labour Party and to lesser extent also the Liberal Democrats, towards the free trade and the TTIP protocol. The thesis first examines the relationship of individual parliamentary parties to international and therefore free trade. The next chapter describes the TTIP protocol, which was to be a free trade agreement between the European Union, of which Britain is a part, and the United States. In subsequent analysis of parliamentary debates in 2013-2016 the thesis examines stances of concerned political parties towards the free trade and the TTIP protocol. In the course of this thesis I had worked with the research question in following wording: "What are the reservations and possible limits of Great Britain in promoting free trade - in a comparison of the three main concepts of British politics that can be traced to the example of TTIP?". In the discussion and the subsequent conclusion the work answers this question, which are the limits of the support and possible reservations of the British political parties to the free trade and the TTIP protocol, and also why the parties have a...
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Harold Wilson and the change in the attitude towards the EEC between the years 1964-1967
Pažitný, Tomáš ; Váška, Jan (advisor) ; Pečenka, Marek (referee)
The bachelor thesis "Harold Wilson and the change in the attitude towards the EEC between the years 1964-1967", examines the role and motivation of British prime minister in the fundamental transformation of the foreign policy of the United Kingdom. Compared to the original stance of Harold Wilson in 1964, when he became a prime minister, he shifted his country towards the European Economic Community unprecedented, during his premiership. The bachelor thesis examines importance of various factors in the decision-making process of Harold Wilson, using the interpretative research method. In the main part, this paper chronologically proceeds through domestic political and economic factors, which occurred between the years 1964-1967. Political factors are the turbulent atmosphere in the Labour party and in the Cabinet and economic factors are bad position of sterling and problem with the balance of payments. External factors, such as deterioration of relationships in the Commonwealth, changes in foreign trade and the question of British military commitments in the world, complete these domestic issues. At the end of the thesis, the paper analyzes the decisions made by Harold Wilson in the period of 1964-1967 and assesses their impact on the transformation of the British policy towards the European...
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