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The Success Rate of Think-tanks as an Actors of the Public Policy
Majerčíková, Kristína ; Frič, Pavol (advisor) ; Jelínková, Marie (referee)
Think tanks are active actors in the political process and form an integral part of political culture. In the socio-political context, they fulfill the role of data and knowledge providers, assisting with information for political actors, while also operating in the private and public sectors.They supplycredible informationand offer important insights.Their form varies based on the environment they operate in. This work examines four selected Czech think tanks: the Institute for European Policy Europeum, the Institute for Politics and Society, the Center for Security PolicyEuropean Values, and the Masaryk Democratic Academy. Through set objectives,the work explores the effectiveness of thinktanks and their connectionwith experts, and through personal interaction,examines the most successful areas, supplementingthis with the level of experts using the concept of theories of change and selected impact indicators. I confirm that the success of the selectedthink tanks is in fulfillingtheir missions' objectives and is associated with highly qualified experts. However, the work does not shy away from challenges in a range of issues.
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The Social Housing Act through the lens of the Multiple Stream Framework
Dubišarová, Pavla ; Angelovská, Olga (advisor) ; Novotný, Vilém (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to describe and explain the process of advocacy of the Act on Social Housing in two different governmental periods, to find out the reasons for its failure and what strategies the actors used to promote their interests. The Act has been discussed in political discourse since 2007. During the government period of Bohuslav Sobotka, the agenda was pushed through and the substantive plan for the law was subsequently created. In the second government term of Andrej Babiš, work on the substantive plan was abandoned soon after the government was formed, and towards the end of the term there was an effort to push through the part dealing with the Act on Affordable Housing together with the Act on Public Benefit Housing Companies. In both periods, advocacy efforts were unsuccessful. Considering how complex and ambiguous the issue of the housing crisis and the actors involved in it are, I chose the Multiple Stream Framework for research. To analyse the policies, I used thematic analysis to examine secondary data such as public policy documents, strategic documents, expert studies and media outputs. The second type of data I used in my thesis were expert interviews. The results provide information on what strategies were used by the different actors, what were the main disagreements...
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