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A Social Enterprise Law As Means To Combat Social Exclusion
Kolář, Šimon ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Stehlík, Petr (referee)
Thesis "Analysis of legislative and social conditions of supporting social entepreneurship in the Czech Republic" delves into the issue of social entepreneurship in the Czech Republic. The main aim of the thesis is to analyze both social and legislative conditions that actors use to battle social exclusion through social entepreneurship in the Czech Republic. To achieve this, a case study needed to be exercised; interviews with actors from both employers and employees of these businesses were carried out. Moreover, issues that these businesses have to deal with were identified and are described as well as benefits for the target population. Furthermore, conditions that have to be met in order to receive funding from the ESF are described. The way these conditions are designed and ultimately evaluated is discussed in detail. Using actor centered institutionalism, actors that take part in discussions regarding the legislation, which is currently being prepared, are identified and described. Interactions between these actors are discussed and, additionally, recommendations for the further development of social entepreneurship in the Czech Republic are being put forward.
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Czech Pension System Sustainability: How to Complement the PAYG System?
Mikušek, Vít ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Kotrusová, Miriam (referee)
Práce se zabývá vybranými návrhy na zavedení veřejnoprávní podoby penzijního fondu jako doplňku k průběžnému systému, které se objevují v českém veřejně-politickém diskurzu. Tyto návrhy podrobuje vzájemnému srovnání z hlediska parametrických rozdílů navrhovaného opatření. Na základě textové analýzy návrhů byly identifikovány dva možné způsoby alokace depozit penzijním fondem, které byly podrobeny analýze hypotetického dopadu na veřejné finance při zahrnutí státní garance nezáporného reálného výnosu. První možnost vychází z předpokladu stejných legislativních podmínek se soukromými účastnickými fondy, a spočívá v možnosti fondu investovat depozita na finančních trzích. Jako optimální se ukázala vyvážená investiční strategie, která v období 2013-2019 dokázala účastnickým fondům zajistit dostatečnou výnosnost k překonání inflace při relativně nízké míře rizika. Druhým možným způsobem alokace je smluvní financování vládních investic za úrok ve výši inflace. Na základě testu Grangerovy kauzality a vektorového modelu korekce chyb nebylo prokázáno, že by vládní investice statisticky významně ovlivňovaly budoucí hodnoty HDP v dlouhém období. Z hlediska míry rizika zvýšeného deficitu veřejných financí se tak pro případný státní fond jako optimální jeví vyvážená investiční strategie při alokaci prostředků na...
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Universal basic income as a political concept and unfulfilled social reality
Navrátil, Marek ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Jelínková, Marie (referee)
The master's thesis Universal basic income as a political concept and unfulfilled social reality puts focus on the concept of universalism in social policy and the possibilities of introducing its elements in the Czech Republic. The global discussion of the philosophy of social support and the popularised idea of unconditional financial transfers from the state to all citizens are thus translated into the Czech environment. The goal is to evaluate the instances hitherto applied at home and abroad, consider the perks and shortcomings of universal income, set the discussion within the contemporary Czech social framework, and assess whether it is realistic to implement reforms of this kind. The first chapter describes universal income as a concept, the second evaluates the history of universalism in the Czech Republic, the third provides an overview of the current Czech social system, and the fourth ponders possible avenues of implementing universalist reforms. The thesis aims to verify two hypotheses: the first one is to determine to which extent previous forms of universalism in the Czech environment proved to be successful; the second deals with the possibility and merits of introducing further blanket instruments in 2020. In both cases, the research puts emphasis on cash transfers to the...
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The role of selected companies in work-life balance of employees, focusing on the concept of corporate social responsibility
Kavalová, Aneta ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Pýchová, Silvie (referee)
The purpose of this thesis is to examine the role of selected companies in the area of work-life balance of employees, with a focus on the concept of corporate social responsibility. The issue of reconciliation both parts of life has recently become a topic that attracts more and more attention as there has been an incresed number of people facing struggles in this area. Therefore, in the first part of the thesis the topic of work-life balance was put into social context, subsequently into the context of public and social policy and finally also to the concept of corporate social responsibility which represents a framework through which the work-life balance issue is viewed. There are lots of actors influencing one's possibilities regarding reconciliation of work and personal life, however, employers are one of the most significant ones. The thesis thus focuses on two companies with a different scope of work-life balance policy in a form of case study. The first aim of the research that was conducted within this thesis was to provide a comprehensive view of the approaches towards work-life balance policy of the selected companies through data obtained from semi-structure interviews with relevant representatives of both companies, these data were subsequently analyzed through optics of the...
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Family Policy in the Context of New Social Risks
Waloszek, Tomáš ; Potůček, Martin (referee)
The aim of the rigorosum thesis is to understand the way whether and how (what discourses) strategic documents of family policy of the Czech Republic construct new social risks. The presented rigorosum deals with family policy and the parallel phenomenon of new social risks. The structure of society is changing. Together with the new structure of society, new social risks and new kinds of social problems emerge. The question is whether this fact reflects the family policy of the Czech Republic. The thesis discusses whether family policy at all takes into account (what way) the new social risks faced by families with children. In its sub-project, however, it does not neglect the role of social work. On an epistemological basis of social constructionism is in the thesis of qualitative research strategy used method of analysis of documents. Methodologically, it is a discourse analysis, one of the possibility of discourse-analytical research is chosen a critical discourse analysis. The thesis is therefore subjected to a critical discursive analysis of strategic family policy documents (2005- 2017), with the specification of the Czech Republic. Keywords Family; Family policy; New social risks; Post-industrial society; Social work with family; Discourse; Discursive analysis; Critical discourse analysis
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The political dimension of social exclusion of elderly people as a result of the digital divide
Chmelíková, Tereza ; Kotrusová, Miriam (advisor) ; Potůček, Martin (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the phenomenon of the digital divide and its influence on the quality of life of seniors. The digital divide - a product of the modern information society - is one of the major factors influencing the social exclusion of elderly people. The theoretical part of theses introduces the concept of active aging as a way of successful solving problems associated with the population ageing, as well as a prevention of the exclusion of seniors from both society and participation in public affairs. The author mainly focuses on the issue of how are seniors in the Czech Republic at risk of exclusion as a result of digital exclusion. In the practical part, the present level of digital literacy of Czech seniors is explored. Following qualitative research - semi-structured interviews with experts - aims to find out whether the digital divide represents a social problem for the elderly people in the Czech Republic that contributes to their inequal position among the society, or even causes their exclusion from the participation in governance, and consequently, reduces the quality of their lives.
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A Social Enterprise Law As Means To Combat Social Exclusion
Kolář, Šimon ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Stehlík, Petr (referee)
Thesis "Analysis of legislative and social conditions of supporting social entepreneurship in the Czech Republic" delves into the issue of social entepreneurship in the Czech Republic. The main aim of the thesis is to analyze both social and legislative conditions that actors use to battle social exclusion through social entepreneurship in the Czech Republic. To achieve this, a case study needed to be exercised; interviews with actors from both employers and employees of these businesses were carried out. Moreover, issues that these businesses have to deal with were identified and are described as well as benefits for the target population. Furthermore, conditions that have to be met in order to receive funding from the ESF are described. The way these conditions are designed and ultimately evaluated is discussed in detail. Using actor centered institutionalism, actors that take part in discussions regarding the legislation, which is currently being prepared, are identified and described. Interactions between these actors are discussed and, additionally, recommendations for the further development of social entepreneurship in the Czech Republic are being put forward.
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The Selected Aspects Affecting Formation of the Pension Policy in the Czech Republic in 1990-2017
Česák, Vojtěch ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Rudolfová, Veronika (referee)
1 Abstract The diploma thesis focuses on defining the factors that significantly influence the frame of the pension reform in years 1990-2017. It observes the evolution of the predominant discourses relevant to each period, as well as the role of political parties, both from the point of view of individual governments and during their activity within the expert committees focusing on adjustments to the pension system. The thesis analyses the election programmes of political parties and movements, which are then confronted with the submitted variants within the I Bezděk Committee and the Expert Committee on Pension Reform. There is also a role analysis of other selected participants, who significantly contributed to the creation of possible reform options. The thesis finds answers to the set hypotheses dedicated to the issue of political parties and their interest and possible consistency in the field of pension reform. The impact of the created coalitions on the deviations from the originally declared intentions and the expert committee's influence on the possible form of the pension reform are discussed, too. Theories of discourse institutionalism, the theory of agenda setting, and the theory of framing were used as theoretical starting points. Within the methodology, the author applies mainly the...
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Liberal Critique and Reforms of Welfare State - The Case of Chile's Pension Reform
Žídek, Bohumír ; Angelovská, Olga (advisor) ; Potůček, Martin (referee)
My master thesis explores classical liberal attitudes towards the Welfare State. It deals especially with concepts developed by the so-called new classical liberals (also called neoclassical liberals) represented by scholars of the Arizona School. I use their ideas to reconstruct free-market liberal theory of social justice, which is then applied to pension reforms in Chile and Sweden. The thesis also recollects critiques of public pension systems by public choice theory scholars, which are then used to explore a nature of the aforementioned pension reforms. In cases of both reforms, these theoretical frameworks are used to evaluate data obtained by a desk research. Relevant documents and also data of international organizations and national statistical offices were used. In its last part, the thesis evaluates primary data obtained by semi-standardized interviews with seven Czech classical liberals and explores their attitudes towards both the free market liberal theory of social justice and pension reforms in Chile and in Sweden. Abstrakt Diplomová práce zkoumá vztah klasického liberalismu k sociálnímu státu. Zabývá se zejména koncepty vyvinutými takzvanými novými klasickými liberály reprezentovanými především badateli arizonské školy. Jejich ideje využívám k rekonstrukci tržně liberální teorie...
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A Social Enterprise Law As Means To Combat Social Exclusion
Kolář, Šimon ; Potůček, Martin (advisor) ; Čampulková, Jitka (referee)
Thesis "A Social Enterprise Law As Means To Combat Social Exclusion" concerns social enterprises in the Czech Republic, as well as options by which these enterprises could be supported in a way that would make them more effective in socially integrating their employees. Based on the fact that there is currently no law regarding social enterprises in effect, it is hard for the state to provide support for these enterprises. The main goal of the thesis is to provide a recommendation for such law with regard to social integration of the enterprises' employees. To reach this goal, a case study design is used; the author has visited four social enterprises in the Czech Republic and, using grounded theory, described the way that they currently operate. Moreover, mechanics and/or conditions through which social enterprises help their employees to integrate are described, as well as how these mechanics could be improved upon legally. Furthermore, the institutionalism theory is used to analyze the current state of actors and institutions important for the issue. Results of the analysis are then described and interpreted and suggestions for the would-be law is laid forward.
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