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The Tea Party Movement and Its Impact on Amecican Politics
Kucer, Maxim ; Bečka, Jan (advisor) ; Raška, Francis (referee) ; Calda, Miloš (referee)
The end of the year 2007, during the presidential campaign of Republican congressman Ron Paul, was the first time when the modern Tea Party movement appeared on American political scene. In a short period of time the Tea Party became a significant political force that endorsed many successful candidates in 2010 midterm elections and put pressure on established political parties to follow the will of the people. This thesis, written primarily as a political affairs analysis, examines origins of this grassroots movement and its impact on American politics. Put in a broader historical and socio- economic context, this work tries to create a notion of movement's probable future. The thesis is divided into three major parts. First chapter provides an insight into the historical origins of the modern Tea Party movement and also the birth of populism in the United States. The following part looks into the formation of Tea Party and describes the most important organizations connected with the movement and how they influenced its activities. The third part is focused on the most relevant Tea Party protests and in form of a case study assesses its influence on 2010 midterm elections.
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Comparison of Selected Topics of Political Commnication of political parties in the Czech Republic:
Rozmajzl, Lukáš ; Křeček, Jan (advisor) ; Vochocová, Lenka (referee)
Comparison of Selected Topics of Political Communication of political parties in the Czech Republic: Professionalization, Personalization, Negativeness ROZMAJZL, Lukáš. Srovnání vybraných jevů politické komunikace u politických stran v ČR: profesionalizace, personalizace a negativita. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Fakulta sociálních věd, Institut komunikačních studií a žurnalistiky, 2011. 140 s. Vedoucí diplomové práce PhDr. Jan Křeček, Ph.D. This Diploma Thesis deals with three selected topics of political communication (Professionalization, Personalization, Negativeness) which are related to the transform of modern to postmodern political campaigns. Each of the topic is described on the theoretical base, then the historical development of using this technic by political parties is mentioned, and finally relevant criticism of this concept (related to the problems of the definition of the concept, or to the normative reflections on democratic political systém) is noticed. Comparative analysis of political communication made by Czech political parties in 2010 elections is made to identify the level of using each of three concepts mentioned above. The result is explicit that political parties in the Czech Republic differ one to another in using different technics of political communication towards...
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Political Parties in Great Britain with the Focus on Liberal Democrats
Kadlecová, Zuzana ; Stracený, Josef (advisor) ; Lánský, Ondřej (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the analysis of British party system and its special features, with the focus on the main political parties in Great Britain, their history, their development and the current position within the system. The thesis employs methods of analysis of specialized sources in the English language mainly. The aim of the first part is to provide theoretical knowledge to establish background for better understanding the rest of the thesis. The following part of the thesis deals with the main political parties in Great Britain, their development, programs and their current position in the system. The most important part of the thesis is the last one, which focuses on Liberal Democratic Party, its beginnings, development and puts emphasis on the two last elections in 2010 and 2015. There is an attempt to provide an opinion on what were the reasons of the election results depending on election program, electorate and other specifications.
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Signs and sign systemes in an advertising ellection camlaign
Lišková, Tereza ; Šoltys, Otakar (advisor) ; Lysoňková, Lenka (referee)
Bachelor thesis titled "Signs and sign systems in an advertising campaign" focuses on the analysis of a particular political campaigns. It is an election campaign of Strana práv občanů (Party of citizen's rights) - ZEMANOVCI during the elections to the Chamber of Parliament of the Czech Republic in 2010. The thesis analyzed specific process behind the campaign entitled "30 stories of Milos Zeman," with key leader and chairman of the party well-known Czech politician Milos Zeman. Campaign also by name refers to the socialist series "30 cases of major Zeman". The work will first analyze marketing issues of the campaign and its potential success given to the end voters. Bachelor thesis also focuses on the signs and sign systems using semiotic analysis and to identify their explicit, but also a secondary meaning and the purpose for which the party wanted to use them in their campaign. The thesis further analyze an electoral program and its connection with the signs applied in the campaign. The last part includes, the comparation of the political campaing of SPOZ with the campaigns of the rival political parties.
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Political Parties in Great Britain with the Focus on Liberal Democrats
Kadlecová, Zuzana ; Stracený, Josef (advisor) ; Lánský, Ondřej (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the analysis of British party system and its special features, with the focus on the main political parties in Great Britain, their history, their development and the current position within the system. The thesis employs methods of analysis of specialized sources in the English language mainly. The aim of the first part is to provide theoretical knowledge to establish background for better understanding the rest of the thesis. The following part of the thesis deals with the main political parties in Great Britain, their development, programs and their current position in the system. The most important part of the thesis is the last one, which focuses on Liberal Democratic Party, its beginnings, development and puts emphasis on the two last elections in 2010 and 2015. There is an attempt to provide an opinion on what were the reasons of the election results depending on election program, electorate and other specifications.
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The Tea Party Movement and Its Impact on Amecican Politics
Kucer, Maxim ; Bečka, Jan (advisor) ; Raška, Francis (referee) ; Calda, Miloš (referee)
The end of the year 2007, during the presidential campaign of Republican congressman Ron Paul, was the first time when the modern Tea Party movement appeared on American political scene. In a short period of time the Tea Party became a significant political force that endorsed many successful candidates in 2010 midterm elections and put pressure on established political parties to follow the will of the people. This thesis, written primarily as a political affairs analysis, examines origins of this grassroots movement and its impact on American politics. Put in a broader historical and socio- economic context, this work tries to create a notion of movement's probable future. The thesis is divided into three major parts. First chapter provides an insight into the historical origins of the modern Tea Party movement and also the birth of populism in the United States. The following part looks into the formation of Tea Party and describes the most important organizations connected with the movement and how they influenced its activities. The third part is focused on the most relevant Tea Party protests and in form of a case study assesses its influence on 2010 midterm elections.
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Signs and sign systemes in an advertising ellection camlaign
Lišková, Tereza ; Šoltys, Otakar (advisor) ; Lysoňková, Lenka (referee)
Bachelor thesis titled "Signs and sign systems in an advertising campaign" focuses on the analysis of a particular political campaigns. It is an election campaign of Strana práv občanů (Party of citizen's rights) - ZEMANOVCI during the elections to the Chamber of Parliament of the Czech Republic in 2010. The thesis analyzed specific process behind the campaign entitled "30 stories of Milos Zeman," with key leader and chairman of the party well-known Czech politician Milos Zeman. Campaign also by name refers to the socialist series "30 cases of major Zeman". The work will first analyze marketing issues of the campaign and its potential success given to the end voters. Bachelor thesis also focuses on the signs and sign systems using semiotic analysis and to identify their explicit, but also a secondary meaning and the purpose for which the party wanted to use them in their campaign. The thesis further analyze an electoral program and its connection with the signs applied in the campaign. The last part includes, the comparation of the political campaing of SPOZ with the campaigns of the rival political parties.
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A threat of state bankruptcy as a basic element of the czech electoral media agenda
Vávra, Jan ; Šoltys, Otakar (advisor) ; Wolák, Radim (referee)
Václav Bělohradský stated (Právo, July 3, 2010) that "'Greece' was one of the biggest pre-election lies in political history of this country." The aim of this thesis is to examine the role media played in the alleged "pre-election lie": how set the agenda(or drew on the topics) and how pre-election discourse involved the theme of state bankruptcy in the country, whose bonds were according to Bloomberg two months before parliamentary election in 2010 the eighth safest in the world. I examine the content of the most widely read weeklies Reflex, Respekt and Týden, respectively their May 2010 issues (election-month). I will proceed from the assumption that weeklies have the greatest potential to put events into the relevant context, and thereby significantly shape the discourse. This thesis uses the discourse (focusing on its ideological character according van Dijk's evidences) and semiotic (using the theory of Roland Barthes) analysis to detect any mythological elements concerning political parties and ideas in connection with the threat of state bankruptcy. The theoretical part focuses on the possible political consequences of media manipulation especially in the electoral process. I consider inspiring for the needs of this thesis evidence of the German sociologists Jürgen Habermas (of universal pragmatists)...
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Comparison of Selected Topics of Political Commnication of political parties in the Czech Republic:
Rozmajzl, Lukáš ; Křeček, Jan (advisor) ; Vochocová, Lenka (referee)
Comparison of Selected Topics of Political Communication of political parties in the Czech Republic: Professionalization, Personalization, Negativeness ROZMAJZL, Lukáš. Srovnání vybraných jevů politické komunikace u politických stran v ČR: profesionalizace, personalizace a negativita. Praha: Univerzita Karlova v Praze, Fakulta sociálních věd, Institut komunikačních studií a žurnalistiky, 2011. 140 s. Vedoucí diplomové práce PhDr. Jan Křeček, Ph.D. This Diploma Thesis deals with three selected topics of political communication (Professionalization, Personalization, Negativeness) which are related to the transform of modern to postmodern political campaigns. Each of the topic is described on the theoretical base, then the historical development of using this technic by political parties is mentioned, and finally relevant criticism of this concept (related to the problems of the definition of the concept, or to the normative reflections on democratic political systém) is noticed. Comparative analysis of political communication made by Czech political parties in 2010 elections is made to identify the level of using each of three concepts mentioned above. The result is explicit that political parties in the Czech Republic differ one to another in using different technics of political communication towards...
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