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The comparison of radical right-wing populist parties in Norway and in Sweden
Vrbková, Pavla ; Charvát, Jan (advisor) ; Kučera, Tomáš (referee)
The term 'populist radical right parties' often occurs in media, among experts or as a frequently discussed topic. The topic related to a rise of such of political parties in Europe is parallelly linked to the context of growing number of immigrants. The aim of this work is to clarify reasons of the origin and long-term success of two populist radical right parties. The work analyzes and consequently compares the existence of the Swedish Democrats and the Norwegian Progress Party. Even though Sweden and Norway share several historical and cultural features, situation around selected political parties is apparently different. Norway's Progress Party succeeded in an election of 1973 already. Nowadays it can be listed among Norwegian strongest political parties. On the other hand, the populist radical right party, Swedish Democrats, entered the political scene in 2002 only. The starting point of the time research frame for this thesis is defined as the breakthrough of the Progress Party in 1973 with Anders Lange in lead. The core of the thesis is based on the concept of supply and demand according to which independent variables are categorized. The main purpose of the work is to determine the key factor, which leads to the success of selected political parties and analyze their development.
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Alternative für Deutschland (Alternative for Germany)
Szobonyová, Anna ; Charvát, Jan (advisor) ; Švec, Radek (referee)
The Diploma thesis discusses the German political party Alternative für Deutschland and its position in the German political system. The thesis deals with Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) since its establishment in 2013 until spring 2017. The aim of the thesis is to analyze the ideological and programmatic transformation of AfD. AfD was formed as an eurosceptic party just few months before the General Election in 2013. AfD has became the first eurosceptic party in Germany which has attracted substantial electoral support in local, national and European elections. The main motivation of the party was the fight against the eurozone crisis and EU criticism. The AfD's criticism is mainly focused on the EU's fiscal and monetary regime. Frauke Petry has became a new party leader in 2015. In the same year the party has turned its focus to immigration and Islam. New leader Petry has managed to take control of a debate on the position of migration and asylum policy. Under her leadership the party has became an anti-immigration party. She was also trying to enfoce a party line to extend populism, xenophobia and islamophobia. AfD is focused on criticism of migration and asylum policies in EU and Germany. Leadership of Petry was widely seen as heralding a shift of the party to the right. The thesis deals with...
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Coalition links within the anti Islamist organizations in the Czech Republic
Procházka, Lukáš ; Charvát, Jan (advisor) ; Říchová, Blanka (referee)
This diploma thesis analyzes the coalition ties that have been established within the anti- Islamic scene in the Czech Republic. The analysis includes the most important counter- Islamic entities in the Czech Republic, namely the National Democracy, the Workers' Party of Social Justice, Dusk and its followers, and the Bloc against Islam and its followers. The theoretical basis of the thesis is the theory of coalitions. The aim of the thesis is to answer the questions why the anti-Islamic subjects of the coalition or other forms of co-operation follow up and why they do not follow them, even if they are offered because of their situation. Another aim of the thesis is to point out the possibility of using part of the theoretical approaches of the theory of coalition with certain modifications to the specific environment of the anti-Islamic scene in the Czech Republic, which is quite different from the national environment, for which the concepts of coalition theory were predominantly created. The thesis is divided into two parts. The theoretical part introduces theoretical concepts and approaches that have been used in the work. The second, empirical, part presents the development of individual subjects and, above all, the established coalition ties and cooperation. The last chapter summarizes the...
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Discourse Analysis of Political Attitudes of the Czech President Miloš Zeman and far-right political parties
Vocel, Jan ; Švec, Kamil (advisor) ; Charvát, Jan (referee)
The key research question of my diploma thesis deals with the problem of whether the President of the Czech Republic Milos Zeman creates the same discourse as far-right political parties in the Czech Republic. The research concerns the social discourse surrounding the current migration crisis facing Europe. In this connection, there is a discourse analysis of the themes of migration, Islam, terrorism, external and internal actors. This research is conducted on the basis of the theory of binaries from Teun Van Dijk, which can be applied to a populist political style characterized by President Zeman and extreme right-wing political parties, among which are analyzed the Workers' Party of Social Justice, National Democracy, Dawn - the National Coalition, Freedom And Direct Democracy - Tomio Okamura and the Citizens' Rights Party. Research data is collected from President Zeman's official communications channels and political parties, including official websites and social networks. Based on a discourse analysis of their political views, it is possible to compare President Zeman and the extreme right-wing parties to each topic and to conclude whether they speak the same or differently about these themes.
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Old and new left in Czech Republic
Blažeková, Radka ; Mlejnek, Josef (advisor) ; Charvát, Jan (referee)
The topic of the diploma thesis is a comparison of the old and new left in the Czech Republic. The diploma thesis focuses on a comparison of the selected relevant left-wing political groups operating in the Czech Republic. The thesis examines differences and similarities between the KSČM, the socialist wing of ČSSD on one side and the Green Party and the left-liberal tendencies and offshoots of the ČSSD (such Idealists) on the other hand. The work is divided into three main parts. The first part of the thesis is theoretical. The theoretical part defines main terms such as a political party, political movement, left-right axis of the political spectrum, the old left, the new left etc. The explanation of the terms is very important for understanding the thesis. In the second part of this thesis, I analyze single significant and relevant political parties. I focus on the origin and development of political parties and their electoral program, their attitude to selected issues, electorate, potential cooperation between themselves and so on. The third part is comparative. The goal of this thesis is to find out whether the analyzed political parties fulfill leftist characteristic. Next goal of this thesis is to find out whether the classification on left-right axis of the political spectrum is still...
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The current development of the extreme right and anti-immigration movement in the Czech Republic.
Štěch, Daniel ; Charvát, Jan (advisor) ; Brunclík, Miloš (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the issue of the current extreme right parties and the anti- immigration movements. The thesis is diveded into two parts. The first one desribes important theoretical terms dealing with the fundamental pillars of the extreme right and anti-Islamist policy, which accompanies the monothematic anti-immigration movements. The second one is devoted to specific subjects of extreme right and anti-immigration scene in Czech Republic. Namely the Narodni demokracie, Delnicka strana socialni spravedlnosti, Czech Defence League, Islam v CR nechceme with all its successors and Usvit narodni koalice. The comparison of individual case studies based on the theoretical knowledge helps to answer the question wether or not the anti-immigration movements with its programs and activities belongs to extreme right. Additional information is provided through an analysis of mutual withdrawals and a list of possible reasons for non-co-operation. Keywords Anti-immigration movement, extreme right, Martin Konvicka, Tomio Okamura, Národní demokracie, Islám v ČR nechceme, Dělnická strana sociální spravedlnosti, Úsvit národní koalice
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Analysis of the anti-immigration movement in the Czech Republic: Blok against Islam and Dawn-National coalition
Pochopová, Nicole ; Charvát, Jan (advisor) ; Brunclík, Miloš (referee)
The current situation in politics is defined by the success of new political parties and movements, which are developed as a result of economic recession combined with European migration crisis. However, can we consider them as extreme right? Are these parties and movements ideologically empty, populist and demagogic or they forming a completely new kind of political groups? This issue interferes with current Western world but also the countries of middle and Eastern Europe. Thus, although it might appear to be a well-known topic, it is worth further research. This thesis is focused on new subjects in the territory of Czech Republic (ÚPD, ÚNK, SPD, BPI, BPi, IMK, 7. Republika, ApČR, ČS). The aim of this thesis is prediction of the future of these subjects in Czech environment and whether or not they could be identified as extreme right. The theoretical framework is extreme right by C. Mudde, the theory of islamophobia by A. Quellien enriched by the view of F. Lopez. Then also the definition of populism by P. Taggart and F. Pianizzo, completed with identification signs by V. Havlík and A. Pinková. In this thesis, quality and quantity content analysis of parties documents, web pages and profiles on Facebook is performed. Also, the author uses semi-structured questionnaires and interviews with chosen...
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Czechs and multicultural society? Analysis of the current anti-Islamism in relation to anti-Semitism
Hvězda, Martin ; Charvát, Jan (advisor) ; Kubátová, Hana (referee)
The Czech nation, like the other, is characterized by many historically conditioned stereotypes that indicate possible reactions to certain impulse. The turbulent development of the last years in the world and especially the refugee crisis coming to Europe has caused many hate reactions and islamophobic pronouncement in Czech society. Some authors and scholars have begun to point to the possible similarities and analogies of contemporary anti-Islamism with the phenomenon of anti-Semitism, typically for the Czech atmosphere in past times. This bachelor thesis aims to analyse the theme with regard to the topicality. At the beginning is necessary to define the theoretical concepts of individual approaches and after that is text mainly focused on the specific parallels in the discursive level. The thesis attempts to point out the similarity of the argumentation logic of earlier anti-Semitism with the current wave of Islamophobia. At the same time, it is clear that, despite many criticisms, such comparison is possible and the rhetoric of both xenophobic approaches shows particular similarities. In addition, the thesis puts the whole issue in the context of Czech political culture, and in the concrete among the stereotypical qualities of the Czech nation. It defines the causal cause in the form of myth...
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Development of the new Czech extreme right Bloc against Islam and its influence by the Party for Freedom
Melicharová, Eliška ; Charvát, Jan (advisor) ; Švec, Kamil (referee)
In this bachelor thesis I will write about the radical right parties: Czech movement Bloc against islam and the Dutch political party Party for freedom. These two parties are often considered to stand forpopulism, and that is why I will try to analyze, if this naming is using correctly in these cases. Nowadays politics is more and more about populism and populism slowly becomes a part of political culture. The radical right parties are using elements of populism in order to get more support from voters. Because of increasing support of people for radical right parties, some radical topics of these parties are becoming a part of our lives.
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