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Expert knowledge of polical parties in field of education policy
Stanzel, Jiří ; Novotný, Vilém (advisor) ; Mouralová, Magdalena (referee)
Political parties are no more simply mediators between the civic society and state. It is also expected, that they are capable to product such solutions, that are based on expert knowledge and could be applied responsibly. The educational policy is one of the traditional parts of public policy, which requires complex and long-term solutions. The sources of expertise of political parties play a key role in form of knowledge and information required for such responsible decisions. Many remits same as financing of primary and secondary education were delegated from state control to regional administration due to administrational reform. The increase of power assumes expansion of expertise of political parties on regional level. The paper is focused on sources of expert knowledge of political parties (ČSSD, KSČM, TOP 09) in Prague. It describes mechanisms of generating expert knowledge for educational policy, mostly the character and nature of work of regional expert commissions. Who are the members of these commissions? What is their source of being experts? What kinds of information they work with? How is their work applied in a practice? These are the main questions of this study.
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Policy-related capacities of Czech political parties in the field of defence policy
Brožek, Lukáš ; Novotný, Vilém (advisor) ; Brázová, Věra - Karin (referee)
Defense policy is not a very liked public policy in general public. However it is one of the most important mechanisms, that allows us to live our lives in peace. Also, it is very important to know, who determines the direction in which defense policy is going. This paper examines which expert capacities are available to political parties in Czech Republic in the field of defense policy. Parties selected for the research are: Social Democrats, TOP 09, and Communists. This paper explains, what defense policy is and then describes the concepts of policy work and policy analytical capacity, which examines expert committees of the mentioned political parties. Data in this paper were obtained by studying documents of political parties and through qualitative interviews with members of expert committees. Policy analytical capacity of expert committees of each political party is examined in this paper. The results describe how expert committees work and what kind of experts work within them.
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Policy-related capacities of Czech political parties: the case of shadow ministers in the field of education
Procházka, Michal ; Novotný, Vilém (advisor) ; Veselý, Arnošt (referee)
Policy-related capacities of Czech political parties: the case of shadow ministers in the field of education Author: Michal Procházka Abstract Education is one of the most significant of public policies because it has a crucial impact on the future of the society. Thus, the Ministry of Education represents one of the key departments and political parties are expected to provide highly qualified experts to manage this position. This thesis is focused on the topic of experts of the parties in the Czech republic with special highlight on the shadow ministers, alternatively on relevant spokespersons. The shadow governments provide one possible source of the responsible experts for the political parties since they can prepare their members for the function of a minister through training of their practical skills. However, this thesis focuses mainly on the shadow ministers of the following parties in the Czech republic: ČSSD, KDU-ČSL, KSČM, ODS and TOP 09. Considering that this agenda of those parties has not been studied thoroughly, this thesis is therefore an exploratory study. The political parties also feature expert knowledge with specialized committees for those areas and most of the chairmen of such committees are the leaders in education agenda of those parties. This case study proves the shadow ministers...
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Expert potential of academic movements
Vrobel, Vojtěch ; Novotný, Vilém (advisor) ; Mouralová, Magdalena (referee)
In recent years the whole western world is dealing with economical problems, which, doesn t matter what has caused them, logically causes the reactions of government members and another policy decision-makers in many areas of public policy. Solutions taken or proposed this way aren t always accepted in public with agreement what leads to genesis of activist and protest movements. And few of these movements are focused in this work. Specifically it s a Vzd lání není zbo í! (Education is not a commodity!); ProAlt; Za svobodné vysoké koly (For free colleges) which protested mainly in years 2010-2012 against a contemplated reform of sector of the tertiary education sector in the Czech republic. This reform was represented by two legislative intents of law O vysokých kolách (About colleges) and O finan ní pomoci student m (About financial aid to students). This work researches their Policy analytical capacity while the main sources of thoughts within this area are the works of professor Michael Howlett of Simon Fraser University in Canada. It is an explorative multicase study which is based on semi-structured interviews with eminent members of the mentioned organizations. Except Howlett s works the ideas of Ond ej Císa about activism in central Europe are used here. So this work researches not only how...
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Policy-making in Czech Republic: the case of higher education law novelization
Kokeš, Richard ; Novotný, Vilém (advisor) ; Nekola, Martin (referee)
UNIVERZITA KARLOVA V PRAZE FAKULTA SOCIÁLNÍCH VĚD Institut sociologických studií, katedra veřejné a sociální politiky Bc. Richard Kokeš Policy-making in Czech Republic: case of higher education law novelization Abstract Praha 2014 Abstract The work Policy-making in Czech Republic: the case of higher education law novelization has its main aim in explaining final form of higher education norm novelization which was created in the period Petr Fiala was a minister of education, youth and sports in government of Petr Nečas (2012 - 2013). To answer research question this work chooses constructivist approach and qualitative methodology. The basic research unit is policy network, which consisted from creators of novelization. Those actors composed working group whose activities took almost half a year. Using theoretical approach of understanding policy-making through concept of "policy work", this work explains final form of novelization through working activities which concrete actors did in monitored period. The main understandings this paper presents are substantive causes of final form of novelization like mid to long term concrete personal involvement in policy making in higher education, engagement of concrete actors for work in working group, setting of information exchange system between engaged actors and...
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Policy-Related Capacities of Czech Political Parties in the Field of Energy
Pulec, Václav ; Novotný, Vilém (advisor) ; Klusáček, Jan (referee)
Policy-Related Capacities of Czech Political Parties in the Field of Energy Author: Václav Pulec Abstract Energy is a field that has been recently passing through a very dynamic development. All countries in the world are trying to find new sources of raw materials and diversify their energy mix. Moreover, the European Union has been putting increasing expectation on new sources of energy meeting higher environmental standards. It is crucial that the Czech Republic has the necessary expertise to be able to react to the upcoming changes and create long-term decisions that the area of energy policy requires. This work deals with expert capacities of political parties in power in the Czech Republic, which play a major role in creating such decisions. This thesis analyzes expertise base of the three selected political parties (TOP 09, ODS, ČSSD) and focuses on their professional committees or expert teams. Expert commissions are often highest advisory body of the party and its guarantor has usually the highest (key) word in the party hierarchy regarding given issue. The thesis will explore how stakeholders join the expert committee, by examining what their backgrounds are and how they come to seek this form of engagement. It will then look at the concrete outcomes of each expert group, and how does the...
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Expert capacity of civil sector: Focus on the NGO umbrella organization in the CR
Lejčková, Jana ; Novotný, Vilém (advisor) ; Frič, Pavol (referee)
The expert capacity of umbrella NGOs is not adequately addressed in the literature, although it is a key issue. This issue is pointing to the growing demands for accountable and transparent organizations with the expertise needed in the form of professionals who can actively promote the importance and interests of NGOs in a public policy process. Expert capacity is described in this case as the ability to perform analytical work in selected umbrella NGOs which focus on advocating interests and influencing the policy process. The aim of this work is to understand the expert capacity of the umbrella platforms of NGOs in advocating their interests and their influence on policy making and to outline the possibility of more effective cooperation with the state. For this purpose were chosen all-state national umbrella platforms, which defend the interests of organizations throughout the Czech Republic. In the theoretical part, the public policy theories: policy work, policy analytical capacity and evidence-based policy making are presented to facilitate the concept of expert capacities, complemented by the theory of interdependence, which presupposes mutual cooperation between civil society organizations and the state. Second part of the thesis analyzes the policy analytical capacity of two all-round...
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Policy-making in Czech Republic: the case of higher education law novelization
Kokeš, Richard ; Novotný, Vilém (advisor) ; Nekola, Martin (referee)
UNIVERZITA KARLOVA V PRAZE FAKULTA SOCIÁLNÍCH VĚD Institut sociologických studií, katedra veřejné a sociální politiky Bc. Richard Kokeš Policy-making in Czech Republic: case of higher education law novelization Abstract Praha 2014 Abstract The work Policy-making in Czech Republic: the case of higher education law novelization has its main aim in explaining final form of higher education norm novelization which was created in the period Petr Fiala was a minister of education, youth and sports in government of Petr Nečas (2012 - 2013). To answer research question this work chooses constructivist approach and qualitative methodology. The basic research unit is policy network, which consisted from creators of novelization. Those actors composed working group whose activities took almost half a year. Using theoretical approach of understanding policy-making through concept of "policy work", this work explains final form of novelization through working activities which concrete actors did in monitored period. The main understandings this paper presents are substantive causes of final form of novelization like mid to long term concrete personal involvement in policy making in higher education, engagement of concrete actors for work in working group, setting of information exchange system between engaged actors and...
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Policy-related capacities of Czech political parties in the field of defence policy
Brožek, Lukáš ; Novotný, Vilém (advisor) ; Brázová, Věra - Karin (referee)
Defense policy is not a very liked public policy in general public. However it is one of the most important mechanisms, that allows us to live our lives in peace. Also, it is very important to know, who determines the direction in which defense policy is going. This paper examines which expert capacities are available to political parties in Czech Republic in the field of defense policy. Parties selected for the research are: Social Democrats, TOP 09, and Communists. This paper explains, what defense policy is and then describes the concepts of policy work and policy analytical capacity, which examines expert committees of the mentioned political parties. Data in this paper were obtained by studying documents of political parties and through qualitative interviews with members of expert committees. Policy analytical capacity of expert committees of each political party is examined in this paper. The results describe how expert committees work and what kind of experts work within them.
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Policy capacities of Czech political parties in the field of financing of political parties
Mottl, Václav ; Novotný, Vilém (advisor) ; Klimešová, Magdalena (referee)
Political parties are fundamental to the functioning of a democratic state. Through them all citizens of the country are being influenced. To work properly, however, the political parties need to gather various sources. Currently, the main source are financial contributions, namely from the state but also from private entities. Financing of political parties, in the form in which it is now, became due to various political corruption scandals subject of discussion. Over time, there has been a transformation of the social climate and calls for changes of the existing rules for financing of political parties have appeared. This bachelor thesis deals with the expert capacities of political parties focusing on their financing. Specifically, expert capacities of Czech political parties ČSSD, Strana Zelených and ANO 2011 are being examined. Nevertheless, the project Rekonstrukce státu is also included, as it is one of the actors influencing this field. This paper deals with how propositions about the issue of financing are being developped within political parties. Who influences shaping those propositions? And how this issue has historically developped?
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