Arts advocacy, called a defence of culture and arts, is an unknown area for many people in Czech Republic. Almost no one thinks about it on a theoretical level, so it still remains mainly a foreign domain. Master thesis summarizes and in detail describes this essential area of every culture organization in the theory. It discuss some of the selected methods of arts advocacy and sources of their argumentation: an awareness of own usefulness as an advocacy basis, economical benefits of a culture as an advocacy argumentation source, contact with elected representatives, coalition building and community involvement as a cultural advocate. In addition, thesis also provides several examples of good practice from abroad. Based on the acquired knowledge, the thesis reflects the state of the arts and culture advocacy in our country.

Diploma thesis "Interest Groups, lobbying and it's regulation in the Czech Republic" deals with the phenomenon of lobbying and it's role in democratic political processes. First part of this thesis is aimed at political theories of interest groups, various definitions of lobbying and methods of regulating lobbyists. The second part containes a comparison of lobbying regulations in various western states. The third part containes an analysis of the present state of lobbying regulation in the Czech Republic. In the final fourth part, certain methods of lobbying regulation are proposed to take place in the Czech Republic and scrutinized for compliance with the oppinion of Czech political elites and professional lobbyists.