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An Analysis of the efficiency of local authorities' budgets - local and regional level of Ústecký region
Hellebrandová, Lenka ; Tomeš, Jiří (advisor) ; Opluštilová, Irena (referee)
The aim of the diploma thesis is to evaluate the efficiency of local governance in selected municipalities in the Ústecký region based on analysis of the use of finance. The theoretical part is devoted to the issues of public administration, governance and local budgeting with emphasis on the possibilities of evaluating the efficiency. The research focuses on the analysis of current and capital expenditure on development activities and solving local and regional problems - unemployment and social exclusion - for the period 2002 - 2012. Further research focuses on the use of EU funds. It was able to demonstrate the existence of significant differences in the efficiency of governance on the example of surveyed municipalities. Most of the local governments support short-term projects, whose benefits for local development are minimal, instead of investing in development and problem solving. Keywords: local authorities, selfgovernment, budget, structural funds, efficiency
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The impact of the local attendance of Czech political parties on the results of general election
Tenkl, Miroslav ; Kostelecký, Tomáš (advisor) ; Tomeš, Jiří (referee)
1 Abstract The aim of this Master thesis is to analyze and find out whether and eventually in what way the attendance of the selected political parties on the local level influence their results in elections to the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic which are crucial in terms of the function of the Czech Republic itself. The theoretical background of the thesis contains the typology, formation and development of political parties that are followed by the development of the party system of the Czech Republic. The practical part of the thesis is structured into four main chapters. In the first part of the research, the power of the relation between elections to the Chamber of Deputies and to the municipal councils is analyzed. This is followed by the core part of the submitted thesis that aims to find out whether and consequently to what extent the local attendance of the selected political parties influences the success of these parties in the elections to the Chamber of Deputies, particularly in comparison with other variables that are significant for the explanation of the voting behavior of the Czech society. Within the next part the spatial regression model is implemented with its main objective to eliminate the data autocorrelation. The thesis is ended by the geographical...
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Electoral geography of the Czech Republic: Electoral support fot the Green Party
Chvojka, Vilém ; Kostelecký, Tomáš (advisor) ; Tomeš, Jiří (referee)
Electoral geography of the Czech Republic: Electoral support for the Green Party Abstract The purpose of this diploma thesis is to analyze the Green Party in the Czech Republic from the point of view of electoral geography. The period under consideration is election to the Chamber of Deputies from 2006 to 2013. There is attempt to describe trends in electoral support, its changes as well as areas of stable electoral support up to the level of municipalities with extended competence. Furthermore, this paper aims at defining the type and strength of certain factors which are specific to areas with higher support for the Green Party. The electoral support is illustrated with maps and charts by using common electoral geography methods. In order to explain the relationship between chosen factors and electoral support, correlation and regression analysis has been used. The main finding is the growing support in Prague, Brno and their surroundings. Higher electoral support is in administrative districts with higher proportion of university graduates and low level of religiosity. Keywords: electoral geography, elections, Green Party, SO ORP, electoral support
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Comparison of selected European Union countries based on the development of their energy consumption and policy
Ďurica, Michal ; Tomeš, Jiří (advisor) ; Ženka, Jan (referee)
The thesis compares and analyses the development of production/consumption of energy in the EU28, in selected countries (Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia), and especially in the Czech Republic and Slovakia in the context of accepting and development (change) of energy policies. The main aspect of the work was to analyze trends in energy consumption and (in) dependence, structure of energy production/consumption, particularly with the application potential of alternative energy sources and energy savings. This thesis confirmed that there are significant differences in achieving the main objectives of EU energy policy among states. Statistical (correlation) analysis did not confirmed a significant dependence between the energy (in) dependence, the energy saving rates and the share of alternative energy sources. Synthetic index of energy change has evaluated Hungary and Slovakia from selected countries with the best energy progress since 2004. It was not proved that Slovakia or Czech Republic have a consistent long-term energy policy that they would explicitly followed. Key words: energy policy, energy savings, energy consumption, energy dependence, European Union
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Political and geographical aspects of Pilsen's city development
Černík, Vojtěch ; Tomeš, Jiří (advisor) ; Janoušek, Zbyněk (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to briefly describe the city of Pilsen in terms of urbanism and to evaluate the progression of the city since the political changes in 1989. The first part of the text is based on the discription of the city and its main problems, the functional structure of the city and the key periods in the progression of the city. The second part of the thesis is dedicated to a comparison of the city's spatial plans of 1995 and 2005 and the analysis of the strategic plan. This analysis demonstrates the evolution of the city and compares the original expectations with the current situation. In the end the whole analysis is integretated into the political and economical context. The main point of this part is the intorduction of some controversial projects that makes the Pilsen's public to be more interested in the city problems. This conflict leads to increasing the interest of the public space by common people in Pilsen.
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The Geopolitics of Japan within the process of globalization and geopolitic changes
Mašek, Petr ; Tomeš, Jiří (advisor) ; Sýkora, Jan (referee)
This thesis deals with the geopolitics of the Japanese Empire in the process of economic globalization. The primary objective is to evaluate the characteristics and changes of Japanese geopolitics in the context of a globalized and changing world and to outline it's perspective orientation and new challenges. The thesis tries to answer these fundamental questions. How the geopolitical thinking and direction of Japan had developed in the postwar period in the context of a changing geopolitical architecture of the system? What challenges or conflicts did Japan have been through and how it reacts to changes in the present system? How the post-war changes and the end of the Cold War had reflected in the participation and position of Japan in the international economic system under conditions of intensifying globalization? The thesis is divided into several parts. At the beginning, there is a short summary of geopolitical theories and definitions of key concepts. The following chapters are analytical, dealing with the description of the development of Japanese domestic and foreign policy, as well as relationships to key countries, first in the political, economic level subsequently. Final part is followed by a practical grasp of lessons learned and showing them on specific examples. Keywords:...
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The impact of the local presence of Czech political parties on the results of general election
Tenkl, Miroslav ; Kostelecký, Tomáš (advisor) ; Tomeš, Jiří (referee)
The Master thesis raises three main research questions: (1) whether and eventually how much the presence of political parties at the local level affects results of these parties in elections to the Chamber of Deputies, (2) how much the population size of the municipalities makes a difference in the relationship between local and national level of the politics and (3) how much the electoral behaviour of the Czech population is given by structural factors and by contextual factors respectively. The analytical body of the thesis is structured into four main chapters. In the first part of the research, the power of the relation between elections to the Chamber of Deputies and to the municipal councils is measured. For this purpose, the correlation analysis is used. The relation is watched through two categories of the population. The first chapter is followed by the crucial part, which aims to find out whether and eventually how much the presence of political parties at the local level affects results of these parties in the elections to the Chamber of Deputies. Moreover, this relation is compared with structural factors of the population based on which the electoral behaviour is typically studied. This analysis is divided into three categories of the population. The spatial regression analysis is...
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Impact of Czech polititians foreign activities on development of foreign trade and investment
Hofman, Pavel ; Tomeš, Jiří (advisor) ; Blažek, Jan (referee)
With the continuing process of globalization, national economies are intensively interconnecting with external enviroment. It is especially visible for Czech Republic, which geopolitical position stresses the importance of external business relationships. Economic prosperity of countries with open economy is largely determined by export performance and inflow of foreign direct investments, both of which are supported by economic diplomacy. The first scope of this thesis is to evaluate the economic diplomacy of Czech Republic, and secondly to empirically analyze the tools, which economic diplomacy is using - foreign visits of polititians and role of embassies. The gravity model of international trade was used to study the influence of both tools on the foreign trade and investment in Czech Republic between years 1993-2013. The results show, that if at least one visit per year was realized, the export grows by 14%. However, one average high official visit is associated with rising exports by about 4.7%. On the other hand, any realtionship with FDI was not found. Further analysis confirms the importance of the embassies and thier positive impact on foreign trade, in particular with culturally distant countries, where this effect is more pronounced. Futhermore the study showed fading effect of economic...
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The word of cross. Meaning of the motive of cross in the parenetic context of 1Cor 1,10 - 2,5
Tomeš, Jiří ; Roskovec, Jan (advisor) ; Pokorný, Petr (referee)
Thesis Word of the Cross: Significance of the Cross mofit in the peneretic context. 1. K 1,10-2,5 deals with the New Testament also discusses briefly about its author, the choir, which is the addressee. In the main section on the biblical section concerns the relation of the first section, which bears the name "The division in the congregation" (which is a division of the local church) with the rest of the text,where it is a cross, which is foolishness to those who go to perdition, but wisdom and power of God for the chosen ones. The apostle Paul shows that argument on two examples in which the Church itself, with not many noble, powerful and wise in it, but who are nevertheless chosen, which is a shame for many. The second example is the weakness in performance and fear. So preached the gospel to the cross of Christ through wisdom did not lose sense. The apostle Paul warns that the reliance on human (celebrities), his wisdom, personality and rhetorical art does not make sense, because only through the cross, which is foolishness to man, can stand on the path to salvation. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Regional Development in Sweden after 1990
Klíma, David ; Tomeš, Jiří (advisor) ; Vogt, David (referee)
Purpose of this paper is to study if and how are changing regional pattern and regional disparities in last decades in Sweden, one of the most homogeneous country in the world. Globalization and intensified competitiveness which affect not only companies and economic sectors, but also states and regions contribute to a changing pattern. Even a traditionally homogeneous and egalitarian Sweden is changing. Paper examines regional development in Sweden by social-economic indicators and basic statistic and indicates wider connection of this development. Basic hypothesis is that crisis and intensified competitiveness contribute to a deepening of regional disparities. In last twenty years regional disparities are growing indeed and they are probably related to a recession, but dominant factors cannot be pointed out with certainty. Increase of regional variability is related to just some social and economic aspect. In many aspects Sweden remains the most homogenous country in Europe. The paper is focused on county level. Key words: regional development, regional disparities, Sweden, globalization, crisis
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