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Foreign Nationals' Use of the Electoral Law in the Local Elections in Czech Republic
Machová, Zuzana ; Jüptner, Petr (advisor) ; Švec, Kamil (referee)
Diploma thesis sets itself a task to evaluate the using of voting right by foreign nationals in local elections in the Czech Republic. The thesis shows the approach of other member states of European Union to the voting right of foreign nationals in local elections, the legislative framework and the legal position of foreign nationals in the Czech Republic. The centre point of the thesis lies in the real experience of the foreign nationals and mayors or workers of municipal authorities with voting right in the local elections. Information gained during the research allows to study the practice of voting right. During the research there were discovered reasons why the foreign nationals participate or not in local elections. There were explained opinions of foreign nationals about the quality of information of their possibility to participate in local elections and about the conditions of voting right declared by state. Opinions and ideas of foreign nationals are compared with the opinions and experience of mayors or workers of municipal authorities and state institutions.
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Electoral Engineering at Local Level in the Czech Republic: Case Study of Prague, Olomouc, Ústí nad Labem, Most
Kuchařová, Milena ; Lisa, Aleš (advisor) ; Němec, Jan (referee)
The master's thesis deals with local elections in the Czech Republic from the point of view of electoral engineering. Theoretical part of the thesis is focused on the elections, electoral systems and variables of electoral systems. The main variables are electoral district magnitude, electoral formula, legal threshold and the number and character of tier districting. The thesis then describes issue of gerrymandering and malapportionment from the theoretical perspective. The next part of the thesis deals with legislative framework of the local government elections from 1989 including rules and problematic characteristics of current electoral law for electing members of municipality. Empirical part of the thesis analyses local elections in the Czech Republic and results of the elections between 1994 and 2014. In the last chapter, division of the territory into electoral districts is assessed with an emphasis on principle of equal weight of votes and degree of proportionality. Comparison was carried out by using two indices of proportionality, Loosemore and Hanby index and D'Hondt index.
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Analysis of election campaigns of choosen political parties in the election to municipal government of Prague in 2014
Fuksová, Anna ; Vymětal, Petr (advisor) ; Husák, Jan (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on analysis of election campaigns of three political parties; TOP 09, ODS and mmovement ANO. The aim of this thesis is to find out differences between election campaigns from the point of political marketing and using instruments in the local elections in Prague in 2014. Thesis also summarizes potential factors such as political cases and mood of society based on sociological researches, which could influence the result of the elections. Thesis is divided into three parts. The first part of the thesis defines the term political marketing, describes system of elections on a local level and marketing instruments. In the second part election campaigns of the political parties are analysed. Last part of the thesis put emphasis on analysis of campaigns and influence of political marketing on the result of elections.
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The elections to the Council of Prague in 2010
Lišková, Markéta ; Vymětal, Petr (advisor) ; Lisa, Aleš (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with elections and electoral systems in the Czech Republic with an emphasis on local elections to the Council of Prague. The aim is to analyze the elections to this local council and explain the problems with its occurring in connection with the last elections in 2010. If there was not deliberate manipulation division of dividing constituencies in favor of the ODS. The first chapter deals with elections and electoral systems. The second chapter analyzes the elections in the Czech Republic. The third chapter deals with elections to the Council of Prague in 2010. Elections to the Council of Prague are held under the Act on elections to municipal councils, although Prague is also the county and municipality. The Council of Prague can legitimately divide Prague to more constituencies. Intentional manipulation cannot be demonstrated on the basis of election results, as are known in advance. The fact whether a party will be represented, only the voters decide. However, we can speculate about it, depending on the allocation of Prague to the smallest permissible option and the lack of proportional division into electoral districts.
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Local Elections in 2010: the Case of Ceske Budejovice
Okrouhlý, David ; Dvořáková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Dlouhý, Miloš (referee)
The goal of this thesis is an analysis of local elections in 2010 in Ceske Budejovice. I try to answer the question, which specific conflicts in the period 2006 - 2010 destabilized the situation in the town council and why the Civic Democratic Party supported other representatives to dismiss the mayor. From this perspective, it is important to determine if there was created an "opposition" group within the Civic Democratic Party in the observed period, which voted together with the opposition parties in the town council. Another question is, how intra-party conflicts reflected the electoral programs of the main parties and if the conflicts had an impact on the results of local elections in 2010.
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