Jana Růžková: Immigration of Russian speakers to the Czech Republic and their integration. Diploma Thesis. Brno 2014 The aim of this paper is to verify the comprehensive demands of an immigration policy for the Czech Republic, the perception of associated difficulties faced by Russian-speaking immigrants, and the perception of the Czech population towards these foreigners. The aspects involved are theoretically defined and clarified by examining migration, migration policy, integration, and the inclusion of foreigners into the structures of the social majority in the Czech Republic. The practical portion of the thesis is focused on both the quantitative research of immigration of people from the former Soviet Union based on Czech Statistical Office data along with additional research based on a survey comprised of Russian-speaking people and Czech residents' sentient towards immigration policy. In conclusion, the hypotheses are confirmed or disproven by evaluation of the research and examination conducted.

This diploma thesis examines whether and how does the Czech educational system respond to the growing cultural diversity of the Czech society. At the theoretical level, it defines the role of Education in a Multicultural society and within the implementation of Multicultural policy. The main part of the work consists of analysis of schoolbooks for the subjects History, Civics and Literature. Insitutional pespective, analysis of school curriculum and a case study focusing on faculties of Pedagogy are also considered. The thesis concludes that the concept of the Czech Educational system is monocultural and thus not responsive to the change of social reality. A few strategic and concrete steps deriving from the outcomes of the analysis and a comparative approach are presented. These steps should help to switch from a monocultural educational system to a multicultural one. The author argues that key changes need to be realized in the field of future teacher traning as well as in the area of schoolbooks, that are currently largely reproducing cultural stereotypes and that don't reflect culturally plural composition of the society.

Novotná, M. Immigration to the United Kingdom. Diploma thesis. Brno, 2014. Mendel University in Brno. This thesis deals with the evaluation of immigration into the UK, they are based on statistical data analyzed questions of the historical development of immigration source countries of immigrants, the number of immigrants in the UK, visa issues and illegal immigration. Further calculated and compared development of regions at NUTS II level in a given time period and suggested future development forecast the number of immigrants, immigrants from certain source countries and the British population.

The main aim of this theses is to explore current academic discourse about multiculturalism and to evaluate these theories. Then the second aim is to compare and contrast the theory and the reality in Quebec and Canada, the possibility of the national identity survival is examined.

Will Kymlicka’s seminal work on Multicultural Citizenship has done much to advance the case for minority rights worldwide. Agreeing with communitarians that culture is important, yet unwilling to relinquish liberal equality and fairness, Kymlicka builds on John Rawls’s monumental Theory of Justice to show group rights are not only accord with liberalism, but are its true fulfilment. Yet, while Kymlicka’s theory has received accolades for elegantly tying liberalism and culturalism together theoretically, it has been met with equal scepticism over the tenability of its praxis. In this book, I argue that much of the criticism wielded against Kymlicka’s theory results from his crucial reliance on the definition of societal cultures and the contradictions embedded therein. This is further compounded by the tendency of Kymlicka to neglect his commitment to dynamic culture and liberalism in favour of a monolithic treatment of culture, leading us down the path to illiberal conclusions. I suggest that for Kymlicka’s theory of “Multicultural Citizenship” to embrace a truly vibrant multiculturalism, the theory must overcome its internal contradictions and reaffirm its commitment to a multi-layered and recursive approach to group rights. I shall review the strengths and weaknesses of Kymlicka’s theory set against contemporary debates on the topics of nationalism and minority rights and will suggest how the theory can reduce its inner tensions to embolden its critical support for multiculturalism in Canada and worldwide.

The main issue of this diploma work is the problem of migration and immigrants' position in the czech society. The way out and the theoretical background is mainly to define the concept of migration and it's historical concept, the basic approaches to migration and migration theory are also included. Futher aim of this work is presenting the vision of interculturalism and multiculturalism and their effect on society. This entire work is conceivede as theoretical-empirical, so it is supplemented by survey research on the situation of migrants in society. The main objective of this work is survey to represent the look of students on the topic of migration and their comparison with accessible immigration polls from the Czech Republic and Great Britain. Keywords: the migration, the interculturalism, the interculturalism, the poll

The central hypothesis of this dissertation is based on the finding that, like in the countries of Western Europe under the influence of various circumstances, in the Czech Republic, too, there is a shift from the originally proclaimed multicultural concept of integration towards individual civic integration. The objective of the treatise is not only to verify the anticipated trend in the development of the migration policy, but also to seek causes of its modification. The formulation of a hypothesis that would apply equally to the Czech Republic and Slovakia was more complicated. While the formation of migration policies in the area of integration of immigrants into an autochthonous society enjoys a longer tradition in the Czech Republic -- also due to the higher number of immigrants -- in Slovakia it is in its beginnings so far. Even some of the recently adopted outcomes of public policy proclaimed the objective to implement the multicultural dimension vis-a-vis foreigners. The actual policies, however, bore witness to a completely different approach. The core hypothesis of this treatise has thus been complemented by a subhypothesis relating to the conditions of Slovakia: the multicultural dimension of the approach to immigrants in the past only existed at a theoretical level, and only partially. Given the recent adoption of the concept of integration policy, which is not based on the principles of multiculturalism, references to it represent a residual manifestation of the preceding non-systematic treatment of migration and integration in the outcomes of public policy. In real life, several steps hindering the application of this model's principles have been undertaken. Content analysis and diachronic comparative method applied on the documents under review show that there is a change occurring in the Czech Republic in the area of immigration policies. Whereas prior to the financial crisis the government would willingly employ foreigners, the impact of the crisis has led it to a restrictive immigration policy. Demonstrated was also a content shift in the approach to the integration of foreigners. As regards the formation of Slovak migration policies, the process of policy development proved to be more complicated to follow. Public policies in the area of migration and integration of foreigners since 2009 and the stance of the governmental bodies towards them have been largely indifferent. The Czech Republic clearly displays, over the course of the past several years, a shift from the communitarian/multicultural model toward the individual civic integration. The command of the language is considered to be the main vehicle of integration. The Slovak Republic declared multiculturalism only as a remnant of the non-systematic treatment of integration policies, with virtually nothing changing in the real life of immigrants. There had been practically no integration policy in Slovakia up to 2009. Similarly to the outcomes of public policies, the shift in the perspectives on migration away from multiculturalism has occurred in the political programs of Czech political parties as well. The issue of migration in Slovakia has so far not affected election campaigning. Slovak political parties do not have a clear idea of the possibilities of related to the integration of immigrants.

Wie werden Fremde zu Bürgern? Unsere Autoren erweitern die oft polemisch geführte Integrationsdebatte. Dies gilt sowohl geografisch als auch kulturell. Von Australien über Bahrain bis nach Kanada reichen die Beispiele. Die Renaissance des Bürgers und urbane Toleranz bilden den gedanklichen Rahmen. Der Aufstand ist nun doch gekommen; und zwar in Nordafrika. Die panarabischen Proteste markieren eine Zeitenwende im Nahen Osten. Wir analysieren Auslöser und mögliche Konsequenzen - regional wie global.

The issues of Islam, integration of Muslims and multiculturalism are currently major topics in the European space. Within the framework of this debate, among the search for self-identity, occur various stereotypical and prejudiced behaviours against this different religious and ethnic group. The everyday contact between Czech and Muslim communities within the Czech Republic happens primarily in the north-bohemian town of Teplice. This spa town provides excellent spa treatment, which attracts guests from Arabian countries. This thesis inquiries about the nature of relations between the local citizens and the Muslim population, which either permanently lives here or is on a temporary visit. It attempts to provide possible solutions for disputes of such coexistence.

Initially, the diploma thesis introduces the overall context of contemporary AngloAmerican post-colonial literature and defines its fundamental postulates, such as ethnicity, cultural diversity, hybridity, globalization, and multiculturalism. Furthermore, the thesis briefly mentions several British authors of various ethnic background (Zadie Smith, Hanif Kureishi, Salman Rushdie). The main aim of the thesis is to analyze Zadie Smith's three most recent novels (White Teeth, On Beauty, N-W) in the context of multicultural environment of contemporary Anglo-American world. The thesis further concentrates on author's narrative techniques, prevailing themes in the novels, the influence of English literary tradition, namely of E. M. Forster and David Lodge, and examines verbal and situational humor of the aforesaid novels.