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Submunicipal Councils in the Czech Republic: A case study
Čeladníková, Tereza ; Jüptner, Petr (advisor) ; Bubeníček, Václav (referee)
This thesis focuses on submunicipal democracy in the Czech Republic and in the European context. Submunicipal democracy and its units form the lowest level of political systems in small and large municipalities. It is a topic that has so far been studied only at the level of individual states and in a very limited way, despite the fact that units are found in many European countries. The paper provides an overview of the types of submunicipal units in Europe with their basic characteristics, and outlines a possible typology according to which submunicipal units in Europe could be categorised. The next part of the thesis deals with the situation in the Czech Republic. The units that represent submunicipal democracy in the Czech Republic are called submunicipal or local councils. These are established by municipal councils in local parts of towns and municipalities. The thesis establishes how submunicipal councils in the Czech Republic are established and how they are set in a historical context. Due to the previous unexplored nature of the topic, a multi-case study of submunicipal councils was carried out to find out how Czech municipalities approach the establishment of submunicipal councils and what position submunicipal councils have in the political system of towns and municipalities. It also...
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Panachage as a tool for personalization of local politics: Case Study of The Federal Republic of Germany
Michálková, Aneta ; Jüptner, Petr (advisor) ; Brunclík, Miloš (referee)
This thesis aims to investigate the level of use of vote-splitting as a tool for policy personalisation in the Federal Republic of Germany. In the theoretical part, the thesis focuses on defining the topic of personalisation and the reason why it is rooted in politics. Furthermore, the thesis focuses on defining policy personalisation and its types. Subsequently, the thesis studies the instruments of policy personalisation, which undoubtedly includes personal voting, further developed in a separate chapter on vote-splitting. The empirical section consists of three parts. The first part focuses on a literature analysis of the German literature and how it analyses the issue of vote-splitting. The next part deals with defining the federal states that use vote- splitting. These will be analysed in the last part. In the selected federal states, a random selection of municipalities was made, namely two municipalities from each size category. For these municipalities, the results of the municipal elections were obtained, including the position of the candidates on the candidate list. This data was finally analysed in aggregate and compared to see whether candidates moved up on the list and, if so, whether they gained seats by moving up. If so, this was likely due to vote-splitting. Finally, this data was...
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Comparison of the functioning of regional political parties in the Czech Republic
Trubička, Vít ; Stauber, Jakub (advisor) ; Jüptner, Petr (referee)
This master thesis would be about Czech political parties, which are active at the regional level of Czech politics. The interest of research is their activity and the operation of these single political parties, what has the impact on the function, how are the political parties based, and how wide is their agenda. This is set up due to institutional factors and the election system due to the largeness of the municipalities and the party agendas. It depends, on whether they're a business firm party at the local level, a party against big parties cartels, or an environmental party. For the program of regional parties is important the regional variety, which is set by the social and economic situation in the regions. The point of research will be the development of regional political parties in the Czech Republic since the year 1993 when these kinds of parties were established. The important year for the parties' evolution will be the year 2000 when the regional structure of the Czech self-government was based on. In comparison to the research will be also other European regional political parties see, how different these in the Czech Republic are. In the Czech Republic are some different types of political parties that are based on their province.
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Mayor as a Black Peter? Case Study of the Moravian-Silesian Region
Čajánková, Aneta ; Jüptner, Petr (advisor) ; Hájek, Lukáš (referee)
The bachelor's thesis is a case study that deals with the influence of factors that influence interest in the post of mayor of small municipalities in the Moravian-Silesian Region. This thesis describes Czech local politics, which is very specific due to its large number of small municipalities in the Czech Republic. The local politics of the Czech Republic is extensively researched, thanks to many important authors who have devoted themselves, for example, to local councils, rural municipalities, or the creation of coalitions or parties of representatives. Research usually comes to the conclusion that there is no interest in the post of mayor in small municipalities, yet no work published so far describes the exact reasons that influence this interest. Since this phenomenon of interest has not yet been specifically described, however, the circumstances confirming lack of interest are very specific, this work is based on qualitative research. The aim of the thesis is to find out what affects the mayor's interest in the post of mayor. To fulfill the aim of the work, he uses case studies and conducts seven semi-structured interviews with mayors of small municipalities in the Moravian-Silesian Region. Based on semi-structured interviews, the work tries to find out whether the five pre-created tested...
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Submunicipal Councils in the Czech Republic: A case study
Čeladníková, Tereza ; Jüptner, Petr (advisor) ; Bubeníček, Václav (referee)
This thesis focuses on submunicipal democracy in the Czech Republic and in the European context. Submunicipal democracy and its units form the lowest level of political systems in small and large municipalities. It is a topic that has so far been studied only at the level of individual states and in a very limited way, despite the fact that units are found in many European countries. The paper provides an overview of the types of submunicipal units in Europe with their basic characteristics, and outlines a possible typology according to which submunicipal units in Europe could be categorised. The next part of the thesis deals with the situation in the Czech Republic. The units that represent submunicipal democracy in the Czech Republic are called submunicipal or local councils. These are established by municipal councils in local parts of towns and municipalities. The thesis establishes how submunicipal councils in the Czech Republic are established and how they are set in a historical context. Due to the previous unexplored nature of the topic, a multi-case study of submunicipal councils was carried out to find out how Czech municipalities approach the establishment of submunicipal councils and what position submunicipal councils have in the political system of towns and municipalities. It also...
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Failed Municipalities in the Czech Republic
Hornek, Jakub ; Jüptner, Petr (advisor)
The presented dissertation thesis deals with endangered municipalities, where a specific threat to the municipality can potentially lead to the extinction of self-government. The phenomenon of endangered municipalities has not been comprehensively investigated within the framework of political science even though it is part of the issue of the functioning of the democratic process at the local level. Research on endangered municipalities has been fragmented across individual scientific disciplines, which view the problem through their own prism. The dissertation thesis seeks to contribute to the opening of a necessary discussion that should not remain aloof from political science. The thesis first examines the European context, which is crucial for the actual identification of different types of threats to municipalities. Five types of threats to the European municipalities have been identified. Individual types of threats have been described and possible threat scenarios created. Empirical examples have also been provided for each threat, based on which terminology has been proposed that can be used in political science to examine municipalities in trouble. The terminology has been used to systematize possible variants of municipal threats, and individual threats have been assigned to the...
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Local Party Systems: The Case Study of the Benešov District
Vaculík, David ; Jüptner, Petr (advisor)
The thesis keens on the analysis and development of the party systems in the cities and towns of the Benešov district. The thesis primarily concerns on existence of political parties on the local level, creation of electoral lists and analysis of the electoral list structure. The thesis also concerns on relations between candidates subjects, interactions between them and formation of coalitions.
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Failed Municipalities in the Czech Republic
Hornek, Jakub ; Jüptner, Petr (advisor) ; Čmejrek, Jaroslav (referee) ; Bubeníček, Václav (referee)
The presented dissertation thesis deals with endangered municipalities, where a specific threat to the municipality can potentially lead to the extinction of self-government. The phenomenon of endangered municipalities has not been comprehensively investigated within the framework of political science even though it is part of the issue of the functioning of the democratic process at the local level. Research on endangered municipalities has been fragmented across individual scientific disciplines, which view the problem through their own prism. The dissertation thesis seeks to contribute to the opening of a necessary discussion that should not remain aloof from political science. The thesis first examines the European context, which is crucial for the actual identification of different types of threats to municipalities. Five types of threats to the European municipalities have been identified. Individual types of threats have been described and possible threat scenarios created. Empirical examples have also been provided for each threat, based on which terminology has been proposed that can be used in political science to examine municipalities in trouble. The terminology has been used to systematize possible variants of municipal threats, and individual threats have been assigned to the...
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