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The Transformation of the British Labour Party in years 1994-1997
Onesork, Jaroslav ; Lebeda, Tomáš (advisor) ; Polinec, Martin (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to find the cause of success of the British Labour Party in general election in 1997. In addition to examining the assumptions for this victory the work also focuses on the search for the roots and the beginning of an ideological transformation "old" Labour Party into "new" called New Labour under Tony Blair in years 1994-1997. This paper applies case study metodology. In conclusion identifies the key moments of transformation and raises the question whether and to what extent this success can be generalized and applied to other social democratic parties.
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UKIP's Position in the Party System of The United Kingdom and the Role of Party Euroscepticism
Škrobák, Zdeněk ; Mrklas, Ladislav (advisor) ; Lebeda, Tomáš (referee)
The main objective of master thesis "UKIP's Position in the Party System of The United Kingdom and the Role of Party Euroscepticism" was to evaluate party position in the party system in both first-order and second-order elections and main sources of voter support. The introductory part introduces concepts. The following part deals with european policies of the british parties after second world war and emergence of the euroscepticism as a important phenomenon in the british politics. Next part deals with the rise of the party's circumstances and it's developement. Discourse analysis will answer the question, whether party remains single issue, and analysis of the electorate will provide information on socioeconomic and geographic status of party voters and their attitudes. The following part deals with party election results in individual first-order and second-order elections. The final part summarizes contemporary situation and outlines the possibilities of its further development.
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The Reflection of the Election Campaign in Selected Czech Newspapers
Šimral, Jan ; Lebeda, Tomáš (advisor) ; Brunclík, Miloš (referee)
The topic of my master Thesis is "The Reflection of Czech Parliamentary Election 2006 in selected Czech newspapers". I am trying to analyze how two important Czech dailies handle the political topics especially with the connection with the election campaign. I am analyzing what formats the dailies are using to write about politics, political parties and single politicians, how many political articles there are on the first pages, how much space is devoted to pure program of the political parties and how much of it is wasted on a description of a day-to-day running of the campaign. I am also focusing on the issue of the independence and neutrality of the news coverage of the dailies. They always claim that it is only the opinion desk where the staff can express their real opinions. But do they not do it in the news section of the newspaper as well? I am trying to analyze what political party the daily inclines to and how much it shows it. I examine how much the dailies wrote about certain politicians. And the focus is put on many other issues yet. There are many conclusions derived from my thesis. One of the most important ones is that the two examined dailies have a strong liking for certain political parties and that they show it not only in the opinion desk but also in the news section. Powered by TCPDF...
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Position of KDU-ČSL in North-Western Bohemia and South-Eastern Moravia
Jordán, Hynek ; Lebeda, Tomáš (advisor) ; Mlejnek, Josef (referee)
The thesis compares the position of KDU - CSL in south eastern Moravia (South Moravia and Zlin Regions) and north-western Bohemia (Usti and Karlovy Vary Regions). After a brief history review, I focus on changes in the leadership of the party and related changes in the political orientation of KDU - CSL. The main part of the thesis deals with results of communal, regional and parliament elections in the period of last 17 years. This part is focused mainly on four above-mentioned regions and the evaluation of electoral results of KDU - CSL in that regions. The part describing the electoral geography chronologically tracks all important elections with an emphasis on the comparison of results in the monitored regions. The text is supplemented by transparent charts and maps. The next part of the thesis is focused on the KDU - CSL's member base and its situation. It investigates reasons for the large member base of the party in the region of south Moravia compared with a weak member base in northern Bohemia. Mentioned is also the number of local organisations in the monitored regions and the average age of their members. Other part is focused on the religiosity of inhabitants and its influence on the electoral results of KDU - CSL. Charts show the religiosity rate in the four compared regions during several last...
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The minority Governments in the Czech republic in period 1996-2002
Štefek, Jiří ; Lebeda, Tomáš (advisor) ; Novák, Miroslav (referee)
Between 1996 - 2002, the Czech Republic had experienced governance of three minority govemements. From the very beginning, all of them had to deal with a complex set of problems involving not only their forming but also their day-to-day business . Tha unusual feature of their constitution meant also new challenge to the legislation process; minority cabinets have to rely on less than half of the members of the Chamber of Deputies in the Parliament of the Czech Republic to push through their legislative proposals. The thesis begins with a brief theoretical intrdouction where I define and classify the concept of minority governments, impact and significance of political opposition in the democratic systém and also the consitutional order of the Czech Republic including the electoral system. The focus of the second part is on an detailed analysis of all three Czech minority govemements involving complicated process of their forming, aspects of their cooperation with oppostion parties, their relationships with the Parliament and the Head of State. A special attention is devoted to the impact they had on the overall political and economical situation in the Czech Republic. Finally, I evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of minority govememts as a solution for post-election situations concluding that that...
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The influence of electoral systems on party systems. Comparison of Polish, Slovak, German and Austrian Case.
Nemeth, Marek ; Novák, Miroslav (advisor) ; Lebeda, Tomáš (referee)
The author is interested in electoral and political system in Poland, Slovakia, Germany and Austria. At the beginning he rises two basic questions which he would like to answer - Which electoral method is similar to contemporary electoral systems in chosen countries in a result? And how would be changed political-party- system, i f there were another electoral methods? In the General the author offers a detailed look at the analysis of the types of electoral systems, franchise and party systems. This General part is assumption for the Special part which is focused on an research. In the fourth Chapter the author describes electoral systems in Poland, Slovakia, Germany and Austria and in the fifth Chapter he describes party system in those chosen countries. The own research starts in the sixth chapter. The author analyses the results of the last election in Poland (2005), Slovakia (2006), Germany (2005) and Austria (2006) by index of deformation, index Loosemore - Hanby, and index of aggregation. In the next Chapters author analyses parliamentary electoral results in four countries, then he follows new electoral methods (D'Hondt, Imperiáli, Saint Laguě, Hare, Hagenbach-Bischoff) on those results in Poland (2005), Slovakia (2006), Germany (2005) and Austria (2006). In the last Chapter author resumes the...
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Positions of the Prime Minister in Great Britain, Germany and the Czech Republic
Vašíčková, Lenka ; Lebeda, Tomáš (advisor) ; Strahalová, Šárka (referee)
The bachelor thesis positions o f the Prime Minister in Great Britain, Germany and the Czech Republic" compares the positions of three prime ministers of three different European parliamentary democracies. It is divided into two chapters - the first one deals with theory and the second one describes how the theory works in practice. It gis based on the opinions of a well-known political scientist Giovanni Sartori who has made his own theory of three different positions of a prime minister in government. According to this theory I have chosen the position of the British prime minister, who is the most powerful, the German chancellor, who is less powerful and the Czech premier, whose position is the weakest. To explain the differences I also compare partial systems, electoral systems and the state system. In the second chapter I analyse Great Britain, Germany and the Czech Republic in the light of their modern history so I use similar periods of time, mainly the 1990's. Talking about Great Britain I have chosen the era of governance of Conservative Party leading by Margaret Thatcher and John Major and then the era of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown's New Labour. Regarding Germany I was interested in Helmut Kohl's governance since 1990 and also in Helmut Schroder's and Angela Merkel's chancellorship,...
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