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Political Reform in Russia under the Rule of Vladimir Putin: Law on Political Parties and its Influence on Political Opposition
Hosenseidlová, Petra ; Šír, Jan (advisor) ; Kubát, Michal (referee)
The thesis Political Reform in Russia under the Rule of Vladimir Putin:Law on Political Parties and its Influence on Political Opposition deals with the impact of the aforesaid law on Russia's opposition parties during Putin's presidency, i. e. in the period between enacting this law in 2001 and 2008. It focuses on then three main opposition parties, namely Communist Party of the Russian Federation, Union of Right Forces and Yabloko. It analyzes the impact of the aforesaid law on the opposition parties in the following three areas of activity: registration; financing; and participation in the political process as exemplified through the elections for the State Duma in 2003. The analysis allows us to conclude that the impact of the aforesaid law was lower than conventionally believed. That said, however, does not mean that the ruling regime would not seek to severely curtail the parties standing in opposition to President Putin. It did so using predominantly other methods, such as dirty election campaigns, targeted crackdown on the opposition's key sponsor, and administrative interference with the election process.
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The rise of African American radicalism and the fall of the African American-Jewish coalition in the United States
Urban, Daniel ; Ulmanová, Hana (referee) ; Calda, Miloš (advisor)
This work aims at examining the origins of the civil rights coaiition between African Americans and American Jews, its achievements and its fall following the rise of radicalism among African Americans and other historical developments in the late 1960s. It is clear that the abolition of slavery alone did not bring about social, economic and political integration of African Americans. Black codes and unwritten discriminatory customs prevented them from securing their rightful and equal place among white Americans. In order to fight racism and discrimination and support integration more effectively, African Americans started to organize in a number of organizations including the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) and the Universal Negro Improvement Association (UNIA). However, because they lacked leadership, funding as well as organizational skills, they needed an ally and American Jews proved to be a dexterous one. There were a number of things that African Americans and Jews shared at that time: no ne of the two ethnic groups had a homeland in the sense that for example Italian Americans did before World War II. African Americans recognized and understood the fact that Jews had been living in poor conditions and under a constant threat to their lives in Europe. Furthermore,...
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The influence of legislative factors on mortgage crisis in USA
Rys, David ; Korda, Jan (advisor)
This bachelor thesis is focused on selected legislative factors occuring from 1977 to 2004 connected with the mortgage crisis which started in 2007. In the first part, I am summing up economical, political and in a nutshell the social environment background of the problem. The main aim of the thesis is to organize the chosen legislative factors according to their origins and evaluating their impact. I am coming to a conclusion that the support of an unvisionary growth was an indispensable part of the crisis which came out in the mortgage sector.
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Pragmatic and Semantic Features of English and Czech Public Signs/Pragmatické a sémantické aspekty anglických a českých veřejných nápisů
KREJČÍ, Andrea
This thesis deals with pragmatic and semantic features of English and Czech public signs. In the theoretical part, there are some basic facts about language, its functions, communication, and public signs presented. Moreover, the types of meaning within semantics and pragmatics are introduced. There is also a special focus on the Speech Act Theory, as introduced by J. L. Austin and later developed by J. R. Searle, and the maxims of the Cooperative and Politeness Principles, as proposed by H. P. Grice and G. Leech. The Practical part is based on an analysis of English public notices, which are classified on the basis of Searle's Speech Act Theory and analysed from the viewpoint of the observance or non-observance of the Cooperative and Politeness Principles. Furthermore, each notice is compared with its Czech equivalent.
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Political Aspeckts of Local Government – Comunal Elections and Preferential Voting
Čermáková, Kristýna ; Kopřiva, Radek (advisor) ; Lenka, Lenka (referee)
The thesis is divided into two parts, theoretical and practical. Theoretical part introduces and explains basic concepts of local politics, with detail characteristic of municipalities, municipal elections and preferential voting. This part is also concerned with research of local politics by published expert articles. This part is researched through the legislation and political expert literature.
The practical part is focused on demographicaland socioeconomical description of district Benešov. The main part of thesis is the analysis of the voting results in the local elections of the municipalities in the district Benešov in 2014, particularly the preferred votes of candidates aspiring to gain a political seat with a mandate .
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Social political context of potential leisure time centre for seniors
Radová, Pavla ; Tomeš, Igor (advisor) ; Víšek, Petr (referee)
The work is based on information about the foreign community or senior centres which offer a number of services and programmes to their clients. The text stresses above social political context of potential leisure time centre for seniors inclulding budget design for the first and others years. The work is divided in six chapters. The first five chapters give definition of target group - seniors, social environment which they live in and topic of active ageing, volunteering and general social political context. The last chapter focuses on the particular form of potential leisure centre for seniors, including budget design and funding.
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The influence of mobility on cultural diversity in unified Europe
Lekešová, Lucie ; Mucha, Ivan (advisor) ; Matějů, Martin (referee) ; Zbořil, Zdenek (referee)
This dissertation thesis focuses on the European dimension of cultural diversity, migration, national and European identity, and the knowledge of languages. Languages help facilitating dialogue between cultures according to the strategic goals of the European Union (EU). It is continually difficult for European countries to find the rules of peaceful coexistence between the European and non-European cultures, ethnical groups and religions. In conclusion, a multicultural environment is formed. The EU is based on "unity in diversity", i.e. diversity of cultures, customs, as well as languages. The EU does not aim to erase the differences among individual states, but to support, preserve and honour them through its community programmes, political provisions and recommendations. This thesis is divided into two parts. The first one is the theoretical basis, which introduces the main terms in the area of cultural diversity, and national and European identity. This section also describes the concepts and strategies of the EU, which are then analyzed in the second portion, the empirical part. The chapter in the theoretical part focuses on cultural diversity while introducing cultural policies of the EU and its new strategy for culture in in the globalized world. Cultural diversity is a common denominator for...
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The influence of mobility on cultural diversity in unified Europe
Lekešová, Lucie ; Mucha, Ivan (advisor)
This dissertation thesis focuses on the European dimension of cultural diversity, migration, national and European identity, and the knowledge of languages. Languages help facilitating dialogue between cultures according to the strategic goals of the European Union (EU). It is continually difficult for European countries to find the rules of peaceful coexistence between the European and non-European cultures, ethnical groups and religions. In conclusion, a multicultural environment is formed. The EU is based on "unity in diversity", i.e. diversity of cultures, customs, as well as languages. The EU does not aim to erase the differences among individual states, but to support, preserve and honour them through its community programmes, political provisions and recommendations. This thesis is divided into two parts. The first one is the theoretical basis, which introduces the main terms in the area of cultural diversity, and national and European identity. This section also describes the concepts and strategies of the EU, which are then analyzed in the second portion, the empirical part. The chapter in the theoretical part focuses on cultural diversity while introducing cultural policies of the EU and its new strategy for culture in in the globalized world. Cultural diversity is a common denominator for...
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Durgāpūjā in Calcutta: the poetics and politics of a ritual
Hříbek, Martin ; Preinhaelterová, Hana (advisor) ; Vrhel, František (referee) ; Zbavitel, Dušan (referee)
This thesis deals with poetics and politics of the annual worship of goddess Durga in Calcutta, India, and though it is not an ethnography as a genre, it is largely based on fieldwork. In the first chapter of this thesis I reflect on the process of my partial enculturation in Bengal, on the process of understanding that cultural milieu as well as on the nature of understanding the Other in general. The second chapter deals with the concept of ritual. It summarises current state of discussion in the field and finally outlines Alfred Gell' s concepts of secondary agency, technology of enchantment, distributed personhood and extended mind in order to examine the external and internal strategies of animation of images of deities. The third chapter is a short introduction into the goddess worship tradition in India with focus on mythological narratives of Devi -Ma ha tmya and portrayal of Durga pu ja in Bengali rendition of Ra ma ya a. The fourth chapter reverts to my first fieldwork on Durga pu ja and interprets the intersection of Durga pu ja and the " war on terror" with Marc Agué' s concept of extended ritual technique. The fifth chapter is an elaborate survey of plant symbolism in Durga pu ja with plenty of comparative material. Its aim is to explore the ritual symbols within the Durga pu ja complex at the...
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A political image and negative campaigns
Pečmanová, Jana ; Horová, Olga (advisor) ; Malík, Stanislav (referee)
This essay comprises two themes of a political marketing. It describes constituent elements of image of political subjects and factors that influences it. The second theme comprises negatives and positives of negative campaigns. The practical part shows opinions of these areas. Inhabitants of small town join the research.
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