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Citizens participation in the town life on a case study in Mnichovice
Pecková, Petra ; Mička, Pavel (advisor) ; Frič, Pavol (referee)
The civic participation is an active approach of the citizen who has possibility of using more or less formalized tools to influence public affairs. This diploma thesis "Citizens participation in the town life on a case study in Mnichovice" will deal with civic participation in a small town close to Prague - Mnichovice. The level of participation will be analyzed by the OECD (information, consultation, active participation) town hall uses, what factors influence participation rates, what motivates people to engage in participation and what discourages vice versa and which particular forms of cooperation with citizens are effective for local public administration. The theoretical part of this diploma thesis deals with the historical development of civil participation in decision making processes, analyzes legislation of the Czech Republic to describe the theoretical participation and engagement in different types of participation in the various approaches and finally explores options of participation in a small town with 3200 residents, which is located in the suburbia of Prague, 30 km south-east from the center of the capitol city. The practical part of this diploma thesis will be to analyze the various stakeholders in the community, analyze town hall attitude towards civic participation and...
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New political parties from the point of view of the theory of institutionalization: the case of the Public Affairs
Stauber, Jakub ; Perottino, Michel (advisor) ; Brunclík, Miloš (referee)
This thesis examines the formation and stabilization of genuinely new political parties in the Czech Republic through the theory of institutionalization. In the theoretical part the theory of institutionalization, which serves as a basis for the analytical framework, is firstly introduced. Institutionalization is understood as a process that occurs in four dimensions and can be strengthened or weakened over time. There are mentioned main approaches to the classification of new political parties, focusing on category of genuinely new political parties in the following chapter. These parties come to party system as external actors, so they represent suitable cases for examining the impact of their electoral gains at the rate of institutionalization. The next section is dedicated to development of the Czech party system with regard to the increasing success of genuinely new political parties. For a detailed analysis of the examined phenomenon a case study of political party Public Affairs has been chosen, because it represents case of genuinely new party which has achieved a relevant position in the party system due to the first candidacy in the first-order election. Thus, organizational development of Public Affairs is described on the basis of pre-defined theoretical categories. Consequently, observed trends...
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The development of the discourse of right-wing populism in the Czech Republic
Němcová, Lucie ; Císař, Ondřej (advisor) ; Čada, Karel (referee)
The thesis examines the development of right-wing populist discourse in the Czech Republic and aims to define the forms and possible changes in populist discourse with a special emphasis on argumentation, then to interpret the changes in a broader social and political context. The research focuses on three organizational incarnations of right-wing populism: Public Affairs, Dawn of Direct Democracy - Tomio Okamura and Freedom and Direct Democracy - Tomio Okamura. The research method is a discursive-historical approach, which draws on the analysis of topoi. An analysis of the programs of the two movements and the party showed that the right-wing populist discourse has shifted from the original themes that the Public Affairs party has raised. These are included in the other two movements, but each adds something extra. From the initial anti-elite attitudes, social chauvinism and emphasis on direct democracy in the case of Public Affairs to nationalism and the promotion of national pride in the case of the Dawn, to the harsh euroscepticism, Islamophobia and anti-immigration appeals in the case of the SPD. The topoi used in the VV program is primarily topos of abuse, but the Dawn, with its specific appeal to national awareness, also introduces topos of people or topos of advantage, and the SPD clearly...
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Government Communication in the Czech Republic: Organisation, Perception, and New Theoretical Model
Soukeník, Štěpán ; Hejlová, Denisa (advisor) ; Just, Petr (referee) ; Eibl, Otto (referee)
This dissertation thesis titled 'Government Communication in the Czech Republic: Or- ganisation, Perception, and New Theoretical Model' is a seminal, exploratory work which contextualizes and maps the development of government communication in the Czech Republic from its foundation to the present time with a primary research emphasis on the years between 2015 and 2017. Stemming from interdisciplinary theoretical sources within media and communication, public policy, and management scholarship, the thesis rede- fines the way of thinking about government communication. It applies stakeholder theory paradigm by researching government institutions, private sector, and news media as three important actors of government communication. Analysing the organization, perception, and tensions of government communication, the dissertation thesis aims to introduce new theoretical model of government communication and provide the government, private sector, and other societal actors with challenging perspectives on their practices and status quo.
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The phenomenon of "business parties" in the European and Czech context
Hudcová, Nikola ; Němec, Jan (advisor) ; Vymětal, Petr (referee)
The main aim of the diploma thesis is to introduce a new phenomenon the business-firm party, an organizational type of political party. The first chapter deals with the concept of political party and the development of organizational types. The second chapter describes the characteristics of a business-firm party and deals with business-firm parties in Europe: Forza Italia, Union of the Democratic Centre, Positive Slovenia and Your Movement. The last chapter focuses on business-firm parties in the Czech Republic: Public Affairs and ANO 2011. Both parties are analysed in the individual areas that are characteristic for this type of party. Based on the comparison of these two parties, I identify the factors that are key to the success of the business-firm party in the Czech Republic.
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Comparison of the state of Public Affairs in the Czech Republic and Great Britain
Bergerová, Sabina ; Hejlová, Denisa (advisor) ; Shavit, Anna (referee)
This bachelor thesis follows the very first research on the state of public affairs in Czech environment and its comparison to neighbouring countries and so brings the comparison of the state of public affairs in the Czech Republic with Western style democracy on the example of the United Kingdom. The comparison is conducted on the basis of state regulations. Regulatory framework is then also completed with insight into self- regulation. Based on such method, number of dissimilarities and similarities between the states of public affairs in both countries are indentified - amongst the most significant of the latter falls: both countries (1) pursued establishment of separate law intensively only in very recent years; (2) decided to address the issue of unsatisfactory level of transparency within the industry by suggesting introduction of mandatory register that should be available to the public online; (3) aside from regulating actions of those in the public affairs industry, both countries emphasize the importance of regulating the ones who are lobbied; (4) highlight as potential problem the ‚revolving door effect'; (5) failed to achieve to approve the legislation in the way it was originally designed and both countries (6) still lack effective statutory regulation of the public affairs industry....
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New political parties from the point of view of the theory of institutionalization: the case of the Public Affairs
Stauber, Jakub ; Perottino, Michel (advisor) ; Brunclík, Miloš (referee)
This thesis examines the formation and stabilization of genuinely new political parties in the Czech Republic through the theory of institutionalization. In the theoretical part the theory of institutionalization, which serves as a basis for the analytical framework, is firstly introduced. Institutionalization is understood as a process that occurs in four dimensions and can be strengthened or weakened over time. There are mentioned main approaches to the classification of new political parties, focusing on category of genuinely new political parties in the following chapter. These parties come to party system as external actors, so they represent suitable cases for examining the impact of their electoral gains at the rate of institutionalization. The next section is dedicated to development of the Czech party system with regard to the increasing success of genuinely new political parties. For a detailed analysis of the examined phenomenon a case study of political party Public Affairs has been chosen, because it represents case of genuinely new party which has achieved a relevant position in the party system due to the first candidacy in the first-order election. Thus, organizational development of Public Affairs is described on the basis of pre-defined theoretical categories. Consequently, observed trends...
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Catholic Church and the Property Settlement: Case Study of Czech Bishops'Conference Communication
Pláteník, Václav ; Dolanský, Pavel (advisor) ; Hejlová, Denisa (referee)
This thesis aims to describe the communication activities of the Catholic Church in connection with the property settlement between the state and the church religion organizations in the Czech Republic. In the beginning thesis focuses on the historic genesis of the problem. In the second part it examines organization of communication of the Catholic Church a describes the communication activities within the property settlement in the years 2007 and 2012 with focus on years 2008 and 2012, when the topic was the agenda of Parliament of CR. The third part deals with evaluation and suggestions.
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