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Associations as Social Enterprises: The characteristics of the Embedded Social Enterprises in the Czech Republic
Klimtová, Amal ; Dohnalová, Marie (advisor) ; Deverová, Lenka (referee)
Associations as social economy enterprises are the main focus of this thesis. The theoretical part of the thesis presents the area of social economy and social entrepreneurship, both worldwide and in the context of the Czech Republic. The Czech legal framework for the area of social economy and its associations, as well as local specifics are also described. The discussion follows the principles delineated by Kim Alter. In the empirical part of the thesis, nine case studies of Czech associations - social economy enterprises are analysed with the use of publicly accessible documents. Using these case studies, the analysis shows how each case fulfils the principles of social economy enterprise. The author uses Alter's typology to ascertain, what type of social economy enterprise each of the cases represent: an embedded, integrated or external social enterprise.
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Associations as political actors in small municipalities? Case study of Brandýs nad Orlicí microregion
Bubnová, Kateřina ; Jüptner, Petr (advisor) ; Bubeníček, Václav (referee)
This diploma thesis aims to provide insight into the municipal system in small municipalities. The work consists of two parts, a literature search and a research analytical part. The subject of the research is a discussion of Czech and later also German authors who deal with communal politics. The subject of this work is the role of associations as political actors in small municipalities with less than 300 inhabitants. The results of the research demonstrate the identical and different features of the Czech and German debate regarding small municipalities and the involvement of associations in political life. As a result, several variables were identified that are repeated for the authors. The sample is 10 municipalities from the Brandýs nad Orlicí micro-region, which are compared with each other in several areas. Municipalities are very similar, especially in terms of population, and thus the sample is relevant for mutual comparison between municipalities. The subject of the research is the identification of federal candidates and representatives, the support of associations from the municipality and the motivation of federal candidates for candidacy. The key source is interviews with council members and federal candidates, which are processed in the form of graphs and tables. In conclusion,...
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The attitudes of public to mentally disabled people
PROKOPCOVÁ, Kateřina
The bachelor thesis deals with the topic of Public attitudes towards people with mental disorder. The primary goal of the thesis is to find out what kind of positions the public takes towards people with mental disorder. Beside this main target the thesis replies either the confirmation or the refutation of the given hypotheses. The theoretical part of the bachelor thesis deals with the definition and classification of the mental disability, its causes and characteristics of each person with some mental retardation and it involves the attitude and prejudices to the disabled people from the historical point of view. I focus even on the possibilities of care for these people and their leisure time activities, social organizations and civil associations. People of different age groups in the town of Strakonice are addressed in the research part of the thesis. Quantitative research is used to reach the above mentioned goals. Survey is the method used to collect data. Univariate and bivariate analysis was chosen to process the surveys and the gained data are processed in the program IBM SPSS statistics. The results are collected from the questionaire which contains 17 questions, answered by 207 respondents. The first four questions are concerned with the sociodemographic data as sex, age, education and occupation. In the next part of the questionaire there are given some questions, which all the hypotheses are processed from. The result of the thesis is the finding of the public positive attitude towards the mentally disabled people irrespective of their age and sex. The public often meets these people in their daily life and they do not mind the direct contact. The research confirmed the influence of education towards the attitude to the disabled people.
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The history and present of the Czech community in France with a focus on associational life
Havlová, Zuzana ; Klinka, Tomáš (advisor) ; Bořek - Dohalská, Marie (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the Czech community in France in both the past and present. In general, it focuses on the community organizing of Czech compatriots. The aim of the thesis is to gain a fundamental overview of this topic, to find interesting relations, and to point out the importance of compatriot associations for Czechs living in France. The thesis is based on the search in literary and internet sources, the knowledge gained via questionnaires, other conversation and the author's personal experiences during her stay in Nantes. The first part of the thesis provides basic information about the history of Czech emigration to France, the development of compatriot associations, and the start of Czech schools and Czech high-school sections in France. The second part of the thesis introduces the overview of current associations and other institutions related to Czechs and Czech culture in France. It deals, in more detail, with the activity of chosen Franco-Czech associations working in various French regions. These organizations are available for Czech compatriots to join actively. The representatives of these associations, by filling out a questionnaire, provide compelling information and observations about the most frequented organization events, the level of compatriots' interest in the...
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The Evaluation of Accounts for Associations
ŠVECOVÁ, Dominika
The aim of this diploma thesis is to devise general evaluation procedure of current accounts for associations and then to compare the theoretical results with the results of the questionnaire survey. The aim of the questionnaire survey is to find out what accounts the associations use and why. The theoretical part of this thesis is focused on the scientific discipline called multi-criteria decision making, its basic terminology, the methods of setting the criterions' weights and selected multi-criteria decision making methods. Finally, the associations are described according to valid legislation. In the practical part, selected accounts for specific clients are evaluated by using three multi-criteria decision making methods and the questionnaire survey is evaluated too. The conclusion is dedicated a comparison of the theoretical evaluation results with the questionnaire survey results and the author's own view of this issue. Familiarization of the author with the associations' activities during a personal meeting with them is the main benefit of this thesis for the author. The finding that the accounts of some of them are not as advantageous as they were before is the benefit for the associations. Some of them decided to visit their bank and change the account to the account recommended by the author.
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Grants for associations at the level of state, county and sity
ZAVADILOVÁ, Petra
The thesis deals with the processing of subsidy policies to support the activities of organizations working with children and youth. The work describes grant programs some ministries, higher territorial governments, municipalities and other donors. It also defines NGOs and their division. The work defines interest and informal education. The thesis contains tables and graphs with distributed financial amounts and numbers of people in different age categories. One of the chapters deals with the instructions for the preparation and submission of the grant application.
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