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German Euroscepticism between 1990 and 2013
Michal, Aleš ; Brunclík, Miloš (advisor) ; Guasti, Petra (referee)
The current discussion about party-based Euroscepticism forms in the Federal Republic of Germany is usually limited to the Alternative für Deutschland issue and neglect inside-parties forms before its formation. This master thesis examines this type of Euroscepticism in Germany in relevant political parties between 1990 and 2013. This period is defined by the time between German reunification and the formation of the AfD. The term 'Euroscepticism' is conceptualized in the theoretical section, and theories defined by selected scholars are reflected. Subsequently, the theoretical section reflects the perception of Euroscepticism as a thin- centered ideology, its applications in the left-right dimension, and focus on 'new cleavages' GAL/TAN theory. This section emphasizes a deficiency of 'classic' hard-soft Euroscepticism theory and reveals empirical limits of any typologies. The author uses the methodology of content analysis of program papers (PDS/Die Linke, Die Grünen, SPD, and CSU) in the empirical section. Its corpus is defined by the program thesis for Bundestag and European Parliament elections. The coding divides analyzing statements into logical topic groups, which correspond to a subject of research. The synthesis of this coding introduces a clear image of EU attitudes by every single party,...
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Comparison of the KSČM and Die Linke in terms of un/acceptability of their participation on the national government
Jůza, Robert ; Mlejnek, Josef (advisor) ; Perottino, Michel (referee)
This thesis focused on the question of the acceptability possibly unacceptability of Czech political party KSČM and the German political party Die Linke in terms of their participation in the national government. The paper describes attitudes of important and key stakeholders for this issue. That means attitudes inside of the researched parties, attitudes within social democratic parties in the Czech Republic and in Germany and the attitudes of other relevant parties in both above mentioned states. Subsequently, the results of this analysis are compared. Researched period begins in 2002 in the case of KSČM when the elections to the Chamber of Deputies were held in the Czech Republic and in the case of Die Linke since 2005 when there were elections to the Bundestag in Germany. The development is analyzed until 2014. The last peak of the analyze are the elections to the lower chambers of the Czech and German parliament which were both held in the fall of 2013. During the researched period it seemed several times that the conditions are relatively positive for the participation of KSČM or Die Linke in the national government, either directly or indirectly. But it never happened. There are more reasons for that. However the most important is that there has never been a sufficient number of actors on...
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The road to the inception of the party DIE LINKE - the development between the years 2004 and 2009
Kynclová, Jiřina ; Kunštát, Miroslav (advisor) ; Picka, Ondřej (referee)
The bachelor thesis "The road to the inception of the party DIE LINKE - the development between the years 2004 and 2009" deals with the inception of the German political party DIE LINKE, which was formed from the Party of the Democratic Socialism (PDS) and The Electoral Alternative - Labor & Social Justice (WASG). The thesis is anchored between the years 2004 and 2009. In some cases it goes back to the time between 1990 and 2004. In the beginning of the thesis both founding parties are introduced along with their development up to the year 2004. It continues to show, what made the fusion possible and how the parties started to move closer to one another. The thesis also deals with the programmatic differences between the PDS and the WASG. The focal point of is an analysis of the electoral results of the parties, which is aimed to prove whether or not the fusion brought more voters to the PDS and the WASG. The results of the elections to the Federal and Land Diets between the years 1990 and 2009 have been analysed based on secondary literature and statistics. Lastly, the thesis also aims to show how was the inception of DIE LINKE reflected in some of the daily newspapers of the Czech Republic (Mladá fronta DNES, Hospodářské noviny, Lidové noviny, Právo and Haló noviny) not only as far as frequency but also...
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Electoral success of the Left Party in Germany at the federal and state level: the case of Hamburg
Mjartanová, Zuzana ; Handl, Vladimír (advisor) ; Valenta, Martin (referee)
Zuzana Mjartanová Electoral success of the Left Party in Germany at the federal and state level: the case of Hamburg. Die LINKE is a new, radical left party in Germany, which established itself as a party of social justice, protest against capitalism and pacifism. Contrary to its predecessor, the party of democratic socialism - PDS, die LINKE got firmly rooted not only in East German states but also in the West, and thereby it guaranteed itself electoral support. This thesis examines the reasons for electoral success of die LINKE at federal level in the elections to federal parliament (Bundestag) in 2009, as well as success in state elections held in 2007-2011. This statement is supported by the chapter about the history and the current achievement of the party in Hamburg. At the beginning of the thesis, historical context is examined in order to compare the success of the party and its predecessors. The next part explains electoral results of the party and indicates main factors of the success: changed political, social and economic situation in Germany, transformation of party membership and electorate as well as the character of the party. The case of Hamburg serves as an explanation of differences between state and federal level. Theoretical analysis is supported also empirically - with the...
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