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Political awareness and participation of university students: case study of Faculty of International Relations, University of Economics in Prague
Outlá, Martina ; Němec, Jan (advisor) ; Müller, Karel (referee)
My thesis deals with political awareness and participation of students of Faculty of International Relations, University of Economics in Prague. In theoretical part I dealt with models of democracy and the significance of political participation in these models. Afterwards I described political participation tools, especially voter turnout, its decline in Czech Republic and its consequences. In connection with voter turnout I dealt with election campaigns in Czech Republic, especially the negative campaigns, and with the role of mass media in politics. Theoretical part is followed by case study. Its aim is to discover and describe, if the students of Faculty of International Relations are interested in faculty affairs, if they are aware of political situation, if they take part in political participation and what are the factors that influence them the most in decision-making and in their long term political preferences.
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The right to information as a fundamental human right
Kolman, Jiří
When analysing free access to information of the EU institutions it is needed to clarify the fundamental theoretical question of law, if that law can be considered as a basic human right exercisable, inter alia, in international law application. Currently EU law oscillates between supranational approach and intergovernmental point of view using diplomacy rules (international law). Is there, in the case of the EU institutions, space for full access to information, as we are used to it in the case of the EU member states?
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Contemporary Vietnam: 30 years of development towards democracy?
Duongová, Hong Nhung ; Druláková, Radka (advisor) ; Werner, Jan (referee)
Since the Sixth Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam decided to adopt the programme of Doi Moi (reform programme of economic renovation) in 1986, Vietnam has been experiencing substantial economic and social transformation. The country moved from the centrally planned economy, underwent reforms in agriculture and state-owned enterprises, and pursued the trade liberalization. How are the modernization processes reflected in the political development of Vietnam? Is the country poised for the future democratization? What are the obstacles for shifting to democracy? The aim of the thesis is to find answers for these questions using the theoretical framework of selected criteria of classical theories of democracy. The issue is examined at the economic, political and social level.
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Perspectives of democratization in the Arab world
Kaliyeva, Aziza ; Němec, Jan (advisor) ; Novotná, Yvona (referee)
"Arab World" is the only region in the world that lacks democratic values. However, back in December 2010, the authoritarian regimes of the Middle East had faced rapid and remarkable political change under the dynamics of the so-called "Arab Spring". The existing regimes in some of the Arab countries have met the popular opposition that demanded for the changes towards democratization processes, which was perceived by many scholars as a positive factor to the emergence of democracy. Since then, the question of the perspective of democratization of the Arab world has come to the agenda of most political debates. Thus, the aim of this thesis is to discuss and analyze whether democracy is able to develop in Arab region, what are the main challenges to it and whether in the past four years Arab Spring has facilitated the transformation of the political regimes.
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Administration and Management of Football in the Czech Republic
Slavík, Michal ; Král, Pavel (advisor) ; Tripes, Stanislav (referee)
The Football Association of the Czech Republic (FACR) board election triggered speculations about the governance of the association last year. Specifically, principles of transparency and democracy in the association were remarked. The aim of the thesis was to assess the level of transparency and democracy in the governance of the FACR and to compare the evaluation of the FACR governance by different stakeholders. A case study research design was chosen. Multiple sources of data collection were combined such as document analysis, media coverage analysis, interviews and a questionnaire survey. Results reveal low democracy of the FACR governance in spite of democratic governance design. Stakeholders do not feel to be involved in governance of FACR and they do not have the oportunity to take part in this process. Stakeholders' perception of transparency was better than the objective assessment of transparency. In particular, the financial transparency was the lowest. Thus, results provide new evidence to assumption that transparency is not enrooted in the society of CEE countries and the perception of transparency is biased.
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Analysis of selected aspects of the economic and political problems of Greece
Halík, Jiří ; Ševčíková, Michaela (advisor) ; Štěpánek, Pavel (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to analyse economic and political problems of Greece. This thesis examines the lack of democratic systém in Greece and implication of this lack to huge public spending. The work also examines the impact of the eurozone on public debt and the competitiveness of the hellenic economy. In competitiveness it emphasis on current account deficit and labour market. At the end the thesis evaluate the finacial assistance from Eurozone and IMF and predict the likely scenario of the Greek economy. Thesis shows that Eurozone is not primary responsible for preblems of Greek economy.
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The impact of centralization on democracy in Russia
Pavlova, Aleksandra ; Němec, Jan (advisor) ; Cibulková, Petra (referee)
The thesis aims at analyzing the consequences of centralization policies in Russia and its impact on the quality of democracy in the country. Centralization is believed to strengthen states' political power by increasing the effectiveness of governance and proliferation of secession movements. However centralization is also very often associated with antidemocratic governance because it implies the limitation of local authorities' power which can lead to decrease of local official's responsiveness, people participation etc. Thus there should be taken into account many factors when assessing whether the centralization policy is necessary or not.
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Egypt on the way towards democracy
Ptáčník, Martin ; Müller, Karel (advisor) ; Němec, Jan (referee)
This final thesis deals with the theoretical prerequisites and preconditions of democracy and the possibilities of its permanent establishing in Egypt. The main goal of the thesis is to answer the research question, if Egypt is prepared for democracy. In this case study, the role and the specific status of the Egyptian army is examinand as well. The first part deals with the theory of favorable conditions for establishing and maintaining of democracy, published by Robert Dahl, and Lipset's theoretical approach to conditions leading to the stability of democratic regimes. The second theoretical part is dedicated to the relationship among the army and democracy and the civilian control over the military. In this part Samuel Huntington's and Nordlinger's theories are used as well as the Lawson, May and Selochan's alternative concept, which is contributed to developing countries. All the theories used in the thesis are applied on the specific political reality of Egypt. Also theories related with the issue of the military and its position within the Egyptian political system are applied in the empirical part.
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The impact of oil on economic and political stability of petro-states
Koláčková, Ivana ; Jeníček, Vladimír (advisor) ; Vošta, Milan (referee)
The topic of the final thesis is the impact of oil on economic and political stability of petro-states. The first chapter summarizes basic data about oil, its reserves, production and consumption, as well as about oil trade and oil prices. Basic information about OPEC is included in this chapter.The second chapter includes different theories about effects of oil wealth on economic, political and social development in petro-states. The third chapter is an attempt to apply theories from chapter two on OPEC countries. The aim of the thesis is to present impacts of oil on OPEC countries.
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