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Limitation of Reelection Options in Latin America: the Case of Mexico
Lorenc, Adam ; Dvořáková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Němec, Jan (referee)
The work focuses on limitation of public officials' reelection eligibility in Mexican political system. The question of reelection is put into the context of both Latin American region and history of Mexico itself and of its constitution. It offers an overview of specific constitutional clauses that define the reelection rules, historical background and motivation of their genesis and also analyses their practical implementation and consequences. The topic is examined primarily with regard to the influence of reelection limitation on previous and future democratic development of the country.
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Arab Spring 2011 - regime change. Case study of Tunisia, Egypt, Syria.
Kyzivát, Jan ; Novotná, Yvona (advisor) ; Knotková, Vladimíra (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the regime change in the context of the Arab Spring 2011 with focus on Tunisia, Egypt and Syria. The aim of the thesis is to determine factors causing different progress towards political reforms in each country. Theoretical framework is provided by characteristics of undemocratic regimes, transitions to democracy and democracy itself. Each country is introduced from the historical point of view with focus on the 20th century, especially current methods of the governance. Several conclusions are made based on analytical -- synthetical method of reviewing historical, political and socioeconomical factors determining the domestic situation in compared countries and explaining their influence on different transition progress towards the new political system.
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Ideologies and their Impact on Political Development in Turkey
Cupalová, Marcela ; Prorok, Vladimír (advisor) ; Lehmannová, Zuzana (referee) ; Vlček, Dalibor (referee) ; Hynčica, Pavel (referee)
The aim of the work is to analyze and evaluate the ideological background of Turkish society and its influence on economic and political development of Turkey and thus to bring a new complex explanation of Turkish problems on the way to the EU and prospects of their solution. The work maps socioeconomic development of the Ottoman Empire and Turkey, the influence of specific Turkish values on this development and the political efforts to modernize the system. On the basis of this analyse, it evaluates Turkish potencial for adoption of new values and their application for modernization and democratization of society. Work also analyses values of Turkish people, discovered by various opinion polls, and compares them with the standards of the EU. Consequently, it explains the differences in values by analysis of Turkish ideologies and the cleavages between them. Eventually, the work maps ideological fundamentals of contemporary Turkish political system, their reflection in Constitution, laws and political practice. It also concentrates on ideologies and goals of Turkish political parties and movements, their influence on Turkish society and their compatibility with the standards of the EU. The principal aim of this analysis is to evaluate influence of specific Turkish ideologies on Turkish political and economic development and fulfilment of political standards of the EU.
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Democracy and it´s perspectives in Latin America
Sedláčková, Michala ; Volenec, Otakar (advisor) ; Kochan, Jan (referee)
The purpose of this thesis was to observe, examine and describe the state of democracy in Latin American countries. I chose the major independent countries (19) in the region to describe the trends of democracy in Latin America. The theoretical part deals with the terms democracy and democratization and explains historical concepts of democracy. To be able to understand the current state of democracy an explication of historical, socioeconomic and cultural background of the region was necessary. In this part I am also showing its relation to democracy and democratic values in the society. To evaluate the level of democracy in the individual states I used three different reports or indexes. First of them is the Polity score, second Bertelsmann transformation index and the third is the annual report of Freedom House -- Freedom in the World. In the final part I am designing the possible perspectives of democracy in the region, which with few exceptions I consider very positive.
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Foreign policy of the USA and China towards Burma
Hlopková, Lucia ; Knotková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Cibulková, Petra (referee)
Burma, abounds with vast natural resources and this coupled with its strategic geographical and political position draws the country increasing attention from the international community. However, any further cooperation with Burma is complicated by her nondemocratic regime represented by the military junta.The thesis presented here aims to compare the attitude of two world powers the U.S. and China towards Burma, find motives of their foreign policy and to evaluate the consequences of this policy. American foreign policy towards Burma is characterized by the imposition of isolating sanctions, while China opts for a policy of cooperation with the burmese junta. Recently however, the U.S. and China have been re-evaluating their foreign policy attitude towards Burma and this thesis attempts to point out possible future developments in this area.
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The information revolution in Senegal
Hankeová, Tereza ; Kváča, Vladimír (advisor) ; Kochan, Jan (referee)
This thesis deals with information and communication technologies in the developing world and particularly in Senegal. Its aim is to determine how the radio, television and Internet affect the democratization development of Senegalese society. The first part focuses on the historical introduction of information and communication technologies in Senegal and emphasizes the connection between the major turning point of modern history of Senegal and the growing social impact of information and communication technologies. The second part explores the impact of information and communication technologies on Senegalese society, culture, economy and politics.
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Actors of economic globalization, civil society and the state
Rohrbacher, Tomáš ; Müller, Karel (advisor) ; Lehmannová, Zuzana (referee) ; Prorok, Vladimír (referee) ; Dohnalová, Marie (referee)
Presented thesis focuses on civil society within the context of ongoing processes of globalization. The core of disputed issues lies in creation of relationships between the actors of civil society (with stress on alter-globalization movement) and institutions of international governance (with accent on multilateral economic institutions -- WB, IMF, WTO). The thesis analyzes concepts of (global) civil society and functions which civil society fulfills in relations to centres of political power -- traditionally towards the state, currently also towards international governance institutions. It deals also with preconditions of creation and existence of global civil society (post-material middle-class, cosmopolitism and the role of the internet). Theoretical chapters are supported by empirical datas which are analysed especially regarding alter-globalist discourse, self-definition of the actors and current state of relationships between civil society and WB, IMF and WTO. Applied research shows that these institutions open themselves to the control of public and civil society (although with different pace) in levels of transparency, accountability and access, and thus civil society contributes to their democratization.
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The role of women in democratization processes in francophone Africa
Pavlicová, Vendula ; Kváča, Vladimír (advisor) ; Knotková, Vladimíra (referee)
This thesis deals with the African women standing in their societies and attemps to find out what are their possibilities, within this standing, to participate in the current processes of democratization. It tries to identify important facts - by mapping their role in the traditional society and describing its changes during the French colonialism and after the decolonization - that determine women's current status. This serves as a basis for the research of ways in which women participate in the democratization processes that are currently under way in francophone Africa. The thesis focuses not only on their possibilities to take part in the decision-making within the elected bodies, but is also concerned with their chances to influence the politics in a less formal way. The emphasis is on the activities of women's organizations that seem to be an appropriate tool of democratization of the African society.
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Civil society and civil participation at municipal level (case study of Prague 5 district)
Bazgerová, Martina ; Müller, Karel (advisor) ; Lisa, Aleš (referee)
In connection with a process of democratization of the Czech Republic the topic of an civil society becomes more and more topical. This study focuses mainly on one of its functions -- civil participation -- and on the case of the Czech Republic it proves Beck's hypothesis that civil society and civil participation mobilize itself in reaction on critical situation, and it tries to find an explanation of this hypothesis. To set criteria for analyzing the given hypothesis, and its subsequent explanation the condition of civil society in the Czech Republic is analyzed with regard to both historical and contemporary influences and public opinions of citizens. Then, the study moves to verifying the main hypothesis on the case of the Prague 5 district. For this purpose analyzing of medial causes and mainly reactions of citizens to it, is used.
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