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National minorities in the context of current developmental trends
Uherek, Zdeněk
The text focuses on the problems of minority organizations in Prague in a situation where Prague has become an open global city, a gateway city, which in the composition of the population and sociability differs significantly from other cities of the Czech Republic. Using the statistical data, the diversity of the population in Prague demonstrated in the text, which along with the excessiveness of tourism makes Prague an extremely challenging environment for the coexistence of the population in the city. A highly diversified society along with the anonymity and segmentarization of the personal lives of individuals is typical for the large city. In this particular environment, associations of national minorities seek their activity and hope to address their compatriots, who are scattered throughout the city. A big change for the life of minorities in the Czech Republic is the decentralization of minority organizations. Individual minority clubs are now often separate entities that establish their own program and are separately managed. Their freedom is compensated by organizational immaturity. They must compete for grants, face problems with co-financing and lack the resources for infrastructure and administrative activities. As research by the Institute of Ethnology of the CR has verified, they lack advisory and coordination assistance, which would aid in the acquisition of European funds, mutual communication and among others ensure that their activities could effectively enrich the people of Prague as a whole. In this context, I appreciate the establishment of the House of National Minorities, which at least partially simplifies communication among the minorities.
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On the question of the presence of national minorities in the Czech Republic
Sulitka, Andrej
The articles indicates the basic political starting points on the question of national minorities in the Czech Republic after 1989. The existing Act on Rights of Members of National Minorities (2001) does not provide an exhaustive list of national minorities and minority groups are considered those groups of citizens claiming a nationality other than Czech, which are historically present on the territory of the state, i.e. existing as a permanent part of the society. According to the amended version of the Statute of the Government Council for National Minorities, adopted by the Government in 2013, they are 14 minorities (Belarusian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Hungarian, German, Greek, Polish, Roma, Rusyn, Russian, Serbian, Slovak, Ukrainian and Vietnamese).
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Introduction
Sulitka, Andrej ; Uherek, Zdeněk
Introductory information to the 14th Meeting of National Minorities in Prague, whose part was the international conference entitled Prague and minorities in 2014. The program of the conference was focused on the issues: the presence of ethnic minorities in Prague and their activities, national minorities and parent language, ethnic minorities and migrants. The partial output is presented to the professional and wider public, arranged like the conference.
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Prague and minorities : proceedings of the International Conference held in Prague on December 4, 2014
Sulitka, Andrej ; Uherek, Zdeněk
Publications Prague and minorities is the output of 14th Meetings of the national minorities, whose component was the international conference under the name of Prague and minorities. The conference Program was divided into three thematic blocks: 1. the presence of national minorities in Prague and their activities, 2. minorities and the parent language, 3. ethnic minorities and migrants. These questions are in the spotlight of the representatives of the national minorities and they are discussed at the annual meetings of national minorities, organized by the city of Prague and the House of national minorities in cooperation with academic institutions, specifically in the year 2014 with the Institute of Ethnology of the Czech Academy of Sciences, v.v.i. The partial output is presented to the professional and wider public, arranged like the conference.
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Government's policy towards national minorities in Slovakia
Smetanková, Daša ; Reschová, Jana (advisor) ; Mansfeldová, Zdenka (referee) ; Čáky, Milan (referee)
The thesis deals with the government's policy towards national minorities in Slovakia after 1993. It focuses on policies towards the two most populous minorities in Slovakia (Hungarian and Roma minority) mainly in two key spheres -- culture and education. The aim of the thesis is to evaluate the development of the minority policy towards Hungarians and Roma people and to asses individual factors that causes its changes. The goal is also to compare the approach of government coalitions towards these two minorities. The continuity of these policies is mainly observed. Policies can be influenced by internal and external factors. International organizations -- Council of Europe, European Union and OSCE -- and Hungarians are set as external factors and different government coalition in Slovakia as internal. Last question that thesis deals with is if the triadic nexus (as characterized by Rogers Brubaker) between nationalism of Slovak government, Hungary and Hungarian minority in Slovakia can influence also minority policy towards Roma. Despite all these factors that have an influence on government's minority policy after 1993 in Slovakia, it is continual.
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Does or did the long-term governmental concept for resolving the national minorities problem exist?
Kučera, František ; Dvořáková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Smetanková, Daša (referee)
The thesis deals with the question of existence of long-term governmental integration concepts regarding national minorities and foreigners. The thesis analyses theoretical integration concepts, their types and their development. It describes national minorities living in the territory of the Czech Republic. It follows the creation and development of the governmental institutional structure for solving the issues of minorities and deals with the analysis of development of the legal framework and of governmental concepts regarding foreigners, national minorities and separately the Roma minority stressing concepts' quality and linkup. The goal of the thesis is to answer the question if the long-term concept regarding these issues exists, to what extent is the concept sophisticated, coherent and how continuously/discontinuously is the concept been promoted.
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International Context of The Roma Minority Human Rights Protection in Slovakia
Lackovičová, Simona ; Zemanová, Štěpánka (advisor) ; Trávníčková, Zuzana (referee)
"The Roma Problem"is one of the most serious social problems in Slovakia. Prejudices, bad relationships between non-Roma majority and Roma minority, as well as racism, Roma rights violations are the most frequently cited issues, Slovakia is criticized for. The Government of the Slovak Republic is aware of all reasons for the criticism by international organizations or non-governmental organizations, and that is why "The Roma Problem" solution has been its priority for a long time. The Slovak Republic has already accepted lots of international commitments concerning protection of minority rights (including Roma rights) that is why I have decided to find out if Slovakia meets all its commitments. My goal is to analyse if international commitments and recommendations related to human rights affect real protection of minority rights in Slovakia. I would like to evaluate if the criticism by the international organizations is adequate and find some reasons for the criticism. Last but not least I would like to propose several recommendations based on the analyses of non- governmental organizations.
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The origins of vexation in pre - school education on the part of multicultural education
KOCANDOVÁ, Michaela
Multicultural upbringing is quite new conception, but in fact it is a historical page of upbringing, sometimes intricately alleged in our education , if there is an activeless cooperation between families and schools. Therefore in his baccalaureate work is tried to put near this problems of the part of pre - school education intent on vexation rising from bad access to multicultural upbringing upon this step of education. In practical parts it dealsthe with project against force that was at least in part realized in the kindergarten.
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Attitudes towards ethnical and national minorities
SVOBODOVÁ, Kateřina
This Bachelor Thesis deals with the issue of attitudes of pupils of classes 7 and 8 of elementary schools of the Region of South Bohemia towards ethnical and national minorities. The theoretical part summarizes the current knowledge on selected minorities (Romany, Vietnamese, Ukrainian and American). The implementation of the practical part took place in form of quantitative-qualitative research made in February and March 2010 in classes 7 and 8 of selected elementary schools in villages under 7 000 citizens (ZŠ J. A. Komenského Blatná, ZŠ Bělčice, ZŠ Sedlice). The goal of the Thesis consisted in mapping of attitudes of the target group of pupils with differentiation by gender towards the most frequent ethnical and national minorities in the Czech Republic. The research results show that the attitudes of pupils of classes 7 and 8 towards minorities do not copy the attitudes of broad public stated in public opinion polls. Girls from the target set show more positive relationship to ethnical and national minorities than boys. It can be stated in general that pupils of classes 7 and 8 are relatively helpful and open towards minority groups of fellow citizens, but they are aware of problems related particularly to coexistence with Romany minority. Creation of positive attitudes towards minorities through school lessens and special programs and events for pupils is important with regard to the possibility of such individuals starting life without prejudices emerging in close environment of the individual on the base of stereotyped behaviour and thinking. The research shows that pupils of classes 7 and 8 are able to perceive the characteristics of the relevant groups on the base of interpretation presented by their environment but that they can also express their opinion on fellow citizens from other national and ethnical minorities they meet.
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The problem of protecting national minorities
Broklová, Eva
The law on the protection of minorities in Czechoslovakia 1918–1938 originated in the minority peace agreement. These bills were accepted into the Czechoslovak constitution. The provision on the protection of minorities was among the best in Europe.
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