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Parliamentary parties in the Czech Republic: functions, tools, stability
Kuta, Martin ; Reschová, Jana (advisor) ; Němec, Jan (referee) ; Kysela, Jan (referee)
The thesis deals with activities of Czech parliamentary parties during EU-affairs discussion in the Chamber of Deputies, Parliament of the Czech Republic. The main focus is on three characteristic features of political parties during their activities on the parliamentary level: stability (rhetorical, voting, and programmatic), use of parliamentary oversight tools, and fulfilling their systemic function. The parties are seen through the prism of behavioural approach. EU-affairs are a rather new topic with a variable salience for national parties. EU-affairs influence party competition in extra-parliamentary arena. Conflict, however non-salient topics in parliamentary arena are ousted by governmental parties in order for them to keep governmental stability. The parties do not act according to their party manifestoes (low level of Europeanization); instead, their voting behaviour indicates that the parties follow logic of parliamentary competition between government and opposition. Parliamentarization of EU governance (engagement of national parliaments in broader institutional setting of the EU) leads to spreading of party competition on the national level to a new policy area. Political parties use tools of parliamentary scrutiny in a rather limited extent and according to their actual position within the system. The thesis also deals with party nomination and composition of the Committee on European affairs which holds oversight powers. The empirical analysis is based on the analysis of voting behaviour of parliamentary party groups (roll-call data), stenographic records, Committee and plenary session resolutions and quantitative analysis of composition of the Committee.
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The Problematic of Czech Parliamentarians’ Remuneration
Eberle, Jan ; Civínová, Denisa (advisor) ; Pikola, Pavel (referee)
This bachelor thesis focuses on the issue of the salary of Czech deputies and senators, i.e. members of the Parliament of the Czech Republic. For the purposes of the thesis, the following hypothesis was posed: If the legislators are remunerated according to their average attendance at the sessions of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, the expenses on their salaries including compensations will be lower by at least one third.
The theoretical part of the thesis deals with the Parliament of the Czech Republic, focusing on its history, the division into the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate, and selected bodies of the two chambers. The aim is to acquire background knowledge of the environment and agenda of deputies and senators. The theoretical part further describes the legislators right to impunity, as well as the entitlements to salary and various compensations, which are then analysed in detail.
The practical part is devoted to the analysis of data and is limited only to the Chamber of Deputies, because of the restrictions on the dissemination, publication and further use of data obtained from the Senate. The analysis is first conducted for individual political parties and, subsequently, for the Chamber as a whole. The methods used in this part are those of establishing medium values mean, modus and median.
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Stability of Incumbents in the Parliament of the Czech Republic
Mareček, Jan Lukáš ; Němec, Jan (advisor) ; Kuta, Martin (referee)
The thesis deals with the personal stability of the Czech Parliament in the period after 1993 when the Czech Republic was founded. The author assumes a better orientation in both organizational and procedural issues of reelected representatives. The aim of this thesis is to explore what factors have influenced the rate of reelection of MPs and Senators and how these are subsequently reflected in the personal structure of both Chambers. Using a quantitative analysis, the author tests the hypothesis that the rate of reelection will be higher in the Senate due to the majority voting system which is more personalized than the proportional one used in the Chamber of Deputies. The hypothesis was tested in the Committees analogically. Furthermore, the author tests if the current level of voter turnout influences the final election results and the rate of reelection, respectively. The text is divided into three chapters. The thesis is composed of a common structure heading from a theoretical background towards empirical analysis.
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Corporate Governance, accounting, legal and auditing principles
Blahouš, Lukáš ; Králíček, Vladimír (advisor) ; Molín, Jan (referee)
The thesis deals with the main principles of Corporate Governance. It focuses on the most important legal regulations and codes in this area, on the role of external and internal audit in Corporate Governance, as well as on its connection with accounting standards. Two basic models are described -- Anglo-American and Continental European model. These models are compared particularly in terms of ownership control, board structure and investor protection. After that, the situation in the Czech Republic is analysed. Finally, the information disclosed in annual reports of corporations from four countries are examined and compared
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