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Revisionist efforts to Hungary after the First World War in Central Europe
Lacko, Miroslav ; Doubek, Vratislav (advisor) ; Koubek, Jiří (referee)
The topic of my work was The Revisionist Efforts to Hungary after the First World War in Central Europe. I describe the years 1918 - 1921 in Central Europe, specifically in Hungary, and in Great Powers after the World War First (France, Great Britain and the United States of America). My work is divided into 3 different chapters, introduction and conclusion. The first chapter describes main countries in the WW I., their interests and also independent movements in Austria - Hungary. The second chapter describes very difficult situation in Hungary after the WW I. (concretely economy, society, politics, international relations). The third chapter describes Great Powers and their relations to Hungary and also it describes the activity Hungarian propaganda in these important countries. Key words: The First World War; Austria-Hungary; Hungary; the Great Powers; Central Europe; economy, society and politics in Hungary; propaganda, revisionism
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Overhang seats. A controversial particularity of the German electoral system
Jágr, Jan ; Buben, Radek (advisor) ; Koubek, Jiří (referee)
The objective of the thesis is a detailed analysis of overhang seats, the peculiarity of the German electoral system. The theoretical part of this thesis focuses on research of the electoral systems and their political consequences. The second chapter devoted to the German electoral system explains his mechanical functioning and discuses his influence on the degree of proportionality and the party system. The analytical part tries to clear the phenomenon of overhang seats, his origins by means of testing presented variables using the electoral results data from 1990 - 2009. The current electoral reform is also discussed.
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Process towards Opposition Agreement
Hakauf, Martin ; Bureš, Jan (advisor) ; Koubek, Jiří (referee)
The thesis deals with causes of formation of the opposition agreement between ODS and ČSSD. The roots of this phenomena are analyzed in many respects, carefully based on study of relevant sources, in particular period press and on interviews with individual participants of political events of the time. I verify the supposition that the main cause was bad experience of ODS from previous coalition cabinet, because of it's significant under-representation and personal disputes among members of this cabinet. More proportion results of parliamentary election and immediate unwillingness of US and KDU-ČSL to participate in the potential coalition cabinet either with ODS or ČSSD was analyzed as further causes of opossition agreement. This conclusion is also an answer to research question if there would be an other solution after early election in 1998. The answer is naturally no. Key words: coalition cabinet, opposition agreement, governmental crisis, V. Klaus, M. Zeman
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4-Coalition- anomaly or the expression of the systemic tendency? Case study of the Czech party system
Hanáček, Vladimír ; Bureš, Jan (advisor) ; Koubek, Jiří (referee)
v anglickém jazyce: This study focuses on the analysis of former Czech political project of "4-Coalition", which was established by four Czech oppositional parties (KDU-ČSL, US, ODA and DEU) in the years 1998 - 2002. This analysis is done through the case study, which focuses on the development of "4-Coalition" in its three developmental stages: from the cooperation of the sovereign parties, throw the formalized platform of party cooperation to the project of "4- Coalition" as a peculiar actor of the Czech politics. The analysis of ideological background, program and personnel questions shows the potential tensions, that arose inside of "4- Coalition", gives them in the appropriate historical context and analyses its causes. These tensions together with the external factors are viewed as a fundamental cause of the final failure of the project of "4-Coalition" and its disintegration. The aim of this study is to answer the question, whether it is possible in party system perspective to speak about "4-Coalition" as a potential third pole of the Czech party system, or whether it is anomaly, which the systemic tendency to the bipolar configuration doesn't infringe. With regard to the continuing relevance of only one left-right dimension of the party competition and the completion of the project of so...
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The Comparison of the Presidency in the Czech Republic, Germany and Austria.
Bednář, Martin ; Koubek, Jiří (advisor) ; Polášek, Martin (referee)
Annotation: In my Bachelor thesis I compare the roles of Presidents in the political systems of the Czech Republic, Austria and Germany. Despite that fact that all these neighbouring states are culturally linked and all account for parliamentary regimes, the heads of states in these countries carry out their functions in very different manners. The position of the Presidents are in my thesis examined with the help of the Tsebelis's theory of vetoplayers. The aim is to look into the fields of personal policy, foreign policy and legislative process and to ascertain, through the analysis of political and constitutional works, the exact role of the Presidents in these areas. Key words: president, head of state, The Czech Republic, Germany, Austria, constitutional competences, constitutional practice, personal policy, foreign policy, legislative process
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Political parties, their organizational framework and functioning
Ryjáčková, Lenka ; Buben, Radek (advisor) ; Koubek, Jiří (referee)
This master's thesis Political Parties, their Organizational Framework and Functioning deals with the political party organization, especially with their organizational framework and functioning. The observation of the party classification models has shown that models do not reflect party framework and functioning in a sufficient way. Therefore, the aim of the thesis is to define the important phenomena which enable us to study the organization and functioning of political parties and to reflect their inner party dynamic. The considered variables are the power structure, the organizational framework, membership and the hierarchy of members, the role of factions and bureaucracy. The theoretical conclusions are used in the case study which deals with the party organization of the Czech Social Democratic Party.
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Single-Party Regimes in Comparison: China, Malaysia and Singapore
Klapal, Petr ; Buben, Radek (advisor) ; Koubek, Jiří (referee)
Diploma thesis Single-Party Regimes in Comparison: China, Malaysia and Singapore is devoted to non-democratic regimes in which one party dominates and which legitimize by the concept of Asian values. The first part deals with the most important typologies and to approaches to explore single-party regimes. The second part introduced changes and the very concept of Asian values according to which democracy is unsuitable for Asian countries because of cultural differences. Other parts are devoted to describe the regimes in China, Malaysia and Singapore, which are classified into different typologies. The aim of the work is to show that Asian values don't explain the genesis of these regimes or their forms of non- democratic governance.
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Development and changes of the Communist Party of Vietnam
Homutová, Lada ; Buben, Radek (advisor) ; Koubek, Jiří (referee)
This thesis focuses on the study of factionalism in the Communist Party of Vietnam and relates it to the recent problems of the Vietnamese regime. In order to determine the causes of the current crisis in Vietnam and introduce the environment in which Vietnamese elites operate, this study analyses both formal and informal structures of the political system of Vietnam and the principles of their functioning. This thesis criticizes misleading usage of faction as an analytical tool in the works on Vietnam and presents Andrew Nathan's factional model elaborated for China which is applied to Vietnam in a slightly changed form. We present evidence showing that the central political arena in Vietnam displays factional characteristics. Those findings are linked to the problem immobilism in Vietnam which is connected with instability caused by the absence of political initiatives and needed reforms (mainly the political one). Attention is also drawn to the need for the development of a theory of factionalism. Key words: The Communist Party of Vietnam, factional theories, political system of Vietnam
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