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Czech pupils and citizenship: attitudes and participation
Ševců, Martina ; Soukup, Petr (advisor) ; Remr, Jiří (referee)
EVC , Martina. Ob anské postoje a participace ák v eské republice. Praha, 2011. 120 s. Diplomová práce (Mgr.) Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních v d, Institut sociologických studií. Katedra sociologie. Vedoucí diplomové práce PhDr. Ing. Petr Soukup. Abstract This thesis focuses on civic participation of Czech pupils in the realm of civil society. The main task is to find out which factors influence civic attitudes and engagement of youth in current society. There has been an increased interest in concept of civil society since the fall of Communist regimes in Central and Eastern Europe with respect to political, economic and social changes. These changes resulted in a need to rethink the content of civic and citizenship education. Firstly the author describes civil society as a context for civic participation with special emphasis on Czech civil society and then she deals with the theory of political socialization, which helps her to identify the key determinants of civic engagement. Family, school, peer groups and media are seen as the main agents of this socialization. Using data from the International Civic and Citizenship study the author concludes that context of schools and classrooms and motivation are the most important direct factors in civic engagement.
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Changing the approach towards citizenship in the United Kingdom due to migration
Kycltová, Barbora ; Lukešová, Anna (advisor) ; Bauer, Paul (referee)
This bachelor's thesis is a one-case study of the approach to citizenship in the UK and the way it has been transformed by naturalization policies and migration. The issue of citizenship became the subject of many academic debates at the turn of the millennium due to the large influx of migrants and racial unrest in the country, and the subsequent introduction of citizenship tests was met with considerable controversy. The aim of this work is to map the much-discussed issue of naturalization in the UK and based on an analysis of the content of preparatory materials for the citizenship test, provide a very unique and comprehensive picture of how the approach to citizenship has changed over the years. The method of qualitative document analysis is used for the processing of publications for civic tests, and the manuals are examined by applying a predefined typology of citizenship and integration approaches in the theoretical part. The thesis assumes that due to concerns about the lack of integration of immigrant communities and the consequent tightening of measures to obtain citizenship status, there has been a change from a liberal and multicultural approach to more restrictive forms of approach to the concept of citizenship. Based on the established analysis of the work, it is concluded that the...
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Evolution of legal status of Native Americans with regard to their citizenship
Šaník, Jan ; Kýrová, Lucie (advisor) ; Kozák, Kryštof (referee)
Právní postavení amerických indiánů prošlo během historie Spojených států amerických značným vývojem, které mělo dopad nejen na jejich suverenitu, ale také na jejich společenský a politický status. Přijímané politiky týkající se Indiánů byly koncipovány tak, aby domorodí obyvatelé neohrožovali teritoriální a ekonomickou expanzi USA. Tyto politiky ovšem nerespektovaly suverenitu a práva původních obyvatel. Práce nabízí podrobnou analýzu právního vývoje amerických indiánů v období od éry kolonizace evropskými mocnostmi až po rok 1924, kdy bylo všem původním obyvatelům jednostranně uděleno americké občanství. Práce je rozdělena na tři části - první část se věnuje období od kolonizace až po založení systému rezervací, druhá kapitola se zabývá periodou asimilace a poslední část práce se zaobírá debatami ohledně občanství pro Indiány, kde je poskytnutý rozsáhlý prostor i pro myšlenky samotných Indiánů. Annotation The legal status of american Indians went through a significant evolution, which had an impact on their sovereignty as well as their social and political status. The policies applied towards the native people were designed in a way that they would not threaten territorial and economic expansion of the United States. As a result, these policies did not respect the sovereignty and rights of...
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The Activities of Nongovernmental Organizations in the Field of Preschool Education for Socially Disadvantaged and their Role in the Inclusion of Roma Children
Kozáková, Aneta ; Moree, Dana (advisor) ; Klípa, Ondřej (referee)
The diploma thesis combines the issue of the educational system in the Czech Republic with the issue of social exclusion that contributes to the tendency of the emergence of segregated schools in which Roma are often found. Another issues to combines with is civil society, both in terms of its organized form - non-profit organizations so from the point of view of its subjectively perceived component so-called civility. In the theoretical part are presented the knowledge from these areas needed to understand the problems and to place the research part in the context. The methodological part of the thesis monitors the activities of non-profit organizations dealing with pre-school preparation of children from socially disadvantaged environment, their relationships and cooperation with state institutions, their role in the education process and factors contributing to the fact that these children are to a great extent provided with pre-school education by civil society organizations. One of the research questions concerns the role of these non-profit organizations in the inclusion of Roma children in the elementary school system.
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Organized Civil Society from the Perspective of Vaclav Havel, Vaclav Klaus and Milos Zeman.
Simon, Filip ; Pajas, Petr (advisor) ; Navrátil, Jiří (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to compare the concept of the civil society and the attitudes towards it, as understood by Vaclav Havel, Vaclav Klaus and Milos Zeman. Furthermore, the thesis examines the evolutions of their attitudes and their particular actions within the organized civil society. The comparison is carried out using available materials and relevant existing works by authors expertizing in the authors' political legacy. The first part introduces basic terms and three crucial phases in the development of Czech civil society. The second part critically analyses the authors' attitude to organized civil society. Comparison findings suggest that their concept of civil society does not concur: their attitude to influential organizations of civil society varies, yet a certain agreement is apparent in their support of voluntary activities of various interest groups.
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The comparison of the legal status of citizens, foreigners and asylum seekers in the Czech Republic
Palánová, Tereza ; Hřebejk, Jiří (advisor) ; Kudrna, Jan (referee)
The comparison of the legal status of citizens, foreigners and asylum seekers in the Czech Republic - resume This thesis deals with the legislation status of citizens, foreigners and asylum seekers in the Czech Republic and its comparison. Gradually defines the various concept, discusses the legal rules, Czech and international also, mentions the most important source of law, fundamental judicial decisions, the prospect of new regulations and the legal status of holders of various statuses. The final and the most important chapter identify the similarities and differences in the legal status of the most important, respectively most discussed areas. The main objective is to streamline the often-fragmented provisions, define the individual terms and describe the most important similarities and differences in the legal status of citizens, foreigners and asylum seekers with an emphasis on Czech legislation.
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