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Research of expert capacities of Czech political parties in the field of reform of the pension system
Havelková, Markéta ; Novotný, Vilém (advisor) ; Potůček, Martin (referee)
Political parties in the Czech Republic have a dominant position in decision-making and nomination of public representatives. At the same time they must deal with complex problems, such as pension reform. I suppose therefore that they need an expert opinions for building their decision-making. Therefore, I would like to figure out my research how to deal with this, how they are able to generate the requisite expertise and how that expertise is used in the final decision. I wonder how institutional arrangements of political parties affects the process of creating professional views on public policy, namely to focus on the reform of the Czech pension system. Where and how exactly are formed the expert views on the functioning of the pension system in different political parties? I would like to reveal the basic criteria that determine who is considered an expert, and how this person is related to the organization of political party. I also focus on mainstreaming expertise during the subsequent political decisions. The basic methods of research will document analysis, interviews and observations.
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The Retirement Age - the development and determinats influence over its changes
Nešporová, Stanislava ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Hedbávný, Petr (referee)
The diploma thesis generally focuses on pension systems, specifically on the institution of retirement age. This institution is very important for the old-age pension system and its stability. Retirement age is an important determinant of every pension system. Demographic and economic state of society depends, among other things, on age at which citizens can retire, it's associated with standard of living of state residents. It also affects job opportunities. Since its inception the retirement age in the Czech Republic has gone through many modifications. Based on the theory of actor-centered institutionalism, the diploma thesis addresses the determinants that influenced the development of retirement age institute, including its institutional framework and actors involved in its changes. It also deals with its developmental stages. Comparison with the development in Slovakia (in some parts of diploma thesis only) will be enriched the conceptual, empirical as well as methodological realm of the thesis. Czech and Slovak Republics have shared history but the pension systems of both countries have considerably diverged. In conclusion the diploma thesis specifies the wider context of the retirement age as a part of the overall pension system. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Comparison of pension systems in the Czech Republic and the United States of America
Brtník, Karel ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Kotrusová, Miriam (referee)
This thesis present an analysis of pension systems in the Czech Republic and the United States of America, according to the status in 2013. The aim is to make comparison of pension schemes based on defined criteria, that are budgetary responsibility, the quality of life for the elderly, social justice, social solidarity, equivalence and financial sustainability of the pension system. Another objective is to compare each pillar of the pension systems and analyze the different elements of the benefits that are provided from mentioned pillars. Theoretical basis include the Welfare State theory, the theory of public finance and the theory of market, state and civic sector and the criterion anchoring of the reform. The research is devoted to the analysis of pension systems ability to provide an adequate income in retirement, what is the real purchasing power of pensioners, whether the pension systems are due to unfavorable demographic development in the future financially sustainable and how the pension system encourages older workers to remain in the labor market.
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The Social Economy as Means for Community Development in Current Society.
Šťastná, Jaroslava ; Matoušek, Oldřich (advisor) ; Dohnalová, Marie (referee) ; Potůček, Martin (referee)
The dissertation focuses on the potential of social economy for the community development and strives to answer the question which methods are to be used to monitor and prove impacts of social enterprise. The dissertation discusses social entrepreneurship in a broad theoretical context and it is complemented by the empirical research of social impact in a selected local community. The theoretical part focuses on selected perspectives of communitarian ideas that emphasise communities as the particular entity anchoring its members emotionally, morally and support their practical civic attitudes and political habits. These characteristics clash with the current request for individual accountability and moral choice, typical for modern society. The chapter also analyses relations between global economic processes and local activities and consequently points at vulnerability of local communities. The submitted work indicates new ideas that respond critically to some features of economic globalisation and that provide local solutions to a variety of aspects of social life: economic, social, political and ecological. Social economy finds itself among these alternatives: the dissertation indicates and analyses role, potential and limits of social economy. The empirical research tested the impact of social...
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Efficiency of social services funding
Kučerová, Martina ; Hejzlarová, Eva (advisor) ; Potůček, Martin (referee)
Diploma thesis deal with effectiveness of social service's funding. Its aim is to describe and to evaluate the system of social service's funding. Thesis focuses on two providers of subsidies - Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs and regions. In theoretical part describes the method for allocating funds between social services. It is based largely on publicly available documents of regions and MLSA. In the practical part presentation development of social service's expenditures between 2007 - 2013. Diploma thesis subjects social service's expenditure to analysis based on 4E criteria. Fulfilling the criteria of effectiveness is examine by using the correlations method. On selection social services also apply the method of multi-criteria decision. To set criteria, indicators and their weights co-operate professionals from the relevant department of the Regional Authority. Thesis includes several theoretical concepts, on which basis are outlined possibilities of change in the way of social service's funding. This thesis also deal with legislative change that occurred during its processing. It describes also a new method for allocation of public resources between social services.
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Czech labour market for foreigners and the situation of Vietnamese employees
Nguyen, Anh Dung ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Kuchař, Pavel (referee)
Most of the European countries are now facing the common challenge from aging population. This affects the labour market and consecutively the economic engine. As a matter of course the Czech Republic has to welcome workers from outside sources to supplement its labour shortage. I've found that the majority of the migrant workers going to the Czech Republic are low skill ones and they concentrate in the lower tier of the labour market. The efforts of the Government to attract high skill workers have not been much successful in bringing more qualified foreigners to the country. The Vietnamese is the third largest migrant community in the Czech Republic with 60.301 registered people. For those who came here in the 70s and 80s, they have been legally and pretty successfully residing in the society. But for the new workers who were sent to work in Czech factories since 2006, the global crisis turned their lives into hardship. They lost jobs but they couldn't or didn't want to go home. They must hold on in this land with a hope to change their lives.
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Woman between Work and Family and the Welfare State
Boušková, Magda ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Zrcková, Alžběta (referee)
Diploma thesis "Woman family-work life balance and social state" is dealing with the issue of woman coming back to work/on the job market after maternity leave as well as the conflict of family and work roles. Thesis is focusing also on other impacting factors of this issue - legislative, institutional and structural factors. Part of the diploma thesis is based on qualitative research (group discussion, one-on-one interviews), which is offering a different perspective on the topic from the side of personal attitudes and opinions of respondents. Main methods used in diploma thesis are secondary source analysis, respondent analysis, partly-structured interviews and "focus-group" method. The thesis is based on several theoretical approaches, mainly the welfare state theory, theory of labour market and theory of society, respectively family as a social institution. Diploma thesis is divided into 14 chapters. The main part of the thesis consists of eight chapters, first one is oriented on stakeholder analysis of researched problem. The second surveys the current situation of families and the evolution of the situation. Next chapter concentrates on the structural conditions of the job market, its changes and the position of women on the current job market. Following part is focused on strategies of...
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The (un) success of the change in the organizational and legal form of Czech hospitals
Angelovská, Olga ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Dlouhý, Martin (referee) ; Hnilicová, Helena (referee)
In the last thirty years, since the transformation period, several attempts have been made to change Czech hospitals' organizational, legal form. The thesis targets two such efforts after 2000. Only one was successful both in the agenda-setting and decision-making process and led to the enactment of a new organizational form. The main aim of the thesis is to identify contextual factors of success or failure of efforts to change the organizational and legal form of hospitals. The thesis is based on the Multiple Stream Framework to explain how different streams (policy, politics and problem stream) couple and open a policy window that allows a policy change. It works with the modified framework, which broadens the concept by including agenda-setting and decision-making and offers two coupling processes. Comparing two cases of the policy process led to the identification of the factors causing closing the window before the agenda was set.
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Can Local Action Groups at Czech Republic take a role of the partners of small municipalities in applying strategic governance at countryside?
Skála, Vít ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Frič, Pavol (referee)
Diploma thesis "Can Local Action Group play an important role, like partner at strategic planning, to countryside municipalities at Czech?" seeks answers to this question. The discussion about definition of countryside and its problems is described at the beginning of the thesis as actual and previous politics as well. Description of Czech constitution connected to countryside is mention next to it. After that, there is described the LEADER method and comparison between using this method at 5 different European countries. The tree of problem and actors analysis is provided later on. The short description of the theories using at thesis outputs is provided as well. The used theories are: bureaucracy theory, theory of social capital, theory of cultural determination, governance theory and policy network analysis. The describing of outputs from realized primary research is the main part of the thesis. There were carried out 17 structure talks in qualitative research and processed 509 questionnaires in quantitative research. The lot of tables and graphs are attached. Finally the 3 scenarios, like a suitable form for such a complex topic, were composed to describe answer at the primary question of this thesis in its context and complexity.
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Czech Television beetween State and Market: Probleme of Function of Television of Public Service in CR
Stárková, Kateřina ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Murlová, Kateřina (referee)
In this thesis I concern myself with television of public service in the Czech Republic, particularly with definition of its role, mission and system of financing and also mutual interconnections of participants of media politics in the Czech Republic. In the theoretical part are specified ideas and conceptions that are linked with the topic of the thesis such as media of public service, public media and their position between state and market, social elements of journalism and general theories of media that are connected to this thesis. Moreover is mentioned comparison of television of public service in other European countries that contextualizes the Czech television in broad European framework of European Broadcasting Union and specifies functioning of television of public service according to the Prague resolution of Council of Europe. Furthermore shows alternatives of financing of televisions in foreign countries from the perspective of external experiences. Also the position of the Czech television in the Czech Republic is mentioned in the theoretical part as well as legislative regulation, economic situation with brief view to crisis at the turn of 2000 and 2001, that determined the next course of the Czech television. In the analytical part the author is interested in current situation in...
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