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Corruption phenomenon as a populist tool in Mexico: the case of A. M. López Obrador's rhetoric in 2018 presidential campaign
Primasová, Rachel ; Perutka, Lukáš (advisor) ; Raška, Francis (referee)
The thesis entitled The Phenomenon of corruption as an instrument of populism in Mexico: the case of A. M. López Obrador's rhetoric in the 2018 presidential campaign examines the corruption struggle of AMLO, the President of Mexico in the 2018-2024 period. His strong anti-corruption rhetoric in the 2018 election campaign led to many expectations, both among the public and foreign organizations. However, after the first half of the Mexican President's term, there has been no successful anti-corruption fight; instead, Mexico's position on corruption has worsened. The failure to tackle the problem of bribery, corruption scandals close to the president, the unclear methodology of the anti-corruption fight, together with López Obrador's history as a populist rhetorician, leads to the question of how far the promised fight against corruption was serious and how far it was just a tool to gain the necessary public support. The author's thesis confirms the hypothesis that in López Obrador's case it was a matter of using the issue of corruption as a tool of political strategy of populism. This theory assumes the use of appropriate circumstances by a populist actor to achieve the set goals. Institutional weakness, the importance of the issue of corruption and the discredited nature of previous governments created the...
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Mexico and climate change in the international context according to political agendas
Iturbe Perez, Marjhory Melissa ; Perutka, Lukáš (advisor) ; Tesař, Jakub (referee)
1 CHARLES UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES Mexico and climate change in the international context according to political agendas Master's Thesis Author: Marjhory Melissa Iturbe Perez Study Programme: International Economics and Political Studies (IEPS) Supervisor: Mgr. Lukáš Perutka, Ph.D. Academic Year: 2019-2021 2 Declaration of Authorship 1. The author hereby declares that he compiled this thesis independently, using only the listed resources and literature 2. The author hereby declares that all the sources and literature used have been properly cited. 3. They author hereby declares that the thesis has not been used to obtain a different or the same degree. Prague … 27 July 2021 Marjhory Melissa Iturbe Perez 3 Acknowledgements I Thank my mom for being my driving force in every step of my life. I would like to thank Dr. Lukáš Perutka for his supervision and direction as well as Dr. Vilém Semerák for his clarity support and guidance in this analysis I thank my family for their encouragement and support throughout my master's degree. 4 Bibliographic Annotation Iturbe Perez Marjhory Melissa, Mexico and climate change in the international context according to political agendas. Prague 2021: Charles University, Faculty of Social Sciences. Department of North American Studies. Supervisor Mgr....
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