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Communication of the Youth Organizations of the Populist Parties in the Czech Republic
Štěrbová, Adéla ; Konrádová, Marcela (advisor) ; Shavit, Anna (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the issue of communication of youth organizations of the populist movements ANO 2011 and the Freedom and Direct Democracy (Svoboda a přímá demokracie). The concept of populism is considered ambiguous in academic debate and lacks a universally accepted definition covering all of its aspects. The thesis presents different approaches to the study of populism. Due to the topic of the diploma thesis, the work is inclined to understand populism as a communication style, which appears to be the most relevant in the context of the goals of the thesis, and defines its core elements that are then reflected in the operationalization of the research questions. In addition to the presentation of different approaches to the study of populism and the identification of its key elements, the theory and functions of youth organizations are also presented, as well as the theory, development and typology of political parties, including the connection of each of them to the concept of populism and the placement of the ANO and SPD movements in the context of this typology. The aim of the thesis is to identify the relationship in terms of communication between the selected youth organizations and their "parent" political parties, as well as to identify what characterizes the external...
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Comparison of the success of the Cassa per il Mezzogiorno program and the European Union Cohesion Funds in Italy
Štěrbová, Adéla ; Mejstřík, Martin (advisor) ; Kasáková, Zuzana (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the issue of Italian dualism and the so-called Southern question. In this context, two specific programs of funding the Italian South have been examined - the Cassa per il Mezzogiorno (1950 - 1984) and the Cohesion Funds of the European Union, in particular the 2007-2013 period. Two levels of financing are thus represented - the internal and the external level. The research plan is to qualitatively evaluate the success of the two programs with the method of compilation of selected sources. The thesis offers a list of the activities of both programs, and shows specific data regarding their results. The issue of Italian dualism has been relevant since the unification of the Italian state. Despite numerous efforts of the Italian government to reduce or eliminate the socio-economic gap between the North and South of the country, the foundations for the future economic self-sufficiency of the South have not been laid. The thesis concludes that both of the examined programs share several common features. Positive results appeared only during the implementation period. In the long run, however, no noticeable results have been found. The thesis finds out that in order to lay the foundations for future economic self-sufficiency of the South, investments in the quality of local...
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