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Direct Mayor Elections in Europe
Švadlenková, Michaela ; Jüptner, Petr (advisor) ; Švec, Kamil (referee)
The master's thesis "Direct election of mayors in the European experience" is dealing with the direct election of mayors, which is being used in more than a half of the European countries. The focus of the thesis is the trend and the impacts of the direct election of mayors. The purpose is to find out, if the direct election of mayors causes an increase in the voter's turnout, if there are cases of divided majorities under the direct election of mayors and if those are causing issues with the system functioning. Lastly, if the direct election of mayors is a trend which is going to spread into further countries. The first theoretical part deals with the phenomenon of the direct election of mayors, the leadership theories at the local level, typologies of local systems and brings a theoretical basis for the analysis of the voter turnout and divided majorities. The second part contains an overview of the European countries according to the direct or indirect method of voting for their mayors and also case studies of chosen countries. In the cases of England, Norway, Croatia, Poland, Italy, Austria and Germany the voter turnout, the frequency of divided majorities and the functioning of a system under divided majorities is analyzed. The analysis is based on the primary primary data, existing research and the...
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Direct election of mayors in the European experience
Švadlenková, Michaela ; Jüptner, Petr (advisor) ; Švec, Kamil (referee) ; Balík, Stanislav (referee)
This rigorous thesis has been dealing with the direct election of mayors in Europe. Three hypotheses were postulated in the introduction. The aim of the thesis was to find out, if the direct election of mayors causes an increase in the voter turnout, if it comes to cases of divided majorities and if those are causing issues with local system functioning. Lastly I tried to find out, if the direct election is a trend, which is going to be spreading further. The factors of voter turnout and divided majorities were analysed in seven case studies: England, Norway, Croatia, Poland, Italy, Austria and Germany. In every case study I have compared the voter turnout in the mayoral elections with the turnout in the council elections. In the countries, where the election term was synchronised, the difference in the voter turnout was rather low. In most countries voter turnout in the mayoral elections was identical or lower than in the election of the councils. Only in North Rhine- Westphalia in Germany was the turnout in the mayoral election higher and the difference in the two turnouts was greater. Further I have analysed the voter turnout before and after the introduction of the direct election of mayors. Only in Italy and Croatia was the voter turnout shortly increased after the introduction of the direct...
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Direct Mayor Elections in Europe
Švadlenková, Michaela ; Jüptner, Petr (advisor) ; Švec, Kamil (referee)
The master's thesis "Direct election of mayors in the European experience" is dealing with the direct election of mayors, which is being used in more than a half of the European countries. The focus of the thesis is the trend and the impacts of the direct election of mayors. The purpose is to find out, if the direct election of mayors causes an increase in the voter's turnout, if there are cases of divided majorities under the direct election of mayors and if those are causing issues with the system functioning. Lastly, if the direct election of mayors is a trend which is going to spread into further countries. The first theoretical part deals with the phenomenon of the direct election of mayors, the leadership theories at the local level, typologies of local systems and brings a theoretical basis for the analysis of the voter turnout and divided majorities. The second part contains an overview of the European countries according to the direct or indirect method of voting for their mayors and also case studies of chosen countries. In the cases of England, Norway, Croatia, Poland, Italy, Austria and Germany the voter turnout, the frequency of divided majorities and the functioning of a system under divided majorities is analyzed. The analysis is based on the primary primary data, existing research and the...
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The representation of women in the Czech local politics and its particularities
Švadlenková, Michaela ; Jüptner, Petr (advisor) ; Gelnarová, Jitka (referee)
According to the theorists of gender and according to numerous surveys women have a different approach to politics and conduct themselves differently to men. Moreover there are some external factors, which influence the rate of women's political representation in politics. I am using the theory of the specific approach of women to politics and these external factors to find out why there is a higher representantion of women on a local level than on a national level in Czech politics. In the first part of this Bachelor's Thesis I explained the forming of gender approach, which is nowadays a respected field of science used for explaining differences between men and women. In the next chapter I found some specific character traits for women's behavior in politics, in women's approach to politics and women's priorities in politics. After that I introduced some results from foreign surveys and foreign theoretical literature about the influence of external factors on women's political participation. The third chapter is an analysis of the contemporary situation of women in politics in the Czech Republic, with particular focus on local politics. Amongst others I mentioned the attitude to the concept of gender in Czech society, the attitudes of Czech society to women in politics and the socio-economical...
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