Práce je zaměřena na účetnictví a financování občanských sdružení a skládá se ze dvou částí - obecné a praktické. První kapitola se zabývá právní úpravou občanských sdružení, dále jsou uvedeny možné zdroje financování činnosti občanského sdružení a specifika vyskytující se v účetnictví. S účetnictvím jsou též spojeny daně, které jsou předmětem následující kapitoly. Teorie z obecné části je doplněna praktickou částí, ve které byly použity údaje občanského sdružení Fokus Praha.

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This diploma thesis deals with the influence of Pionýr membership in the mentioned years on civic engagement, after the Velvet revolution in Pardubice region. The theoretical part will introduce theories of democratic and non-democratic civil society, the theory of opportunities for participation, the theory of disillusionment, or the theory of post-communist civil societies, on which the work will be based. In the second, empirical part, the organization Pionýr itself, the types of individual memberships, activities, organizations and more, will be defined. Subsequently, a quantitative analyse will be demonstrated by the method of narrative analysis and in-depth interviews with respondents, in each attempt to find a connection, between a former membership in Pionýr and civic engagement after the Velvet revolution. The aim of the work, is to find out whether the experience with civic engagement in a non-democratic regime, positively or negatively affects the involvement of the people even after the Velvet revolution within the democratic regime. Range: 81 pages; Key words: democratic civil society, non-democratic civil society, Pionýr, civic engagement, political engagement

Diploma thesis "The citizen participation on the decision-making process of Czech health policy" deals with the patients participation in the Czech republic. The thesis is separated into two parts, one is a theoretical background and the second one is analytic. In the first part there you can find definitions of the key words such as health policy, democracy, citizen participation or public policy. It describes the key words and shows the history and their development through the last 20 years. There is also a chapter which deals with methodology. The second part describes situation of citizen participation in the Czech republic, Germany, Italy, Great Britain and Canada. It deals with citizen participation in health policy in these countries and describes their practical life. It compares countries above with the situation in the Czech republic.

Resumé in English In the first chapter, author of the thesis focused on history and creation of the term "civil disobedience" Second chapter was focused on different views on what term civil disobedience actually means and how some of the famous legal theorethics as John Rawls, Hannah Arendt and Ronald Dworkin understand it. In the third chapter, there was specification of the term civil disobedience in all its theorethical aspects in context of polemics with all the different views in previous chapter. Fourth chapter was focused on civil disobedience in democracy and its role, specifics arising from the nature of democracy. In the fifth chapter autor was focused on specifics and nature of civil disobedience in non-democratic states together with mentioning a few examples from history. Sixth chapter compared effects and mutual influence of violent or non-violent civil disobedience and its effectivity. In the seventh chapter, author described in more detail one of the examples of civil disobedience in the Czech Republic which was decided by court, for describing how the process works in real life situations.

The topic of the following MA thesis is the theme of self-destruction in the works of Chuck Palahniuk, an American author whose novels frequently deal with the disintegration of contemporary society. Self-destruction, which the author often describes in violent details, is in his works portrayed as a form of civil disobedience and as a tool for dealing with social and personal problems. The first section of the thesis will explore the legacy of civil disobedience in American culture as well as violence as a recurring motif in US literature. The next section deals with transgressive fiction, a type of literature Palahniuk is frequently connected to, followed by an overview of his literary output. The last part of the thesis further explores some of his novels and the role self-destruction plays in them.

Práce hodnotí úroveň elektronického governmentu (e-governmentu) ve Spojených státech amerických na místní úrovni. Následně metodou korelační analýzy zkoumá, které z vybraných místních charakteristik nejvíce ovlivňují přijetí iniciativ e-governmentu samosprávnými orgány. Úroveň e-governmentu je měřena hodnocením webových portálů vybraného vzorku 120 municipalit po celém území Spojených států amerických. Pozornost je věnována také občanské participaci a transparentnosti veřejné správy. S přihlédnutím k rozdílnostem ve veřejné správě mezi Spojenými státy a Českou republikou by mohla být práce využita jako inspirace při reformě veřejné správy v České republice a při zavádění egovernmentu do veřejné správy.

This thesis will attempt to answer the question: A Culture in Crisis or Cultural Transformation? - The Case of Lviv?s Cultural Actors. The intention of this work is to critically assess the state of culture in Ukraine and to determine who are the real actors impacting cultural development in the country. The present study provides a brief overview of cultural legislation from independence to present-day as well as identifies the private and civil actors engaged in cultural activities in the country. Finally, in the framework of a case study, the thesis examines cultural development at the local level by taking the city of Lviv as an example.

This thesis deals with economic activities evaluation of municipalities with extended powers in the South Moravian Region. The thesis consists of two parts, namely the theoretical and the practical one. In the theoretical part the basic terms are characterized which relate to public administration, the municipal budget and budget structure. Fur-thermore, specific methods of municipalities' financial management calculation are itemized and the public facilities term is explained. The practical part focuses on the application of specific methods of calculations to the South Moravian Region villages taking into consideration the connection between their financial situation and public facilities. In closing the calculated figures of municipalities with extended powers are generally summarized.