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Impact of the economic crisis on the position of Dutch Freedom party towards the European Union
Loučková, Lenka ; Kasáková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Šlosarčík, Ivo (referee)
Bc. Lenka Loučková 2015/2016 Impact of the economic crisis on the position of Dutch Freedom party towards the European Union Abstract This thesis focuses on the relationship between the economic crisis and the attitude of the Dutch radical right populist Freedom Party (PVV) towards the European Union (EU). The aim of this thesis is to determine whether the economic crisis influenced the opinion of PVV on the EU in a negative way and whether it caused the shift of the party in the categorization of attitudes towards the EU by Petr Kopecky and Cas Mudde. The research also aims at contributing to the wider discussion about the nature of right radicalism, populism and Euroscepticism in the EU by pointing to the similarities and differences between PVV and other European parties belonging to the radical right populist family. The time frame of the research starts with the origins of the party in the year 2005 and ends with the last important elections that PVV participated in, the European Parliament elections in 2014. Election manifestos, as well as official statements of the party and its representatives on the Internet and in the media are used for the analysis. The research itself is focusing on three areas: EU's institutional setup and the direction of European integration; issues related to movement of...
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Impact of the economic crisis on the position of Dutch Freedom party towards the European Union
Loučková, Lenka ; Kasáková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Šlosarčík, Ivo (referee)
Bc. Lenka Loučková 2015/2016 Impact of the economic crisis on the position of Dutch Freedom party towards the European Union Abstract This thesis focuses on the relationship between the economic crisis and the attitude of the Dutch radical right populist Freedom Party (PVV) towards the European Union (EU). The aim of this thesis is to determine whether the economic crisis influenced the opinion of PVV on the EU in a negative way and whether it caused the shift of the party in the categorization of attitudes towards the EU by Petr Kopecky and Cas Mudde. The research also aims at contributing to the wider discussion about the nature of right radicalism, populism and Euroscepticism in the EU by pointing to the similarities and differences between PVV and other European parties belonging to the radical right populist family. The time frame of the research starts with the origins of the party in the year 2005 and ends with the last important elections that PVV participated in, the European Parliament elections in 2014. Election manifestos, as well as official statements of the party and its representatives on the Internet and in the media are used for the analysis. The research itself is focusing on three areas: EU's institutional setup and the direction of European integration; issues related to movement of...
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Specifics of the extreme right in the Internet environment
Avukatu, Jiřina ; Lupač, Petr (advisor) ; Podaná, Zuzana (referee)
The bachelor thesis "Specifics of the extreme right in the Internet environment" deals with the role of Internet in the life of the czech extreme and radical right movement. It discourses the groups which use Internet networks and forums, examining their manifestations, strategies and objectives of their activity, and the contribution of such activities in the area of virtual identity. First, the thesis defines the evolution of the Czech extreme right and also the current situation in the country. Furthermore, attention is paid to the topic of the far right on the Internet. The thesis analyses the activities of extreme right in the virtual world and its specifics in creating and maintaining a virtual identity of members of the movement. However, there is considerable space devoted to the processes of self-presentation, as well as to the structure and characteristics of communication, which play a crucial role in the process of identity formation. The second methodological part of the work aims to examine a wide range of czech far-right virtual sites using a combination of quantitative approaches, namely social network analysis and content analysis. The results of these empirical attempts will be combined with the findings of the theoretical part and altogether will be applied to the reality of the Czech...
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