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Formation of Global Civil Society: Reaction to Problems of Globalization
Novotná, Naďa ; Sýkora, Luděk (advisor) ; Festa, David (referee)
This Master's thesis focuses on the possibilities of a global civil society to reduce the negative consequences of economic globalization. In the opening general part, special attention is given to problems caused by corporate strategies in production in developing countries. The current official mechanisms of corporate accountability are also discussed and considered as insufficient. Some new tendencies to promote the corporate social and environmental responsibility have emerged in recent decades. The agencies of a global civil society have been playing a very important role in these processes. The formation of a global civil society, its ambitions and risks are also studied in the general part of the thesis. The global civil society roles and possibilities of influencing the globalization processes are discussed also from the perspective of relevant theoretical concepts in the theoretical part. The empirical part of the thesis is based on a qualitative analysis of the campaign Business and Human Rights carried out by Czech global civil society organizations. The objective of this campaign is to prevent the corporations from human rights violation. Within the empirical research, the different spatial relations among the global civil society participants are studied, along with the evaluation of the...
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Construction of Role and Importance of Non-profit Sector in Czech Public On-line Sphere
Semrádová, Eliška ; Vochocová, Lenka (advisor) ; Nečas, Vlastimil (referee)
How is the role of non-profit organizations constructed in the Czech online sphere? This diploma thesis tries to answer this question based on a content analysis of articles in the six most-read online newswebsites in the Czech Republic and users' discussions connected to them in 2015-2019. The theoretical basis of the work is the media construction of reality, which the author tries to apply in practice to the topic of the non-profit sector using the method of media framing. Qualitative content analysis in the research succeeded in revealing four main frameworks by which Czech online news views non-profit organizations. The four frameworks also emerged from the analysis of user discussions under the articles. The comparison of these findings provided the author with the opportunity to find out how the discussant brings diversity to the Czech non-profit sector's media representation. The thesis's conclusion is devoted to evaluating the most critical research findings, which the author incorporated into the context of existing academic research of media representation of non-profit organizations in the news. As non-profit organizations' role in society is mostly influenced by the public image, this work provides comprehensive information on the roles that Czech online news and its readers attribute...
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Návrh projektu rozvojové pomoci: Vzdělávací program určený bývalým mladistvým vězňům a vězněným ženám propuštěným na svobodu, Cuenca - Ekvádor
Dalerová ., Jana
Project Proposal of Development Aid - Educational Program dedicated to Former Youth Prisoners Released from Prison, Cuenca - Ecuador. Diploma thesis. Brno: Mendel University in Brno. Faculty of Regional Development and International Studies, 2016. Thesis Supervisor: Ing. Jaroslava Rajchlová, Ph.D. In this Diploma Thesis, a Project Proposal of Development Aid based on Results of an Analysis of Criminality in Ecuador is elaborated. The Thesis is divided into Three Parts. The Theoretical Part is dedicated to Explaining Terms such as Development Aid, Non-governmental Non-profit Organizations, Project Tools and Criminality. The Analytical Parts contains Socioeconomic Characteristic of Ecuador, its Development Problems with an emphasis on Criminality and Project Funding Possibilities. In the Practical Part, a Project for Local Organization Somos Familia Ubuntu is designed.
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Factors Determining the Allocation of Czech NGOs' Development Assistance Projects
Kofránková, Alžběta ; Parízek, Michal (advisor) ; Kučerová, Irah (referee)
Master thesis called Factors Determining the Allocation of Czech NGOs' Development Assistance Projects aims to find out what are the factors that determine the allocation of development assistance projects funded from private sources. The study is based on the humanitarian and development discourses that both have their origins in the constructivist theory. The study uses data from the year of 2013 provided by Czech NGOs that work in total of 34 countries. In order to achieve its aim, the master thesis uses a method of regression analysis. The first chapter provides a broader overview of the theory of development and presents the constructivist theory with both discourses. The second chapter explains the anchoring of Czech NGOs engaged in the field of the development assistance. In the third chapter, dependent and independent variables are introduced alongside with their descriptive characteristics. The fourth chapter provides tests and the empirical analysis of the models. The estimated results of both models confirm the humanitarian hypothesis, which states that the allocation of resources for development assistance projects by NGOs is greater in countries with a higher poverty level. The development hypothesis is, however, disproved and it can be concluded that the level of democracy and...
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The involvement of civil society organizations in senior protection against Shows and Events
Hnátová, Barbara ; Pospíšilová, Tereza (advisor) ; Dohnalová, Marie (referee)
Tato diplomová práce reaguje na chybějící poznatky o zkušenostech spotřebitelských a seniorských organizací občanské společnosti (OOS), které se zapojují do řešení problema- tiky předváděcích akcí v ČR. Práce popisuje široké spektrum aktivit OOS přímo i nepřímo působících proti fenoménu předváděcích akcí; přibližuje zkušenosti z odlišných tematických okruhů, na základě kterých identifikuje dvě hlavní témata, která i nadále negativně působí: stagnující či stoupající počty nově podvedených osob a sociální osamělost seniorů. Na základě některých společných rysů obou problémů práce upozorňuje na některé společné kořeny obou problémů, na dosavadní, zpravidla úzkou specializaci ve zvolených oborech a nezbytnost mezioborové a instrumentální spolupráce.
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Development Work and Development Projects Focused on Roma in the Czech Republic from 1989 to the Present
Šantrochová, Martina ; Hrdličková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Šatava, Leoš (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to map areas of development work with Roma in the Czech Republic after 1989. It is mentioned the situation before the Velvet Revolution to better understanding the context. A number of problems were caused at that time. These problems are addressed by development work today. In the thesis the current situation of Roma is outlined as well as the problems that the Roma have to solve. It is emphasized the shift from state solutions of problems of Roma to non-governmental organizations that have taken part of the states tasks in relation to Roma. The thesis also deals with the concept of international development. It tries to show its influence on local development which can draw and learn from its mistakes. The most important part of the thesis is the chapter that is dedicated to areas in which it is working with Roma. General information in this section are completed by practical findings from research which was conducted with staff of three non-governmental organizations.
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Development of activities Official Development Assistance in the Czech Republic after 1989
Švihlová, Veronika ; Maslowski, Nicolas (advisor) ; Černý, Karel (referee)
The thesis is concerned with the development of activities of the foreign development cooperation in the Czech Republic after 1989. The beginning of the work introduces the main concepts related to the theme, the conception of development and the foreign development cooperation. The main development theories and the task of nongovernmental and unprofitable organisations within the foreign development cooperation are also paid attention to. The fundamental theories which the research is based on close the theoretical part. These are the theory of transnational action and constructivism. The research is based both on the study of documents and actual research and on the analysis of high - quality interviews held with the representatives of the chosen unprofitable organisations in Prague. The aim of the high-quality research is to find out how is the development of activities of foreign cooperation perceived by the agents themselves. The key words: the conception of development, the conception of foreign development cooperation, the nongovernmental unprofitable organisations, the theory of transnational action, the constructivism
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ALTERNATIVE THEMES AND APPROACH: MEDIA ACTIVISM IN THE CZECH MILIEU
Bořuta, Petr ; Láb, Filip (advisor) ; Křeček, Jan (referee)
Bachelor's thesis 'Alternative themes and approach: media activism in the Czech milieu' deals with dissimilar forms of so-called media activism. The main goal of this paper is to describe activities that under comprehensive denotation 'media activism' are aimed at promoting unpopular agenda or alternative approach to social themes and problems in nontradional ways, scilicet in the context of the Czech milieu. The thesis tries to answer the question whether the Czech media activism absorbed the trends from Western Europe countries and the USA or not, prospectively if it drags behind. Another purpose of the thesis is also to discover at what certain extent is media activism influenced by new media and how media activists use them.
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Formation of Global Civil Society: Reaction to Problems of Globalization
Novotná, Naďa ; Sýkora, Luděk (advisor) ; Festa, David (referee)
This Master's thesis focuses on the possibilities of a global civil society to reduce the negative consequences of economic globalization. In the opening general part, special attention is given to problems caused by corporate strategies in production in developing countries. The current official mechanisms of corporate accountability are also discussed and considered as insufficient. Some new tendencies to promote the corporate social and environmental responsibility have emerged in recent decades. The agencies of a global civil society have been playing a very important role in these processes. The formation of a global civil society, its ambitions and risks are also studied in the general part of the thesis. The global civil society roles and possibilities of influencing the globalization processes are discussed also from the perspective of relevant theoretical concepts in the theoretical part. The empirical part of the thesis is based on a qualitative analysis of the campaign Business and Human Rights carried out by Czech global civil society organizations. The objective of this campaign is to prevent the corporations from human rights violation. Within the empirical research, the different spatial relations among the global civil society participants are studied, along with the evaluation of the...
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