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Political Participation of National Minorities in the Czech Repbulic
Větrovec, Lukáš ; Švec, Kamil (advisor) ; Charvát, Jan (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the political participation of national minorities in the Czech Republic. The main aim of this thesis is to find out what the possibilities of national minorities are to enter the political process in order to articulate their specific minority interests and how effective these possibilities are from their perspective. The emphasis is placed on ethnic political parties, minority interest groups, advisory bodies such as the Government Council for National Minorities and committees for national minorities at all political levels. At the same time, these selected minority institutions and bodies are also examined at the international level, which makes it possible to gain an overview of the attitudes of some states to national minority policy and their comparison, or even inspiration for the Czech Republic. The analysis was carried out on a group of five national minorities: German, Polish, Roma, Slovak and Vietnamese. The author also tried to find out how these selected national minorities are politically active, what factors influence their political participation and what is the interest in the issue of national minorities among the majority political parties. The author chose a qualitative research method for the research project and the technique of...
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Political Participation of National Minorities in the Czech Repbulic
Větrovec, Lukáš ; Švec, Kamil (advisor) ; Charvát, Jan (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the political participation of national minorities in the Czech Republic. The main aim of this thesis is to find out what the possibilities of national minorities are to enter the political process in order to articulate their specific minority interests and how effective these possibilities are from their perspective. The emphasis is placed on ethnic political parties, minority interest groups, advisory bodies such as the Government Council for National Minorities and committees for national minorities at all political levels. At the same time, these selected minority institutions and bodies are also examined at the international level, which makes it possible to gain an overview of the attitudes of some states to national minority policy and their comparison, or even inspiration for the Czech Republic. The analysis was carried out on a group of five national minorities: German, Polish, Roma, Slovak and Vietnamese. The author also tried to find out how these selected national minorities are politically active, what factors influence their political participation and what is the interest in the issue of national minorities among the majority political parties. The author chose a qualitative research method for the research project and the technique of...
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Political Participation of the Romani Minority in the city Ceske Budejovice
Větrovec, Lukáš ; Švec, Kamil (advisor) ; Jüptner, Petr (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to analyze the political participation of the Romani minority in České Budějovice. The theoretical part introduces the reader to the problems that most affect the life of the minority of Romani people and also influence their political activity. The author presents the most successful, yet extinct political party, the Romani people Citizens Initiative, and is also concerned with the current Romani people political scene, which evaluates the functioning of its two actors, the Romani Democratic Party and the Party of Equal Opportunities. The analytical part is focused on the specific locality of České Budějovice. It tries to find the causes of the weak political participation of local Romani people and to find a suitable procedure to make easily their way local politics. Based on the research, the semi-structured interview with the Romani people respondents and the municipal politician of České Budějovice, the work came to the conclusion that political candidates of the Romani people lack support from their own community and that the majority political parties did not create adequate conditions for their desired success.
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