This dissertation reassumes the research and literary analysis conducted in my Master's thesis "Family Ideal and Real: The Change of the Image of the Family in Selected Works of Mexican American Authors" and extends its scope. As an interdisciplinary work, it examines the connections between history, sociology, and literature. Family as one of the central values in the Mexican American community, started to be oficially celebrated as such during the Chicano Movement, in the 1960s and 70s. However, the family was viewed as warm and nurturing by some people, and as strict and rigid by others, and this dichotomy is represented also in literature. After opening the dissertation with a discussion of Charles Taylor's and Will Kymlicka's view of multiculturalism, I move on to the analysis of the Mexican American family and address several statistics, which describe and analyze the position of Mexican American minority in society and also the Mexican American family, focusing especially on the common stereotypes and supporting them or refuting them with research studies on the specific topics. The literary section of the dissertation analyzes three segments of Mexican American literature: literature by Chicana authors, autobiographical narratives, and children's literature; and assesses the representation...

The goal of the diploma thesis Policies supporting harmonization of family and work roles in the Czech and Slovak Republic is the comparison and analysis of the various areas relating to the issue. The thesis is processed in the context of building the Welfare State, Tomasz Inglot's historical approach and on the process of Europeanization. The thesis deals with the politics of harmonization of family and work roles in both countries. The first part focuses on defining the research problem itself, namely on the harmonization of family and work roles, recent changes in family status and identifying factors possibly influencing politics of harmonization. The second part presents the theoretical background of the thesis, the concept of the Welfare State, its criticism, the concept of the Welfare State in the former Czechoslovakia, in the individual countries - the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic and Europeanization. The third part deals first with demographic trends, and then with a comparative analysis of selected areas - family concepts, financial assistance for families, state social support system, employment arrangements and the services providing children care in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. The conclusion contains a summary and the assessment of the comparative analysis,...

Contribution of the Sociology to the Pastoral Work with Married Couples and Families Subject of this thesis is the question of pastoral work in the area of present marriage and family in the Czech Republic. The concrete aim of this thesis was to find out if the results of sociological researches dealing with the problematics of marriage and family can contribute to improving of the pastoral work in the area of marriage and family. The key problems were chosen: refusing of the institution of marriage, causes and consequences of this phenomenon, non-married cohabitation, divorce rate, natality, problematics of unmarried mothers, crisis of parental roles, same-sex cohabitation. The results and evaluation of the sociological researches related to the given problems are presented in the individual chapters. In each chapter, there is also the attitude of the Church to each given problem and the short recommendation how to take advantage of the presented material in the pastoral work. Keywords Marriage, family, sociology, pastoral theology

The diploma thesis deals with adolescents who grew up in a dysfunctional family environment. The content of the literary-review part of the diploma thesis will be devoted to dysfunctional family systems in which the basic needs of the child are not met. It will also address the key areas of development for understanding the child's experience within individual ages of development up to adolescence. Attention will also be paid to coping strategies and child support resources during development. The research survey will consider the qualitative design, which will take place through an interview with the help of adolescents. The target group will be adolescents who grew up in a dysfunctional family environment. The aim of this research will be to describe the experience of adolescents in dysfunctional family systems. Thanks to the research part, the elaboration of this diploma thesis can be a tool for understanding the feelings and experiences of children who grew up in this environment. It can thus be applied in working with adolescents, but also with the parents of these children. At the same time, it can be a source for the prevention of mental decompensation and the possible development of more serious mental problems. Keywords Family; Dysfunction; Development; Adolescents; Coping

1 Název práce v anglickém jazyce Crime of Evasion Alimony Payments under s. 196 of the Criminal Code Abstract The diploma thesis is about the crime of evasion alimony payments according to § 196 of the Criminal Code and other questions related to this issue. The aim of this work is to provide a comprehensive explanation of the crime of evasion alimony payments. The work is primary about on the individual signs of this crime, its connection with civil law, where the rights are enshrined and the issues of alternative alimony payments and possible decriminalization of the crime of evasion alimony payments according. The crime of evasion alimony payments is one of the most frequently committed crime in the Czech Republic. The purpose of this legal regulation is the interest in the proper fulfillment of the alimony payments, especially in the fulfillment of the alimony payments towards dependent children. The work is divided into eight chapters. The first chapter deals with the historical development of the crime of evasion alimony payments from the period of 19th century until now. The second chapter presents the legal definition of the crime of neglect of evasion alimony payments and categorizes this crime according to various aspects. It also provides an overview of regulations related to it, with emphasis on...

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The thesis deals with the issue of single parenthood from the perspective of women mothers. The main aim of the thesis was to survey the attitude of lone mothers - mothers of minor children - to the single parenthood. To generally describe the impact, which a termination of a partnership may have on a lone woman a mother raising minor child/children. What living circumstances she has to face and what lifestyle they chose at this stage of their lives. And finally, what forms of help they use. The text is divided into two parts theoretical and practical one. First chapter of the theoretical part deals with the family and its mission, what functions the family should fulfil in relation to its individual members and what could be the results if these functions are disrupted. The chapter is completed with the view of parenthood, which significantly changes the proper functioning of a family. Chapter two describes the crisis in partnership or marriage resulting in single parenthood. Furthermore, various forms related to child care after separation of partners are mentioned as well as potential impacts of the separation on the family. The third chapter discusses the maintenance and potential support, which single mother may receive from the state, surroundings or family. Finally, the chapter assesses the potential of women single mothers on the labour market. For the practical part of the thesis, a questioning technique was chosen and used in semi-structured interviews. The examined group consisted of fifteen women single mothers, aged 25-55, living in the district of Písek, having been at least six months after a divorce/separation and taking care of minor children. Women, who involuntarily become single mothers due to the partner´s death, were not included in the examined group. In connection with the thesis objective, two survey questions were asked: "How do lone women mothers of minor children - deal with single parenthood?" and "What support provided by the family, surroundings or the state do the lone women mothers of minor children use?". The survey has revealed that the majority of communication partners faces difficult financial situation caused by the loss of a second income or generally deteriorated potential on the labour market due to the necessity to combine work and child care without the support of the second partner and in many cases due to the improper fulfilment of maintenance obligations by fathers. Almost half of the communication partners has experienced such a situation, when the obliged parent fails to fulfil his maintenance obligation properly. Among other issues connected with the single parenthood, many communication partners mentioned the feeling of loneliness, lack of the father´s interest in his children, compromises they have to make when choosing a job or activities for their leisure time. The survey has shown that majority of the communication partners spends most of their leisure time by taking care of children or the household. The thesis may be used as a study material for students with social and legal specialization, as an introduction to the issue. In addition, women who experienced divorce/separation may utilize it as one of prospective manuals for the solution to their difficult situation.

This thesis is dedicated to the topic of dysfunctional family in modern literature for children and young people with support of selected books of free time pedagogy. The thesis cisis of theoretical and practical part. Theoretical part speaks about the main terms and links in connection to the topic of thesis: (dys)functional family and its influence to the children of preschool and younger schoolage, educativeaims of free time pedagogy as well as the suitable method sapplicable when working with texts. In theoretial part, I introdukce selected books for children and young people dealing with the topic of dysfunctional family. Practical part is dedicated to the description and analysis offindings from worksheets, including description of own reflexion. Benefit of this thesis is the material implemented in real-life conditions, i.e. set of worksheets which is intended for work of free time teacher with children of preschool and younger schoolage.

This thesis deals with the support of the preschool children's care. The main aim of this work is to focus on the support of facilities such as nursery schools and kindergartens. The theoretical part is concerned with the problems of family as such and its support made by the state. The thesis further is focused on the search for importance of preschool facilities for all involved subjects including family, government, municipalities and companies, followed by the introduction of various forms of the extra familiar care with an emphasis on private services. In the practical part of the thesis, there is analysed the demand and supply of childcare services by demographic, regional and economic development. It points out the main problems in this area and compares the Czech system with European states. The final section presents new directions, where the area is approaching. It also brings an appraisal with findings that without the support of the state surveyed area cannot be developed further. Suggestions how to improve the whole system are mentioned as well.

This work aims to look at a new phenomenon of today - distance learning, which has replaced the common full-time form of education in anti-epidemic measures, from the perspective of one selected family. The theoretical part deals with two topics. The first is distance learning, introduction to the issue, its legislative basis and its forms. It deals with the topic of the parent and his important position in distance education, as well as the overall approach of parents to school, which is further reflected in the child's attitude towards school and education. This section also describes the impacts of distance learning on pupils and students, as well as the advantages and disadvantages of distance learning in comparison with regular full-time form of education. The second topic of the theoretical part is a look at the approaches used to work with the family and their principles. Specifically a systemic approach and a narrative approach. It describes the construction of reality in a narrative concept and the school and its place in the story of the family. These chapters are included for a better understanding of the interpretation in the empirical part of the work, which is directly based on these approaches. In the empirical part itself, the information provided in interviews with the selected...