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Local Referendum in the European Area
Svoboda, Marius ; Svoboda, Petr (advisor) ; Kryska, David (referee)
The diploma thesis Local Referendum in the European Area offers a comprehensive overview of the legal regulation of the institute of local referendum in individual European countries. In four parts devoted to Central, Southern, Western and Northern Europe, it introduces the regulation of this institute in the local legal systems and compares individual solutions not only with the Czech regulation, but across all European states. It deals in detail with individual aspects of the local referendum, including its announcement, binding force and the possibility of a popular initiative.
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Zhodnocení možností využití participativních rozpočtů v ČR
Náplavová, Jana
Náplavová, J. Evaluation of possibilities of using participatory budgets in the Czech Republic. Thesis. Brno: Mendel University, 2018 Participatory budget is a topic that is becoming known all over the world, which was an impulse for choosing this topic. My work is divided into two main parts. The first part presents basic information about the participatory budget, its history, types, actors and functioning in the world and in the Czech Republic. The main part of the thesis focuses on the project "Dáme na vás", which is new at the city of Brno. I will analyze partial preparatory processes, financial demands and implementation of PaR in Brno. Finally, through a questionnaire survey, I as-sess how proposers of projects perceive this new activity.
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Approach of Czech political parties towards referendum in Czech republic
Snížek, Jan ; Charvát, Jan (advisor) ; Brunclík, Miloš (referee)
Czech Pirate Parties and SPD took the third and the fourth place in the last election to the parliament in 2017. These parties focused in their campaigns to the topic of the referendum and pure democracy. Especially party SPD has a nationwide referendum in their programme. The object of my thesis is to find out the approach of five Czech political parties towards the referendum in the Czech Republic. To explain what the referendum means and its characteristic features.
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The Phenomenon of Euroscepticism demonstrated by the example of German AfD and Czech SPD
Horáčková, Lucie ; Handl, Vladimír (advisor) ; Kunštát, Miroslav (referee)
The Bachelor thesis deals with the phenomenon of Euroscepticism, which is demonstrated by the example of two political parties. The subject of the analysis are the German party Alternative for Germany (AfD) and the Czech party Freedom and Direct Democracy - Tomio Okamura (SPD). The thesis firstly addresses Euroscepticism in general, observing and comparing the level of public Euroscepticism in Germany and the Czech Republic. Subsequently, both political groups are categorized with the help of three presented theoretical concepts. Special emphasis is placed on historical development of AfD and SPD, which serves as a basis for exploring the motivation to establish them. Based on the analysis and comparison of the respective electoral programs to the European and national elections, the thesis compares the program priorities with regard to the attitude towards European integration. The current European Parliament election programs 2019, together with a record of personal interviews with party representatives, allow us to describe their ideal vision of the European cooperation.
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The Origins and Development of the Czech SPD Party, yars 2015 to 2018
Režná, Zuzana ; Stracený, Josef (advisor) ; Šmejkal, Jan (referee)
The bachelor's thesis deals with the origins and development of the Czech political party SPD - Tomio Okamura. The teoretical part is focused on political parties in general, on their definition, origin, typology and functions. One part of the thesis is focused on the system of political parties. The second part of the thesis is dedicated to the origin and development of SPD, from the first political party Tomio Okamura established to the current situation of SPD. The focus is mainly on the program, electorate and election surveys. KEYWORDS Political party, SPD, Tomio Okamura, direct democracy, referendum, electorate
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Local referendum in the CR - the law, its application in practice and ideas de lege ferenda
Jedličková, Tereza ; Svoboda, Petr (advisor) ; Kopecký, Martin (referee)
The thesis examines local referendums, a form of direct democracy that is used the most in the Czech Republic. Nowadays, it is a standard part of municipal politics. The goal of the paper is to provide a complex analysis of the legislation, based primarily on relevant case- law, and to provide proposals for its amendment. The thesis is composed of an introduction, ten chapters and a conclusion. The order of the paper largely follows the composition of the Act on Local Referendum. Chapter One describes direct democracy and its forms. Chapter Two examines the relevant constitutional and international legislation. Chapter Three describes the scope of topics that may be subjects of local referendums in general and also looks at the most frequent ones. Chapter Four concerns itself with voters and the preparative committee - a body that puts forward the proposal to hold a local referendum - and examines its assembling and operation. Chapters Five and Six explore the committee's proposal and its review procedure conducted by municipal authorities and also by municipal councils that render the final decision to hold a local referendum. Chapter Seven focuses on conditions that need to be fulfilled in order to achieve a valid and legally binding decision in a local referendum. Chapter Eight describes all four types...
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The Rise of Direct Democracy in the Czech Republic: Sources, Use and Consequences
Dvořák, Tomáš ; Kabele, Jiří (advisor) ; Šaradín, Pavel (referee) ; Vráblíková, Kateřina (referee)
In the last few decades there has been an expansion of institutions of direct democracy in most developed countries. The Czech Republic has been no exception and over the past 25 years, there has been a rise of direct democracy in the Czech Republic. The aim of the dissertation is an analysis of the use of direct democracy in the Czech Republic. Although the analyses are based mainly on data from the Czech Republic, the aim is also to contribute to scholarly debates in the field of direct democracy research. I focus on the following questions: Who supports the use of direct democracy and who participates in it in the Czech Republic? How do voters form opinions and what are the characteristics of direct democracy campaigns? What is the effect of direct democracy on other forms of political participation? I view direct democracy as an institutional innovation and evaluate it based on three criterions: inclusiveness, competence and efficiency. First, I focus on who supports the expansion of direct democracy. I also study the patterns of turnout of various social groups in direct democracy (inclusiveness). Second, I analyse the processes of opinion formation in direct democracy campaigns to find out, whether it can be regarded as competent or not. Last, I analyse whether direct democracy leads to increased or...
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Direct democracy at the municipal level in the Czech Republic
Stejskalová, Eva ; Jirásková, Věra (advisor) ; Suchánek, Radovan (referee)
The objective of the submitted diploma thesis is to analyze the subject of a direct democracy system in the Czech Republic focusing on the local level of governance. The possibility of being able to participate imminently in the municipal government and thus amending the current representative model became the subject of not only political discussions over the last few years. The thesis is composed of a foreword and five chapters, which are hereafter divided to subchapters for better transparency. Findings and author suggestions concerning the possible future forms of the local democracy are summarized in the conclusion. The introductory chapter presents the direct democracy in a theoretical way and shows how it differs from the representative democracy model. It also contains the definition of the five most respected forms of a direct democracy, which are: referendum, plebiscite, citizen initiative, petition and recall. Following two chapters are focused on the situation in Czech Republic, first in general, then with an emphasis on the municipal scene. Efforts to establish an individual form of a direct democracy can be observed already from the year 1918 with various results, new possibilities appeared later as Czech Republic had entered supranational communities. A local referendum still remains...
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Local referendum
Jedličková, Tereza ; Svoboda, Petr (advisor) ; Kryska, David (referee)
Resumé The thesis examines local referendums, a form of direct democracy that is used the most in the Czech Republic. Nowadays, it is a standard part of municipal politics. The goal of the paper is to provide a complex analysis of the legislation, based primarily on relevant case- law, including the newest rendered in fall 2014. The thesis is composed of an introduction, nine chapters and a conclusion. The order of the paper largely follows the composition of the Act on Local Referendum. Chapter One examines the relevant constitutional and international legislation. Chapter Two describes the scope of topics that may be subjects of local referendums in general and also looks at the most frequent ones. Chapter Three concerns itself with the preparative committee - a body that puts forward the proposal to hold a local referendum - and examines its assembling and operation. Chapters Four and Five explores the review procedure of the committee's proposal conducted by municipal authorities and by municipal councils that render the final decision to hold a local referendum. Chapter Six focuses on the conditions that need to be fulfilled in order to achieve a valid and legally binding decision in a local referendum. Chapter Seven describes all four types of judicial review procedures that relate to local...
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Direct Democracy in public discussion in Czech Republic. Political actors, their proposals and political practice
Havlík, Martin ; Mlejnek, Josef (advisor) ; Jüptner, Petr (referee)
The Diploma thesis will deal the main actors who support elements of direct democracy in Czech political system. Concurrently I want critically approach to their thesis and valorize its relevance, viability and potential impact for Czech society. First of all I will present each of elements of direct democracy, which are town meeting, initiative, referendum and recall. I refuse that a direct election of president or other political actor is an element of direct democracy. I classify a direct election of political actor like a synonym of representative democracy in this Diploma thesis. I will also present examples of countries like Switzerland or California, which has huge experience with using of direct democracy. Focus of my interest will be also on Scottish independence referendum and Slovak referendum about family and marriage. After this theoretical and empirical introduction I will critically approach to thesis about elements of direct democracy of Czech political actor like the Dawn of Direct Democracy, the Public Affairs, the Movement for Direct Democracy and the Czech Pirates Party, however I will mention other political actors and theirs ideas of elements of direct democracy, mainly I will mention the Czech government's proposition of law about general referendum in Czech republic. The...
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