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Political song and political culture - Karel Kryl and his work
Skřička, Filip ; Mlejnek, Josef (advisor) ; Gelnarová, Jitka (referee)
This bachelor thesis is focused on songs, texts and main topics which are included in works of Czechoslovakian songwriter, lyricist and poet Karel Kryl from 1968 to 1994. The first part is a theoretical frame which shows us existing background in political science concerning political songs, culture of protest, political culture and political communication. The second part is a reflection of possibility of political songs influence on society and it also reflects topics in historical context. This work gives us answers what is the role of political songs and their authors in the scheme of political communication, what contribute to the possibility to have an influence on political culture and what is the typical attribute of political song.
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Political Culture in Narratives
Kapal, Tomáš ; Grznár, Miroslav (advisor) ; Morávková, Eva (referee)
Political culture in narratives Abstract Thesis "Political culture in narratives" aims on the phenomenom of Political culture as was defined by Almond and Verba. Base of this thesis are researches on Political culture by Almond and Verba and other authors who done researches on this topic including political culture researches done within context in the Czech Republic. The research in this thesis is based on ten semi-structured qualitative interviews with informants, who grew up during the communist era in former Czechoslovakia. Interviews aimed on informants' experiences during the communism era, Velvet revolution, economic transformation and present day. Informants evaluates their understanding of political situation during mentioned eras, their political activity and their life situation. Thases aims on behalf of this data to discover how growing up during communist era, Velvet revolution and economical transformation influenced informants' political attitudes and how it influenced their political culture. It was discovered that during the communsit era subject political culture dominated. This changed right after Velvet revolution, when participant attitudes dominated. After the series of dissapointments in political situation during the economic transformation, informants showed anomic attitudes...
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French Republic and its position in the World
Čupka, Mikuláš ; Barša, Pavel (advisor) ; Vargovčíková, Jana (referee)
The purpose of this thesis is to describe V. French Republic, its unique mode of operation and particularly the position of president, as a characteristic symbol of semi- presidential systems. The beginning of the thesis and its first chapter is devoted to historical conditions and circumstances that led to the creation of the Fifth Republic. Afterwards, the work describes basic political institutions of the French system. The second part of the work deals with various theories of the semi-presidential systems and understanding of the French prototype within these definitions. The third chapter then compares the political practice in the United States and France. Likewise it compares the two kinds of presidents in those countries. Finally, the theme of the final chapter is French president's ability to govern as a modern "monarch" within the V. French Republic. Keywords V. French Republic; Semi-presidential system; cohabitation; President; Prime Minister; Political culture; United States of America; constitution
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Political behavior of the Andalusians
Seidl, Jakub ; Urban, Traian (advisor) ; Mejstřík, Martin (referee)
This study concerns the political behavior of the Andalusians and its reasons. In this autonomous community exists a traditional tendency to support the left-wing party PSOE. The object of this study is an analysis of this political trend and the aim is to explain why this phenomenon exists in the society. There is discovered the link between historical, sociopolitical and economical factors and the voting behavior of the Andalusians. The study is divided into a factographic and an analytical chapter. The first chapter includes a recapitulation of the results of autonomic elections and also there is an outline of the political behavior using the output of public opinion polls. These data are mentioned also in the next part of the study where are explained more deeply. The analytical chapter concerning the support of PSOE and its reasons is divided into parts following the character of the circumstanses affecting the political behavior. The first chapter is about historical factors, the second one about sociopolitical issues and the last one about economical factors. The main historical questions are the underdevelopment and poverty, the satisfaction paradox and the problem of latifundium. The sociopolitical factors include the political culture and nationalism and the chapter about economical...
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Comparsion of control boards and financing of the public broadcasters in the Czech Republic and Austria
Havelka, Vít ; Šafařík, Petr (advisor) ; Mlsna, Petr (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the financing and broadcasting councils of the public service broadcasters in Austria and the Czech Republic, examining namely Austrian Broadcasting (Österreichischer Rundfunk) and Czech Television (Česká televize) along with Czech Radio (Český rozhlas). These institutions are often at the center of controversy due to their level of dependence on local political representatives. Their critics argue that they submit to political pressure and give up one of their main purposes - providing an objective, independent, unbiased, and balanced news service. The independence of public service broadcasters generally relies on stable, predictable funding and impartial supervision. For this reason, these two features are analyzed in this paper. More specifically, it examines how the aforementioned media are financed, how the broadcasting councils are appointed, and how the status quo interacts with the local political culture. On top of that, the discussion involves international recommendations of institutions such as the European Council, the European Union and UNESCO. This thesis makes use of the synchronous comparative methodological approach. At first the situation in each country is analyzed and subsequently compared to one another. This paper provides an overview over the...
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About political and economic development of Austria in years 1931-1934.
Šepták, Miroslav ; Stellner, František (advisor) ; Skřivan, Aleš (referee) ; Jančík, Drahomír (referee)
1 About Political and Economic Development of Austria in Years 1931-1934 Miroslav Šepták Abstract The aim of the presented dissertation is the analysis of the Austrian foreign political development in the years 1931-1934 with the emphasis on the general development of the international relations. Furthermore, the selected intra-political events and the economic and social development of Austria will not be omitted as well. The time frame of the presented dissertation, i.e. years 1931 and 1934, has been chosen with respect to the important events which exceeded the Austrian boarders because of their significance and impact on the contemporary international politics. The first milestone is connected with publication of the plan of the German-Austrian customs union. Assassination of the Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss represents the second milestone. There occurs the deficit of the detailed analysis of the Austrian foreign policy, especially in the relationship towards Germany and Italy, in the existing historiography so far. It is particularly the absence of comparison of unpublished documents, Austrian, German and Czechoslovak, with related published sources, contemporary memoirs and press articles as well as scholarly literature. The presented dissertation, which is the result of the four-year...
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Comparison of selected aspects of political culture between the Czech Republic and Germany
Gawrecká, Daniela ; Buriánek, Jiří (advisor) ; Šubrt, Jiří (referee)
This thesis deals with the comparison of selected topics from the political climate among students from both Germany and the Czech Republic. For this purpose, a survey of 108 Czech students from Charles University in Prague and 102 German students from the University Bremen was collected and the results were analysed. The research dealt with the claims rate of electoral and non-electoral participation, party preferences, whether left-right scale or support a particular party, the level of discussions about politics and watching political news, patriotism and attitude to European integration, civil society and direct democracy. The aim of the research is also a measure of political alienation and disgust with politics, media and confidence in the effectiveness of the state apparatus and not least the degree of knowledge about politics between Czech and German respondents. Each orientation is watched primarily by nationality of respondent, also according to gender in the whole group and in some cases also between the Czech and especially among German respondents. Where it was relevant, were also compared by field of study respondents. Most respondents from both countries have clearly defined links to the political system and its place in it, which showed such a high level of electoral participation,...
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Why does the United States spend more on its health care than other coutries?
Winzbergerová, Alžběta ; Háva, Petr (advisor) ; Kružík, Lubomír (referee)
This thesis will be an institutional analysis of histrical development of the health care system in the United States of America since 1930s. Within the analysis a huge emphasis will be given to the potencial influence of the american political culture and the specific legislative process in the United States. The theoretical approach used in this thesis is the historical institutionalism together with the concept called path dependecy. The main aim of this final thesis is to identify crucial events determining or having any influence on the present form of the health care system in the US and to find the possible causes having an effect on the amount of the total health care expenditures
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