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Expert capacities of the Czech political parties: case study of defence policy
Bayerová, Anežka ; Němec, Jan (advisor) ; Vymětal, Petr (referee)
The thesis deals with marginally explored area of expert capacities of the Czech political parties with respect to the different organizational types of selected political parties and movements. The work aims to find out what expert capacities work for these types of political parties, how these experts are recruited in their position, whether it corresponds to their educational background and professional experiences with function, which are they holding in the expert authority. Work is elaborated in the form of case study, which focuses on the activities of defense policy expert commissions. The text is divided into two theoretical and one empirical chapters. The first chapter deals with the process of policy-making, its actors and activities associated with this process. The second chapter defines the various types of political parties first from the mainstream perspective (cadre, mass, catch-all parties), which complements the modern concept of business party and finally there is a typology of S. Wolinetz (office-seeking, vote-seeking, policy-seeking parties). The last empirical chapter presents the case study focused on four Czech political parties (TOP 09, KSČM, ČSSD and political movement ANO 2011) and their access to party expertise. The result of this work is to compare the level of analytical capacity across selected political parties/movements and testing of hypotheses formulated in the introduction of the thesis.
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Policy development and implementation: case study of social housing
Hradecká, Tereza ; Vymětal, Petr (advisor) ; Kučera, František (referee)
The diploma thesis focuses on the process of creation and implementation of public policy which is examined on the social housing policy. The aim of this thesis is to explore how is a certain policy prepared and put into use, considering the social housing policy as an example. Therefore, the key research question inquires how the process of creation and implementation of public policy looks like. The first chapter of the thesis deals with theoretical background of the public policy process, stressing the role of public policy documents. The second chapter describes the area of Czech social politics and policy as a cover for social housing policy development. The third chapter examines the history of Czech housing policies. The final chapter focuses on the development of social housing policy and examines its connections with certain public policy documents.
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Financing Political Parties in Germany – the Case of Political Foundations
Paul, Sebastian ; Vymětal, Petr (advisor) ; Ondráčka, David (referee)
The thesis analyzes the current German political situation in terms of party financing. In particular, the special role that political foundations play in this connection and what influence they have on German political parties, decision makers and German politics in general, shall be examined. Political foundations are playing an important role in party financing and some of them are even operating internationally. Exactly what role they play is still not well known by the German public and many reports related to this topic do not exist. One of the main concerns of the thesis will consequently be on corruption and lobbying in the German political system.
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Analysis of Ethical and Anti-Corruption Agenda in Defense Companies in the Czech Republic
Eibl, Milan ; Vymětal, Petr (advisor) ; Lisa, Aleš (referee)
International studies concerning the implementation of ethical and anti-corruption agenda suggest, that defence companies from Czech Republic do not live up to same standards as a global ones. Goal of the thesis is to verify, whether This hypothesis is true for other Czech Defence companies too. The theoretical part summarises the modern historical period of the evolution of the defence industry in the Czech Republic and analyse main anti-corruption institutions and legal documents. The last two chapters carry out analysis of a state of anti-corruption agenda implemented in a group of Czech defence companies and a practical examples of its importance in a four case studies about main corruption cases in the Czech Republic. The result shows, that Czech companies are at the same level as a global average, but there are serious deficiencies in mechanisms concerning anti-corruption measures.
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Electoral Fraud in Ukrainian Early Parliamentary Elections 2014
Dzenik, Uliana ; Vymětal, Petr (advisor) ; Klokava, Anfisa (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the problem of electoral fraud in Ukrainian early parliamentary elections in 2014. The incentive for choosing this topic was a negative historical experience with electoral corruption in Ukraine and the assumption that as during the last election to the Verkhovna Rada the situation with fraud would repeat again. The main objective is therefore to examine the process of early election and to answer the question if fraud actually has been noticed during them. The thesis is divided into four chapters.The first chapter is a theoretical description of the Ukrainian political system, definining the role of the legislative power and describes the system of parliamentary election. The purpose of the second chapter is to define and classify electoral frauds in order to use it for further investigation. The third chapter includes analysis of the parliamentary election in 2014, describes why they were held and answers the question why the previous government is considered to be illegitimate. The final chapter analyzes fraud that has been recognized during the pre-election phase, election day and during the process of vote counting and tabulation. For this analysis I use mainly legislative documents and reports of international organizations monitoring election.
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Association of regions of the Czech Republic
Dvořáková, Denisa ; Vymětal, Petr (advisor) ; Bobková, Eva (referee)
The bachelor thesis is focused on the topic of the Association of regions of the Czech Republic. It deals primarily with the cooperation of this organization with the public sphere and its legislative initiative. In this thesis I'm looking for the answer to the question of whether the Association of regions of the Czech Republic have an impact from the position which is interest association of legal persons on the adoption of legislative proposals and the creation of laws. Association of regions of the Czech Republic in contrast to the Association of municipalities and cities of the Czech Republic, currently does not have the right of legislative initiative, still it tries to promote their interests, whether it is the submission of legislative proposals through its members, or about the negotiations with the Government. In some cases there are not the comments of the Association of regions of the Czech Republic accepted, although it may be tampered with the law on the autonomy of regions, as it was in the case of the adoption of Act No. 245/2006 about public non-profit institutional health facilities.
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The Institutional Framework of Anti-Corruption Policy: International Comparison of Anti-Corruption Agencies and Situation in the Czech Republic
Zběžková, Tereza ; Vymětal, Petr (advisor) ; Bureš, Radim (referee)
The subject of the thesis is the institutional framework of anti-corruption policy, in particular its anchorage in the form of specialized anti-corruption bodies, referred to as anti-corruption agencies. The aim is to address three main research questions: What specialized anti-corruption bodies exist in the world? How do specialized anti-corruption bodies operate in individual countries? What anti-corruption bodies do exist currently in the Czech Republic and what recommendations can be drawn from the foreign institutional arrangements? To answer them, the current state of research, recommendations and standards for the design and operation of specialized anti-corruption bodies is analysed first. The comparison of anti-corruption agencies in Lithuania, Latvia and Slovenia follows. On this basis, the current situation in the Czech Republic is assessed and recommendations are made. Partial aim of the thesis is to present international discussions and documents, the current state of reseach on this topic in the Czech language, as a comprehensive professional processing of this field is still missing.
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Supervisory boards of state-owned enterprises
Zídek, Jan ; Dvořáková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Vymětal, Petr (referee)
This dissertation deals with the issue of Supervisory boards in Czech state-owned enterprises. At first it defines a clear set of terms to differentiate within appropriate legal forms of state entrepreneurship applicable in Czech Republic. Thereafter it offers the analysis of implementing the nomination process recently brought to our governmental system. The empirical part of this thesis is constituted by the qualitative research of personal policy of the state in four selected stated-owned enterprises carried out for the period from 2006 till 2015. Education, working experience, political membership and personal integrity were the main focus areas while researching the members of selected supervisory boards.
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Transfer payments from government budget provided to cover a part of the expenditures of municipalities on public administration – case study (2010 – 2015)
Sluková, Petra ; Vymětal, Petr (advisor) ; Kučera, František (referee)
This thesis is focused on lower-level territorial self-governing units of the Czech Republic which take over a part of public administration of the state, therefore are entitled to receive transfer payments from government budget to cover part of related expenditures. The aim of this thesis is to assess effectiveness and transparency of the system of financing public administration executed by municipalities. The first chapter defines municipalities within the system of public administration and explains its function. The second chapter focuses more on the system of financing public administration executed by municipalities. Final part of the thesis deals with analysis of transfer payments from government budget provided to cover a part of the expenditures of municipalities on public administration (period 2010 to 2015). This analysis creates a basis for further assessment on the system of financing. The main methods used in this thesis are analysis and explanation.
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Transparent mechanisms of functioning of municipal governments: a case study of the Pribram micro region
Krejčová, Jitka ; Vymětal, Petr (advisor) ; Štěpanyová, Gabriela (referee)
The main aim of the diploma thesis is to demonstrate different views on transparency and on instruments of strengthening transparency. Using my own developed methodology of evaluation the transparency of municipalities based on criteria analysis the thesis seeks to find out an answer to the research question: How much are municipalities transparent by themselves in the publishing of information to citizens and how easy or difficult is it for citizens to control the administration of the municipality? The thesis is structured into four chapters. The first one deals with theoretical definition of transparency and its instruments, the second one with functioning of municipal government and its possible control mechanisms. The next chapter represents the developed methodology. It served to analyze and evaluate the transparency of the three monitored municipalities in the case study of the Pribram micro region, the last chapter. For processing the case study and followed analysis I used the open data accessible for public on the municipal web portals of Pribram, Dobris and Sedlcany.
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