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Quantitative Analysis of Preferential Voting in Regional Elections in the Czech Republic
Cvejn, Michal ; Švec, Kamil (advisor) ; Jüptner, Petr (referee)
The thesis deals with preferential voting in regional elections in the Czech Republic. The preferential vote has had little effect until recent adjustment of electoral system, which lowered the eligibility threshold from 10 to 5 %, thus making an opening for more important role of voters' preferences. Author makes use of newly available data to assess the impact of the electoral reform. The reform is shown to make a significant, but rather uneven impact across political parties and regions. The effect of preferential vote is largely concentrated among smaller parties and low-size electoral districts, leaving some regions and parties unaffected. Mechanisms that facilitate this outcome are discussed in detail.
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Printed municipal bulletins in Prague -cast district
Černá, Michaela ; Köpplová, Barbara (advisor) ; Jüptner, Petr (referee)
Bibliografický záznam ČERNÁ, Michaela. Tištěné obecní zpravodaje v okrese Praha-východ. Praha, 2013. 220 s.: Rigorózní práce (Mgr.) Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních věd, Institut komunikačních studií a žurnalistiky. Katedra mediálních studií. Vedoucí rigorózní práce Doc. PhDr. Barbara Köpplová, CSc. ABSTRACT Municipal bulletins are specific type of local media, which are not described enough in the Czech Republic. Theses Printed Municipal Bulletins in Prague-East District (Theses) should extend the work, which is necessary for an objective understanding of the functioning of this part of media landscape. The content of Theses is the description of municipal bulletins in the selected region. In the first part, Theses summarizes the theoretical knowledge about municipal bulletins. It presents the basic terminology, legal aspects of municipal bulletins, functions of local media including municipal bulletins and ethical aspects of their publishing. Furthermore, Theses briefly defines researched region and describes methodology, which is used in the practical part of Theses. The practical part of Theses examines municipal bulletins in the Prague-East district. It brings together the list of them and analyzes some of them in detail. On this selected sample of municipal bulletins of Prague-East district...
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Application of the Theory of Coalitions in the Formation of Regional Councils in the Czech Republic after Elections in 2008 and 2012
Vymyslický, Jaromír ; Švec, Kamil (advisor) ; Jüptner, Petr (referee)
This diploma thesis "Application of the theory of the process of forming coalitions of regional councils in the Czech Republic after the elections in 2008 and 2012" discusses the process of establishing regional coalitions in the region of the South Moravian and the Central Bohemia. The aim is to answer the question of what form of the regional coalitions formed during the regional elections. Furthermore, I was describe how did the process of establishing regional coalitions and what were the key factors, that decide the outcome of negotiations. For these reasons, this thesis analyzed the official declaration of election programs, performances by regional politicians in political or public debate. The intention of this thesis is through the use of a theoretical framework and analysis of documents, describe in detail the development process, which was formed coalition and identify possible strategies of individual actors. The paper used discourse analysis. Keywords coalition, county, election, negotiation, council, political party
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Direct election of the Czech president in the context of Czech professional and public discussion
Vlasáková, Šárka ; Mlejnek, Josef (advisor) ; Jüptner, Petr (referee)
Theme of directly elected President was present on Czechoslovak and Czech political field regularly since 1989. Different proposals rose discussion in media and between the specialists from Political science. Diploma thesis captures the changes of specialized, political and media discussion during the years. The opinion of the Public is present in Public opinion polls. Diploma thesis also describes the circumstances of adoption of the Amendment to the Constitution and of the Implementing Law. Part of the Diploma thesis is also theoretical introduction concerning the regimes from the point of view of their polity and also a chapter about the institution of the president concerning his constitutional formal and informal powers since 1918 till these days.
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Discussion about Implementation of Direct Mayor Vote
Fořtová, Šárka ; Jüptner, Petr (advisor) ; Švec, Kamil (referee)
The aim of the thesis is to analyse and assess discussions related to the implementation of the direct election of mayors, both in the Czech Republic and in selected European countries. The thesis compares the evolution and course of the discussions that precede the anchoring of direct election of mayors in five European countries, such as the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, the Federal Republic of Germany, Italy, Croatia, and Belgium-Walloon. It is particularly focused on the central motives leading towards the launch of discussion, main arguments included in the discussion, key actors, and the levels of the discussion. The crucial part of the thesis is devoted to the analysis of the discussion of possible implementation of directly elected mayors in the Czech Republic. The emphasis is put on the identification of individual platforms of the Czech political scene that intervene into the discussion. The thesis also highlights the attitude of key political parties, interest groups, and mayors, towards the question of the direct election. The Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic represents the principal mediator of the ongoing discussion. The thesis targets to answer the following questions. At which platforms the discussion about the eventual implementation of direct...
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First-time voters motivation for parliamentary elections in Ricany 2010
Babíček, Lukáš ; Charvát, Jan (advisor) ; Jüptner, Petr (referee)
Author of this thesis is undertaking a study of an act of voting in a town Říčany during election to the Parliament of the Czech Republic in 2010. A research is looking for the aspects, which can influence the acting of first-voters before they go to the elections. Young people often discuss their choice with members of any social group (parents, friends, siblings) and political parties try to focus on these young people, appeal on them and motivate them to give a vote to that political party. The goal of this thesis is to find out, which social group influences the first-voters in Říčany most, what position takes the family and if the first-voters are a single voting unit, which is good to study. This thesis contains a brief history of Říčany, results of elections to Parliament in 2006 and 2010 and there are the election campaigns of that parties which took place in Parliament in 2006 and 2010. A single part of the campaigns represents the campaign focused on young people. Part of chapters with the election results, there are motivations of voters written. The crucial part of the thesis is a questionnaire sent between the respondents from the city in a target group. On the base of these anonymous questionnaire results, the hypothesis are confirmed or declined.
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Analysis of the TOP 09 Election Strategyin the Regional Elections 2012 - Region of Pardubice
Faltová, Zuzana ; Shavit, Anna (advisor) ; Jüptner, Petr (referee)
Analysis of the TOP 09 Election Strategy in the Regional Elections 2012 - Region of Pardubice Diploma thesis "Analysis of the TOP 09 Election Strategy in the Regional Elections 2012 - Region of Pardubice" deals with the election campaign TOP 09 in the elections to the Assembly of the Pardubice Region in 2012. TOP 09 is a political party in the Czech political scene first appeared in 2009. Regional elections in 2012 for the political party represented the first major challenge since its entry into the Chamber of Deputies in 2010 and the opportunity to establish themselves at the regional level. The thesis examines the elections in the Pardubice region in terms of the theory of second-order elections. The research of this theory was made in terms of the first direct elections to the European Parliament in 1979. The aim of this thesis is to introduce the theory of second order elections and to analyze the election strategy of TOP 09 before the elections to the regional council in 2012 in Region of Pardubice. Based on this theory will be find out if it is possible to apply this theory on the election strategy of TOP 09 and if the election managers of TOP 09 reflect this theory or the election strategy is created independently on this phenomenon. Keywords The election to the Assembly of the Pardubice...
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Foreign Nationals' Use of the Electoral Law in the Local Elections in Czech Republic
Machová, Zuzana ; Jüptner, Petr (advisor) ; Švec, Kamil (referee)
Diploma thesis sets itself a task to evaluate the using of voting right by foreign nationals in local elections in the Czech Republic. The thesis shows the approach of other member states of European Union to the voting right of foreign nationals in local elections, the legislative framework and the legal position of foreign nationals in the Czech Republic. The centre point of the thesis lies in the real experience of the foreign nationals and mayors or workers of municipal authorities with voting right in the local elections. Information gained during the research allows to study the practice of voting right. During the research there were discovered reasons why the foreign nationals participate or not in local elections. There were explained opinions of foreign nationals about the quality of information of their possibility to participate in local elections and about the conditions of voting right declared by state. Opinions and ideas of foreign nationals are compared with the opinions and experience of mayors or workers of municipal authorities and state institutions.
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Alternatives for the regional reform of the Czech Senate
Murár, Filip ; Just, Petr (advisor) ; Jüptner, Petr (referee)
The presented diploma thesis "Alternatives for the regional reform of the Czech Senate" frames on the basis of a comparative analysis of regional second chambers in the West European countries the possible alternatives for the regional reform of the Czech Senate. The comparative analysis of second chambers of parliaments in Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and France identifies the similarities and differences between the examined second chambers, in particular with respect to their historical origin, way of election, size, constitutional powers, relation to the first chamber and relation to the executive branch of the government. The examined second chambers are classified according to A. Lijphart's typological concept on the scale of strong - medium strength - weak bicameralism. The comparative analysis is then the source for the framing of specific alternatives for the regional reform of the Czech Senate. The main conclusions of the thesis are: (1) examined West European regional second chambers fall within the types of medium strength and weak bicameralism, (2) the hypothesis about the weaker position of second chambers in unitary states is partially confirmed, and (3) the framing of representative and functional alternatives for the regional reform of the Czech Senate.
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