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Political Dimensions of the Czechoslovak Exile in Canada 1948-1989
Hodboď, Jakub ; Kocian, Jiří (advisor) ; Štefek, Martin (referee)
UNIVERZITA KARLOVA V PRAZE Filosofická fakulta Ústav politologie Diplomová práce Bc. Jakub Hodboď MSc. Politické dimenze československého exilu v Kanadě 1948 - 1989 Political Dimensions of the Czechoslovak Exile in Canada 1948 -1989 Praha 2011 vedoucí práce: Doc. PhDr. Jiří Kocian, CSc SUMMARY This study narrowly analyzed political and cultural-political dimension of the Czechoslovak exile in Canada during the selected period 1948-1989. Besides the introduction of the official political reactions and the evolution of political agendas, the cultural, educational and sports activities were examined, as they contributed to and supported other directly political events of the exile. The "other side" was presented too through the introduction of the strategies and tactics of the Czechoslovak communist regime used against the exile community in Canada. Well-established Czechoslovak compatriots managed to react effectively to the changes in Czechoslovakia after 1948. Complex issues such as the assistance and support of the refugees and new immigrants were solved in the cooperation with other global Czechoslovak exile organizations. Main role among the organizations in Canada belonged to the Czechoslovak National Association in Canada, Masaryk Memorial Institute and to the gymnastic organization Sokol. Highly...
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Institutional Changes of the CPC's Central Commitee Organs in the Period of 1951 to 1953
Slanina, Daniel ; Štefek, Martin (advisor) ; Drahokoupil, Štěpán (referee)
The objective of this work is to introduce institutional changes of the organs of the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist party in the years from 1951 to 1953 and to do that with the help of secondary literature related to this topic and studying documents from the archive. The work will begin with a short historical contextualization and a part regarding the Central Committee of the Czechoslovak Communist party will follow subsequently. After this input the attention will be concentrated on the institutional changes of the organs of the Central Committee which will be described in the context of domestic events and events that occurred in the Eastern bloc. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Political culture and voting behaviour of students
Dvořák, Adam ; Štefek, Martin (advisor) ; Hesová, Zora (referee)
Political Culture and Voting Behaviour of Students Abstract In this bachelor thesis, the subject of empirical research is to analyze the relationship of political culture and electoral behavior of students of Czech students. The term political culture means political attitudes and the orientation of individuals towards politics and the political system. Political culture manifests itself in participation or in the political competence of citizens. The aim of the research is to determine the effects of sociodemographic characteristics on the political attitudes of Czech university students. Furthermore, the aim of this project is to find out the character of relationship of political attitudes and the electoral behavior of respondents. The empirical part is based on the evaluation of the quantitative questionnaire survey, which is carried out by collecting data through social networks. The method of evaluating the questionnaires is to describe the frequencies of specific political attitudes and to determine relationships with other values. Keywords: political culture, voting behaviour, students
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The Five in the context of consensual democracy
Nováková, Magdalena ; Doubek, Vratislav (advisor) ; Štefek, Martin (referee)
This paper deals with the analysis of the transformation of the political system of the first Czechoslovak Republic in connection with the existence of an extra-parliamentary, non- governmental and extra-constitutional body in the form of Five on the basis of the theory of Arend Lijphart not only in the form of a consensual theory of democracy, but mainly based on its later widespread concept of two opposing models of democracy Consensus and Westminster definition. Key words: First Czechoslovak Republic, political system, the Five, political parties, parliament, government, Lijphart, Consensual democracy, Consensus model, Westminster model.
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Value and cultural changes in Eastern Europe after 1989
Dolejší, Ondřej ; Štefek, Martin (advisor) ; Hesová, Zora (referee)
The main goal of this bachelor thesis is to capture fundemantal value change in selected countries within the region of Eastern Europe. This work bases its findings on repeated cross- sectional surveys collected after 1989 and will present coherent picture of the culture shift in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia. One of the core aims of this work is to prove whether structural alteration or stable economic growth in the region could give rise to a new cleavage. By comparing outcomes of various surveys carried out in states which share relative similarities in terms of geographical vicinity and contemporary historical development, I shall shed light on the relation between structure and culture in this part of continental Europe. Researched topic will be further introduced within a broad theoretical framework.
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Development of relations between the Union of Czechoslovak writers and the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia in the 1960s
Broučková, Kristina ; Štefek, Martin (advisor) ; Doubek, Vratislav (referee)
The objective of this bachelor thesis is to reflect key moments of the development of relations between the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and the Union of Czechoslovak Writers in the 1960s when the cultural sphere was no more understood as autonomous but should represent ideological superstructure of the regime. The following work tends to describe the development of this uneven relation in view of the fact that yet in 1962 the party leadership considered this creative union along with its magazines to be the "gear-lever" of the regime. However, in the course of next few years the conflicts between the monopole incumbent and the creative union were escalating and eventually in 1970, after the invasion by the armies of the Warsaw Pact in 1968, led to the demise of UCW. Thus, following bachelor thesis raises questions such as; if and when, from the perspective of CPC, the Union of Czechoslovak Writers terminated to play the role of the "gear-lever" and which methods were consequently introduced by the party apparatus.
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Attitudes to Politics among Students in Czech republic
Balha, Alan ; Štefek, Martin (advisor) ; Kňapová, Kateřina (referee)
The thesis is focused on the political participation of university students in the Czech Republic. This topic has not been studied there yet. The aim of the research is to find out whether university students in the Czech Republic participate in politics. To this attitude we want to find the reasons and motivation and the forms in which the participation takes place. We also want to determine how students perceive themselves from a socioeconomic point of view, on a left-right scale, or with which ideology, political party or regime they identify. Taking into account the long-term trend of TOP 09 support among youth and especially students, we will try to get a more detailed characterization of this group of citizens. The data are obtained from 365 questionnaires structured into several thematic units at micro, meso and macro levels that correspond to the expected impact on political participation. We also deal with the relationship of students to the regime, the openness of the system to participation and its forms, internal efficiency. The analysis showed that 95 % of the students participate in politics. The most used forms are election attendance, petition signature and participation in group action. The most common reasons and motivations are interest in the surroundings, civic duty or the...
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Causes of Passive Resistance of Germans at the Czech Landtag (1886-1890)
Illichmann, Michal ; Doubek, Vratislav (advisor) ; Štefek, Martin (referee)
This thesis focuses on German demands of administrative and political division of Bohemia in 1880s, which proceeded a few year lasting German representatives boycott of the Czech Assembly (Landtag). Its aim is to observe construction of German argumentation and a brief analysis of the bills proposed on the topic of division of the country. The main part of the thesis follows constitutional and national demands of Czech Germans toward Bohemia as a historical land and Austro-Hungarian empire where Germans lived together with other nations. All the above is interpreted within a framework of development of German liberal thinking in Austria and advancing nationalization among the German political leaders. The main objective of the work is better understanding of evolution of political and national thinking of Germans living in Bohemia at the end of 19th Century.
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Prague spring 1968 and transitology
Běhal, Filip ; Buben, Radek (advisor) ; Štefek, Martin (referee)
The thesis wil focus on the classical transitology, especially the authors Juan Linz and Alfred Stepan. This theory will be applied on the events and ideas of Prague spring 1968, while the presumption is that these events exactly met the basic condition that an ending regime should start the democratization with certain liberalization. The thesis will analyze and characterize this liberalization in three partially overlapping fields: 1. civic freedom and legality 2. political sphere 3. economics. Considering these factors, the cleavage between the elites of the communist party on reforms and hardliners, will be analyzed. Other points of the analysis include the international context in the Soviet bloc, public support of the reforms in Czechoslovakia, solid institutional organization of the regime and the lack of radical opposition. The aim of the thesis is to analyze and perhaps even vindicate the hypothesis that if there hadn't been the military intervention in August the whole process would have had the best premises to transform into ideal democratization on the border between pact and reform.
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Euroskepticism and it's manifistation on the exaple of ČSSD and ODS
Pirogova, Miroslava ; Štefek, Martin (advisor) ; Znoj, Milan (referee)
In this bachelor paper author tried not only to explain the term "euroscepticism", to describe various theories and concepts of euroscepticism and to choose the most suitable concept for the analysis of euroscepticism but also to examine the manifestations of euroscepticism in two Czech political parties - ČSSD and ODS - from 2006 to 2018. The theoretical part is devoted to defining the term "euroscepticism", its origin and contemporary concept. I tried to explain the definition of term "euroscepticism" by means of the basic literature on the given topic, such as the work of Taggart, Kopecky and Mudd, Flood etc. Using the theoretical part, I tried to put chosen political parties into one of the euroscepticism typologies. In my research of manifestations of euroscepticism, I have been using party program documents and information from the ODS and ČSSD websites. In addition, I used Czech-language literature on this topic (Euroscepticism in the Czech Republic), data from the sociological surveys of STEM and CVVM, records of voting in the Parliament of the Czech Republic and speeches of selected members from both political parties. I chose those parties because I suppose that both are substantial competing parties that deserves attention when examining the problem of euroscepticism in the Czech...
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