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Analysis and Aggregation of Czech Parliament Data
Talašová, Irena ; Burget, Radek (referee) ; Očenášek, Pavel (advisor)
The aim of this work is to create a variety of statistics and reports on the functioning of Parliament of Czech Republic. Data for these statistics are gathered from the pages of the Czech Parliament and stored in to a database. Results are presented mainly in the form of tables, graphs and other methods on a publicly accessible Web site. Results should be as clear as possible, comprehensible and provide interesting and unusual information.
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A republic that outlived itself. The Emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty and their inner politics
CISARIK, Stanislav
The subject of the thesis are the Emperors of the Julio-Claudian dynasty. The author is dealing with steps that Emperors of the first dynasty took to change the current republican establishment in the so called principate. The main point is the relationship between the Emperors and the social elite, primarily the senate. On the relationship between the emperor and the senate is viewed in two levels, namely the emperor and the senate as whole and the emperor and the senators as individuals. The thesis also analyses the dividing of the roman Provinces between the power of the senate and the power of the emperor as well as the intervention in this dividing. The attitude of the Emperors towards their ancestors is also part of the work.
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Confidence in constitutional institutions and satisfaction with political situation in July 2021
Červenka, Jan
In July 2021 within the regular survey the Public Opinion Research Centre questioned respondents about their confidence in constitutional institutions. In this month there was a question about their trust to the Chambers of Parliament, the President, the Government, and Local and Regional Councils. 37% of Czechs trust the president, as well as the government. The Chamber of Deputies has the confidence of 29% and the Senate of 34% of the public. 13% of Czech citizens declare satisfaction with political situation, 50% are dissatisfied.
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Confidence in constitutional institutions and satisfaction with political situation in June 2021
Červenka, Jan
n June 2021 within the regular survey the Public Opinion Research Centre questioned respondents about their confidence in constitutional institutions. In this month there was a question about their trust to the Chambers of Parliament, the President, the Government, and Local and Regional Councils. 29% of Czechs trust the president, 28% trust the government. The Chamber of Deputies has the confidence of 21% and the Senate of 27% of the public. 12% of Czech citizens declare satisfaction with political situation, 59% are dissatisfied.
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Comparative Analysis of Political Parties' Cooperation within Electoral Coalitions in the Czech Republic
Kutman, Ondřej ; Stauber, Jakub (advisor) ; Michal, Aleš (referee)
The bachelor's thesis maps electoral coalitions in the Czech republic on parliamentary and regional level. It unravels which parties are most common amongst these coalitions and clarifies their ideological position. This is based on the Party family theory, which is closely described in the theoretical part of this thesis. This part also includes an explanation for the concept of electoral coalitions. Methodology of this thesis is based on data published by the Czech Statistical Office. The practical section of the thesis uses this data to discover the frequency of occurence of political parties in electoral coalitions. Furthermore, this section clarifies the success rate of these coalitions. The results of the research helped to create two datasets where the parties are sorted by the frequency of occurence. The research led to a conclusion that the existence of electoral coalitions is not strongly affected by the ideological differences between the parties of the coalitions. Also, cooperation of centre-right parties with both liberal and conservative elements of political agenda is quite common amongst these coalitions.
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Parliamentary structure: is there an optimal model?
Holeček, Adam ; Kysela, Jan (advisor) ; Ondřejková, Jana (referee)
Parliamentary structure: is there an optimal model? Abstract The diploma thesis on the topic "Parliamentary structure: is there an optimal model?" deals with the question of the ideal model of the composition of the parliament in terms of the number of its chambers. Its aim is to provide an overview of the various possibilities that have emerged, whether in history or the world today. From this it tries to draw conclusions for the answer to the question whether to prefer unicameralism or bicameralism. The issue is then transferred to the context of the Czech Senate. The first chapter deals with the issue of the institute of parliament in general. It is focused on the definition of this term, which took on different meanings in different time epochs or in different places. Then it deals with the concept of parliamentary structure. The second chapter deals with the unicameral form of parliamentary structure, including its characteristics, historical and intellectual development. Subsequently, four specific and different examples of unicameral parliaments in the world are described. These are the parliaments of Slovakia, as an example of unicameralism in pure form, Iran, which is a case of a unicameral parliament with theocratic elements, Botswana, which has a tribal element, and the example of so- called...
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Position and role of the Czech Senate twenty years after its creation
Rameš, Jan ; Perottino, Michel (advisor) ; Brunclík, Miloš (referee)
This thesis is dealing with the problematic position of the upper house of the czech Parliament. In this thesis author is operating as with primary literature (i.e. laws and historic constitutional documents) in analysis historical moments of the czech parliamentarism, so with direct observation of the members of the Senate (in 11th term). Author was focusing himself on direct observations of the senate committees and plenary session of the Senate. With great help of the Senate's staff and senator Jaromír Jermář, all the members of the Senate was addressed with author's request to participate in research. Results of this research are basic cornerstone in order to answer the questions in the introduction about the sense and the role of the upper house of the czech Parliament. First chapter represents an introduction, where are the most important sources, metodology, questions entitled and this problematic is basically explained. Second chapter is aiming on the theoretical concept of the bicameral parliaments. Third chapter is profoundly analysing the historical experience of the Czech state with the second chambre parliament. Fourth chapter is, finally, analysing the representational, constitutional and legislative-controlling functions of the Senate toward the executive. Fifth chapter is...
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The Political Culture of the Presidential Elections in the Czech Republic
Černá, Vladimíra ; Znoj, Milan (advisor) ; Wintr, Jan (referee)
This thesis deals with the political culture of the presidential elections in the Czech Republic. Its main aim is to compare the state of the political culture in 1993 and 2008 in the Czech Republic in connection with the presidential elections. The study employs analytical and comparative methods. The thesis tests the validity of the hypothesis that the civil maturity of the politicians grows with the duration of the democracy.
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Comprehensive immigration reform suspended: Lessons from the U.S. Senate 2004-2010
Švajda, Michal ; Kozák, Kryštof (advisor) ; Calda, Miloš (referee)
The M.A. thesis "Comprehensive Immigration Reform Postponed: Lessons from the Senate 2004- 2010" elaborates upon the causes hindering in the years 2004 to 2010 the adoption of a comprehensive immigration reform in the United States of America. The main goal of the thesis is to assess the consequences of the polarization of the American political scene on the immigration reform and to evaluate the party divide on the matter upon the floor remarks made by the members of Senate Committee on the Judiciary taking in account the differences in between the 109th and 111th Senate. The focus on the Committee on the Judiciary is justified by the role played by its members in the drafting process of particular reform proposals. The scope of the polarization of the Committee is assessed upon the aggravated means attributed to the most dominant narratives used by the senators. The remarks used in the evaluation are addressed in the context of the most significant contemporary factors influencing the polarization of American political scene as well as under the light of the development surpassing the domestic affairs.
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Quantitative Comparison of Second Chambers' Legislative Activity
Zeman, Lukáš ; Brunclík, Miloš (advisor) ; Stauber, Jakub (referee)
The master thesis focuses on measuring the effectiveness of the legislative activities of the upper chambers of the Czech Republic, France, Spain, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. The selected countries represent Medium-strength, Between medium-strength and weak bicameralism, and weak bicameralism according to the theory of Arend Lijphart. The aim was to compare quantifiable indicators of the legislative process and determine how influential or how effective the upper house in the system is. To achieve the set goal, a comparison of statistical variables was used, as well as a logistic regression analysis, which helped to identify significant influences affecting the legislative process. To collect the necessary data, the automated collection was used using an algorithm in the R environment. It was found that the influence of chambers in the legislative process is approximately aligned with the theory of the strength of bicameralism. The study showed that the influence of the Czech Senate is the second-strongest among the studied countries. At the same time, the study showed that authorship and congruence appear to be the most statistically significant. However, that does not apply universally.
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