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Labour Party in Scotland and Wales - comparative analysis
Jelínková, Petra ; Říchová, Blanka (advisor) ; Brunclík, Miloš (referee)
The thesis presents a comparative analysis of the Scottish and Welsh Labour Party's position. The work is focuses on the change of regional party's branches after devolution, which the Labour Party introduced in 1999. At the decentralized level was created a new devolved institution, a new party system and a new electoral system, which has brought the possibility of coalition government. These changes were meant a big challenge for the party. The party must adapt to new conditions and change access to regional affiliates. The changes are analyzed according to the theoretical framework created by J. Hopkin and supplemented by the theory of Laffin, Shaw and Taylor. Areas of party activities are being explored, such as election of candidates, electoral and governmental strategies, election leaders, organization and party financing, and party status in a party system based on elections to the Westminster and Regional Parliament or National Assembly. The thesis briefly describes history of the Labour Party and its organization, which is necessary for analysis after devolutional position of the party. There is briefly described the devolution itself in the British environment and the emergence and system of newly established legislative institutions, including the electoral system.
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Labour Party in Scotland and Wales - comparative analysis
Jelínková, Petra ; Říchová, Blanka (advisor) ; Brunclík, Miloš (referee)
The thesis presents a comparative analysis of the Scottish and Welsh Labour Party's position. The work is focuses on the change of regional party's branches after devolution, which the Labour Party introduced in 1999. At the decentralized level was created a new devolved institution, a new party system and a new electoral system, which has brought the possibility of coalition government. These changes were meant a big challenge for the party. The party must adapt to new conditions and change access to regional affiliates. The changes are analyzed according to the theoretical framework created by J. Hopkin and supplemented by the theory of Laffin, Shaw and Taylor. Areas of party activities are being explored, such as election of candidates, electoral and governmental strategies, election leaders, organization and party financing, and party status in a party system based on elections to the Westminster and Regional Parliament or National Assembly. The thesis briefly describes history of the Labour Party and its organization, which is necessary for analysis after devolutional position of the party. There is briefly described the devolution itself in the British environment and the emergence and system of newly established legislative institutions, including the electoral system.
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Quantitative Analysis of Preferential Voting in Regional Elections in the Czech Republic
Cvejn, Michal ; Švec, Kamil (advisor) ; Jüptner, Petr (referee)
The thesis deals with preferential voting in regional elections in the Czech Republic. The preferential vote has had little effect until recent adjustment of electoral system, which lowered the eligibility threshold from 10 to 5 %, thus making an opening for more important role of voters' preferences. Author makes use of newly available data to assess the impact of the electoral reform. The reform is shown to make a significant, but rather uneven impact across political parties and regions. The effect of preferential vote is largely concentrated among smaller parties and low-size electoral districts, leaving some regions and parties unaffected. Mechanisms that facilitate this outcome are discussed in detail.
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The Early Parliamentary Elections in Slovakia 2012
Havran, Adam ; Dvořáková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Reschová, Jana (referee)
This thesis deals with the early parliamentary elections in Slovakia in 2012. It analyzes the profile of individual elements of the electoral system and their impact on the overall form of the outputs of the electoral process.The second part deals with the development of party and electoral system since 1989, taking into account the period of the government of Vladimir Meciar. The final section focuses on the period of government Iveta Radičová and its collapse as a reason for early parliamentary elections. The final section focuses on the period of government of Iveta Radičová's cabinet and its collapse as a reason for early parliamentary elections. I am also analyzing the campaign and election programs of chosen parties. Finally, I am presenting the results of the elections themselves and looking for the cause of victory of the SMER party.
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