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Children?s centres within the social context in the Czech Republic
HROMKOVÁ, Renata
The establishment of children?s centres started in 1992 spontaneously and following the children?s centres principal in Germany, a principal of mutual help. Presently, there are many entities ? also commercial ones ? using this name. The Citizens Association called Children?s Centres Network was established in 2001 and it is the umbrella organisation of approx. 330 children?s centres, which declare their alignment with both the original idea and with the well spread role of supporting the family values and inter-generation relations, role of parents, mother and father role within the society, family legal protection and equal opportunities and support of healthy life in healthy environment. Children?s centres have been established in big cities, towns and also in villages. The children?s centres operators are usually also their direct users and they define their activities according to their own wishes, and therefore the children?s centres offer a large variety of activities. The research part of the thesis mapped the centres and the offer of their services; children?s centres fulfil their communication and intermediation function between families with small children and the society. Children?s centres create both safe and open space for meeting with other people and for strengthening the role of family in the present society. However, current clients of children?s centres have higher requirements as compared to their predecessors 20 years ago and they request educational, cultural and sporting activities. Nowadays, the clients wish the children?s centres to be the tradition bearers and to help with the support of healthy life style. Children?s centres play an irreplaceable role in identifying pathological phenomena in families and they help with the primary lay prophylaxis. The professionalization of social service provided in children?s centres stumbles over short-term links to the activities in the centres and over the operators? and users? lack of interest. The children?s centres play a significant role in local civil activities, when new family friendly locations or activities are created. This year the 20th anniversary of establishment of first children?s centres is celebrated and the research in this bachelor?s thesis will be useful material for the called Children?s Centres Network in order to assess and evaluate the currently offered service and it may also provide the possible direction of the future development in children?s centres. A round table discussion took place in the Haštalská YMCA Praha Family Centre on 25th April 2012, where the research results of this thesis were used.
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Anti-corruption organizations in the Czech Republic
Vojáčková, Anna ; Vymětal, Petr (advisor) ; Školkayová, Marta (referee)
The corruption and the fight against it falls among very frequently discussed topics appearing on the front pages of media, also this phenomenon is currently being intensively discussed and plays an ever increasing role in the civil society as well. Recently, the civil society has shown a new trend which manifests itself in the birth of new anti-corruption organizations, new projects and other activities. Because of all the reasons, the paper deals with the anti-corruption non-governmental organizations (NGO's) and their activities in the Czech Republic. The text is divided into four chapters constituting two parts having two chapters each. The first part contains a summary of theoretical knowledge, the first chapter describes the non-profit sector and NGO's activities theory, the second chapter summarizes the basic theoretical information about the corruption phenomenon. The second part focuses on the description of the anti-corruption organizations, employs the theoretical knowledge and provides an analysis of the anti-corruption NGOs. The third chapter describes particular organizations, analyzes their activities and, based on some common characteristics recognized, outlines the division of the organizations into several groups. The fourth chapter contains an analysis on cooperating between different anti-corruption NGOs and handles a case study of a so called Pankrácká výzva(Pankrácká challenge).
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Public Realm and Civil Society in the Czech Republic - Sport Policy and its Stakeholders (Case Study)
Spišáková, Stanislava ; Müller, Karel (advisor) ; Slepičková, Irena (referee)
The area of sport policy is in the political science a marginal issue, although the Czech public considers this as an important policy. The paper deals with the mutual relationships among sport, politics and civil society. The primary goal of this thesis is the analysis of the current sport policy and its stakeholders in the Czech Republic. The main text is divided into three chapters. The first one consists of theoretical part and deals with the theory of civil society, public policy and the issues of interest intermediation. The second chapter draws attention to the basic attributes of sport such as emergence, division and in particular the importance of sport for social relations. The last third chapter focuses mainly on the analysis of interests, priorities and goals of political parties and interest groups -- sports and physical education civil associations in the area of sports and physical activities. The end of the third chapter outlines the current problems and perspectives of sport and sport policy in the Czech Republic.
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Civil and political elites at the local level
Mojžíšová, Markéta ; Müller, Karel (advisor) ; Lisa, Aleš (referee)
This thesis deals with local politics subjects. Issues such as civil society, civil and political elites, or the actual functioning of local authorities, are applied to events in the district of Prague 20 Horní Pocernice during January and February 2012. Due to a legal loophole, the former mayor and the current mayor were "trying to sit on the mayor chair at the same time". The aim is to identify the causes of these events revealed by the increased participation in local elections of 2010. This thesis asks whether the increase is associated with demand on the change of leadership at the city hall and also with the context of examples of the functions of the local town hall in the period before and after the elections. For this purpose, relevant literature was used, sources from CSO, the local press sources, and also correspondence and interviews with participants of local events and polls, which was attended by 72 local residents.
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UNIQUE Vision Project o.p.s.
Unique, Elis ; Lukeš, Martin (advisor) ; Cipro, Martin (referee)
As a main guide in determining the objectives of my thesis, I had used the most recent sociological researches from which I had derived some of the social public needs and in order to serve those needs, I tried to find ways, how it's possible to enrich Prague's cultural life and use art therapy in routine practice of Prague's NGO Unique Vision Project o.p.s. to strengthen social cohesion and integration. I present outlines of a business plan and a detailed plan of the various social activities which by means of applying art therapy techniques in various degrees of combination of educational activities with fun and interesting way to adjust to the needs of the target categories shall lead to social education, cultivation of civic debate and personal development for both: children and adults.
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Civil society and poltical elites on local level
Hausmannová, Helena ; Müller, Karel (advisor) ; Lisa, Aleš (referee)
The paper deals with civil society and the elites (both political and civil) on local level, with focuse on the municipality of Černošice. Followed are the municipal activities within the time period before and after local elections 2010. Its aim is to find out the reasons for unusual electorate participation -- both active and passive. The paper also analyses factors which influenced the local election 2010 results in which the gathering of independent candidates Věci černošické gained 12 out of 21 mandates. Because failing of incumbent political elites can be regarded as the main factor for election success of the opposition, this topic is given substantial attention. The source of information published in this paper are written records of the civil initiative Černošice, nedejme se!, the gathering of independent candidates Věci černošické, and the data published by the Czech Institute for Statistics. The facts given are also based on interviews with politically active local citizens and public enquiry. According to this enquiry none of the addressed citizens were satisfied with the way in which the local authorities executed their public duties. Most of the stated opinions proved that the time period that has passed since election 2010 is too short to judge whether an improvement in municipal leadership occured. Nevertheless, all enquired people agree that information accessibility has improved. The election success of the Věci černošické can be also ascribed to creating a new way of communication with citizens by the means of printed monthly news distributed to all households and by establishing information websites.
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Actors of economic globalization, civil society and the state
Rohrbacher, Tomáš ; Müller, Karel (advisor) ; Lehmannová, Zuzana (referee) ; Prorok, Vladimír (referee) ; Dohnalová, Marie (referee)
Presented thesis focuses on civil society within the context of ongoing processes of globalization. The core of disputed issues lies in creation of relationships between the actors of civil society (with stress on alter-globalization movement) and institutions of international governance (with accent on multilateral economic institutions -- WB, IMF, WTO). The thesis analyzes concepts of (global) civil society and functions which civil society fulfills in relations to centres of political power -- traditionally towards the state, currently also towards international governance institutions. It deals also with preconditions of creation and existence of global civil society (post-material middle-class, cosmopolitism and the role of the internet). Theoretical chapters are supported by empirical datas which are analysed especially regarding alter-globalist discourse, self-definition of the actors and current state of relationships between civil society and WB, IMF and WTO. Applied research shows that these institutions open themselves to the control of public and civil society (although with different pace) in levels of transparency, accountability and access, and thus civil society contributes to their democratization.
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Analysis of Gift-giving in Czech Society after 1989
Duchoslavová, Romana ; Doležalová, Antonie (advisor) ; Hrdinová, Ivana (referee)
The objective of this theses is to explore the development of gift-giving in Czech Republic after the velvet revolution in 1989. First part of the theses deals with the theoretical basis of altruism and philanthropy. The gift-giving explored in the theses is viewed as a specific case when the beneficient does not know the beneficiary. This specific case is then discussed with the theoretical aspect of altruism and philanthropy. Further on the civil society and its connection to the gift-giving is observed and the role of the foundations in czech society reflected. The analysis of the gift-giving is provided in the second part of the theses, based on the financial history of four czech foundations. A clear cut trend is not obvious, thus some other aspects coming out of the analysis are accented.
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Seniors and volunteerism (in the context of contemporary civil society)
OSTRÁ, Petra
The bachelor thesis consists of theoretical and practical part. Theoretical part is divided into three main chapters: civil society, voluntary work and life in old age. The first chapter analyses the civil society and the corresponding civic sector. The second chapter focuses on the basic features of volunteerism(and voluntary work). The terms volunteerism and volunteer are explained, describing various types of volunteerism and the motivation of voluntary workers. The third chapter is dedicated to the topic of life in old age. The definitionsof terms ageing and old age, the recent phenomenon of elderly people within the major society and activities in old age are the main features of the chapter. Furthermore, it takes a closer look on the present attitudes of the society towards the elderly resulting in two main points of view: skeptic and optimistic (successful ageing concept). The practical part of the thesis is mapping the motivation of senior volunteers towards active voluntary work in the districts of Vodňany and Drahonice. Secondly, the proportion of men to women among volunteers is being questioned as well as which particular activities are typical for senior volunteers. The acquired data originate directly from local non-profit organizations which provide voluntary service. As a research method, quantitative research was chosen {--} using the methods of questioning and standardized interviews with senior volunteers.
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Mother Centres. Comparison of their Development in Germany and in the Czech Republic
KRAVAROVÁ, Kateřina
The thesis deals with comparison of mother centers' development in Germany and in the Czech Republic. The first part defines mother centers, characterizes their principles and role in the society. In the next part the process of mother centers' establishment is described and problems which may occur. The main part of the thesis contains characterization of mother centers' development in Germany, where these centers were founded, and their development in the Czech Republic. A concrete example illustrates M-CENTER FOR YOUNG FAMILY in České Budějovice. German and Czech mother centers experienced similar progress and differ only in offers of activities. The last part of this work concentrates on the importance of mother centers for mothers, fathers, children and our society. Main benefit for mothers is the possibility to come out of isolation where they end up after their all-day-long care of babies. Mother centers significantly contribute to development of civil society.
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