|
|
Understanding active youth in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Ostrý, Michal ; Žíla, Ondřej (advisor) ; Šístek, František (referee)
With the help of field research, this thesis focuses on active young people in Bosnia and Herzegovina, whom the work attempts to understand in two contexts. First, there is the complicated backdrop of a country after Dayton peace that is still characterized by its post-war state. At the same time, it is vital to consider the context of the current understanding of participatory trends studied in Western democracies. Especially then the departure from formal participation towards single-issue activism. The results suggest that active young people in Bosnia and Herzegovina participate for three main reasons: identification with like-minded community and development of friendships; the desire to contribute to a positive change; and the need for self-development. These reasons are indicational of the attitudes of studied young people. They perceive nationalism negatively, value the social aspects of their activities and realize the need to develop themselves. The latest aspect is stronger for women and may be behind their predominance in the active youth community. Except for that, participation does not differ much from what is studied in Western democracies. Only the tendency towards authoritarianism persists. Some actively participating young people see it as a solution to Bosnia and Herzegovina's...
|
|
|
Aspirations of management students, the role of the mother - manager and social politics
Tobiášová, Magdaléna ; Křížková, Alena (advisor) ; Marková Volejníčková, Romana (referee)
The thesis deals with the issue of women in management. The theoretical part provides basic points and explains key concepts such as gender segregation of the labor market, discrimination of women in management, or barriers to women entering managerial positions, which are a fundamental problem of gender inequality in the labor market. Next is also described family policy, as an offshoot of social policy, to help women in harmonizing work and family. Research aims to find out how aspiring managers, management students, perceive this issue through semi-structured interviews that are processed by thematic analysis. Interpretation of the results then provides repertoires of roles that these women expect in life and description how they choose or combine among them and their attitude to these repertoires. The main findings of the work are the perception of discrimination on the grounds of maternity and the problematic combination of care and careers related to the insufficient provision of state childcare facilities. However, perceptions of other career barriers meets with a positive attitude, interviewees believe they do not face other disadvantages compared to men than motherhood.
|
guest ::
