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Media education in secondary schools and vocational schools for civic participation of disadvantaged youth
Römer, Lucie ; Supa, Markéta (advisor) ; Jirák, Jan (referee) ; Vrabec, Norbert (referee)
Mediální gramotnost se stále silněji stává předpokladem plnohodnotné občanské participace. Ta se zejména mezi mládeží přesouvá od tradičních forem k nekonvenčním, viz např. Fridays for Future. Možnosti a schopnosti zapojit se do veřejné debaty však nejsou distribuovány rovnou měrou. Jedním z nástrojů k zúžení této "participační mezery" může být podle řady studií mediální výchova (MV). Tato práce předkládá participativní akční výzkum zkoumající možnosti MV pro rozvoj občanské participace znevýhodněné mládeže. Těží především z tříměsíční intervence na středním odborném učilišti (SOU) v Lounech, do níž se v roce 2019 zapojilo sedmnáct studentů ve věku 17 až 19 let. Objem empirického i teoretického výzkumu v této oblasti roste, avšak v kontextu střední Evropy jde o minimálně probádanou oblast, pro česká SOU pak tematické studie takřka neexistují. Práce je unikátní i v kombinaci on-line a off-line aktivit s fyzickou účastí studentů na veřejné občanské akci a v důrazu na propojení školního a mimoškolního života. Výzkum mimo jiné prověřil sadu rysů výukových metod MV doporučených předchozími studiemi a dospěl zejména k doporučení holistického přístupu, dlouhodobých projektů a k narušení školní rutiny. Zatímco mediální kompetence studentů intervence rozvinula, růst občanskoparticipativních dovedností...
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Political participation of homeless people
Kapusňáková, Zuzana ; Muhič Dizdarevič, Selma (advisor) ; Dohnalová, Marie (referee)
This thesis examines the political participation of homeless individuals in the Czech Republic and the significance of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in supporting this participation. The theoretical part introduces the concepts of civic and political participation and homelessness. In the empirical part, interviews with homeless individuals and NGO representatives are used. The results show that practical barriers such as lack of information and resources for participation in political processes are the main obstacles to political participation for homeless individuals. It was also found that NGOs play a significant role in supporting political participation of homeless individuals and can help remove some of the barriers that prevent these individuals from political engagement. The significance of this work lies in its focus on a marginalized group of citizens and contribution to the discussion on inclusive political participation in the Czech Republic. The thesis also shows the importance of NGOs in supporting political participation of homeless individuals and can serve as inspiration for further research in this area.
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Citizens participation in the town life on a case study in Mnichovice
Pecková, Petra ; Mička, Pavel (advisor) ; Frič, Pavol (referee)
The civic participation is an active approach of the citizen who has possibility of using more or less formalized tools to influence public affairs. This diploma thesis "Citizens participation in the town life on a case study in Mnichovice" will deal with civic participation in a small town close to Prague - Mnichovice. The level of participation will be analyzed by the OECD (information, consultation, active participation) town hall uses, what factors influence participation rates, what motivates people to engage in participation and what discourages vice versa and which particular forms of cooperation with citizens are effective for local public administration. The theoretical part of this diploma thesis deals with the historical development of civil participation in decision making processes, analyzes legislation of the Czech Republic to describe the theoretical participation and engagement in different types of participation in the various approaches and finally explores options of participation in a small town with 3200 residents, which is located in the suburbia of Prague, 30 km south-east from the center of the capitol city. The practical part of this diploma thesis will be to analyze the various stakeholders in the community, analyze town hall attitude towards civic participation and...
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The Impact of Citizens' Initiative on the Urban Development The Case Study of Vyšehrad Station
Moravcová, Ivana ; Slámová, Eliška (advisor) ; Špačková, Petra (referee)
The aim of the bachelor theses "Význam občanských iniciativ na rozvoji města - případová studie nádraží Vyšehrad" is to find a way how the citizens' initiative are involved in the development of the city, what resources they use and whether their activity is effective. The theoretical part of the theses introduces the basics of the community theory and research of local development, there is also included an explanation of Czech laws about citizens' initiatives and the urban planning process. The research is based on the case study of Vyšehrad station and involved groups. The main methods were semi-structured interviews with involved subjects and also detailed study of documents and newspaper articles. In the research there were identified three main types of initiatives. Members of citywide associations are mainly professionals. They help locals to be able to fight for their neighborhood and be a successful participant of the urban planning process. Local movements are more powerful because of strong identification with local issues and bigger amount of time and energy of its members. But those groups are not established in the city center because they fight against big projects built in the outskirts of the city. Last group can be called citizens' initiative; those are formed by dissatisfied...
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Civic participation within the context of professionalized CSOs in terms of their representatives
Andruchová, Monika ; Šťovíčková Jantulová, Magdaléna (advisor) ; Deverová, Lenka (referee)
This master thesis is dealing with topic of citizen's involvement and civic participation in context of professionalized civil society organizations 's activities. The work is based on theoretical concepts of political and civic participation. Subsequently, civic participation and citizen's involvement is seen in the sense of civic activities carried out within or through civil society organizations and they include various forms in which citizens participate in public life, usually without financial reward. The paper also presents the concepts of professionalization that frame the subsequent reflection on the nature and potential of civic participation and citizen's involvement into activities of professionalized civil society organizations. The main part is a qualitative research whose aim is to describe and understand, from perspective of professionalized organization's representatives, how and why there is public participation within or through activities of the organization and what are the preferred forms and barriers of involvement and civic participation. Analysis of data obtained through in- depth interviews with representatives of professionalized civil society organizations, are discussed in the conclusion in relation to the research questions and theoretical basis Key words Civic...
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Together for a Better City
Sládek, Jan ; Illner, Michal (advisor) ; Kostelecký, Tomáš (referee) ; Bernard, Josef (referee)
The goal of this text is to provide understanding of the role that locally organized citizens have in changing general political behavior of Czech people after 1989. The text combines knowledge of urban sociology, political and urban transformation, and citizen/political participation in post-1989 Czech Republic. Theoretically, the text is based in critical reception of urban sociology showing its rather low rate of understanding when analyzing the role of citizens in urban change. The text works with the concept of transaction activism, using it to analytically evaluate the forms of examined collective local action of citizens. Last but not least, attention is paid to the role of ICTs, notably the Internet, in forms of local citizen engagement. To provide the necessary context, the text reflects on main events in political participation on state level as well as it reflects on main urban changes after 1989. Methodologically, the work is based on data from two representative questionnaire surveys and fifteen interviews with representatives of citizen organizations. The main theses are following: (1) low direct experience with political issues leads to predominance of "the politics" as portrayed by mass media, yet it is rather easily unmasked by direct political experience; (2) Although the public opinion...
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Popularity elements of direct democracy among citizens and political parties in Western Europe
Lanči, Pavel ; Perottino, Michel (advisor) ; Stauber, Jakub (referee)
The diploma thesis investigates somewhat overlooked development of the West European societies and attitudes of citizens and political parties towards direct democracy. In the Western Europe (and not only there), we observe substantial questioning of the delegation of power principle, thereupon large part of citizenry is asking for more decision-making powers, most often direct democracy instruments. The support for direct democracy could be coming from the educated and politically active (cognitive mobilization hypothesis) as well as the alienated and politically disaffected (political disaffection hypothesis) citizens. The diploma thesis presupposes that this popular demand is reflected mostly by the novel parties which try to weaken the standings of the traditional parties - i. e. the novel parties support and offer the implementation of the direct democracy mechanisms more than the traditional ones. The breakthrough of the direct democracy techniques would empower the voters - the judges in the Schumpeterian/Popperian conception of democracy - in the face of the political subjects, while this empowerement would carry along far- reaching consequences for the central research areas of the political science, namely the study of the organizational development of political parties. In this thesis,...
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Local Action Group Aktivios and its influence on the development of education in the region through action planning
Duspívová Hlávková, Petra ; Moree, Dana (advisor) ; Muhič Dizdarevič, Selma (referee)
Bc. et Bc. Petra Duspívová Hlávková Místní akční skupina Aktivios a její vliv na rozvoj vzdělávání v regionu prostřednictvím akčního plánování Diplomová práce Abstrakt This thesis is focused on the possible influence of citizens on the development of education in the Blovicko and Přešticko regions through action planning. Citizens in the area can participate in the Local Action Plan for the Development of Education, which is implemented by the Local Action Group Aktivios and participate in processes focused on improving the quality of education. The starting points of the work are theoretical concepts of civic participation and social capital, in the context of which the project Local Action Plan for the Development of Education is presented. In the research part of the thesis are presented data from interviews, there are presented questions how the involved citizens perceive the possibilities of civic participation, what they want to influence by their involvement and how are social ties and networks important for their work in the project. At the end are presented answers to the research questions and the theory with respect to the research results.
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Local Action Group Aktivios and its influence on the development of education in the region through action planning
Duspívová Hlávková, Petra ; Moree, Dana (advisor) ; Muhič Dizdarevič, Selma (referee)
This thesis is focused on the possible influence of citizens on the development of education in the Blovicko and Přešticko regions through action planning. Citizens in the area can participate in the Local Action Plan for the Development of Education, which is implemented by the Local Action Group Aktivios and participate in processes focused on improving the quality of education. The starting points of the work are theoretical concepts of civic participation and social capital, in the context of which the project Local Action Plan for the Development of Education is presented. In the research part of the thesis are presented data from interviews, there are discussed questions how the involved citizens perceive the possibilities of civic participation, what they want to influence by their involvement and how are social ties and networks important for their work in the project. At the end are presented answers to the research questions and the theory with respect to the research results.
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Program Development of the Czech Pirate Party
Michalová, Ivana ; Brunclík, Miloš (advisor) ; Mlejnek, Josef (referee)
This thesis analyses selected program documents of the Czech Pirate Party for the period 2009- 2017 in terms of content of its themes. Specifically, these are the Statute and all election programs created at that time. The aim of the thesis is to determine whether the program development of the Czech Pirate Party occurred during the monitored period. From a methodological point of view, this is a content analysis supplemented by a comparative method. The thesis is based on the characteristic of the theoretical concept of the niche party, which will be presented in the first, theoretical part of thesis. The second part of the thesis takes a closer look at methodology. The third and at the same time the most comprehensive part deals with the introduction of pirate parties and the Czech Pirate Party, the actual content analysis of selected program documents and the subsequent comparison.
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