Civilia, 2015 (vol. 6), issue 1


Effort of Political Parties for Regulation of Public Service Media

Tomáš Jarmara

Civilia 2015, 6(1):4-15 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2015.001

The paper deals with the efforts of the Czech political parties on regulation and control of public service media, especially public television, which intensified after the conclusion of the so-called Opposition agreements between the Czech Social Democratic Party and the Civic Democratic Party in 1998

Legal Regulation of Social Educator Position in the Czech and Slovak Education

Zdenka Nováková

Civilia 2015, 6(1):16-29 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2015.002

The present article defines the historical aspects of the development of social pedagogy in the Czech Republic and Slovakia and aims at using legal documents to compare the legal status of social educator in the Czech and Slovak education system in relation to the possibilities of graduate education in the social context of social counseling at schools with regard to different concept conception counselling activities in the compared countries.

Sovietness in the Belarusian Identity Matrix

Liudmila Volakhava

Civilia 2015, 6(1):30-78 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2015.003

The article focuses on the Belarusian pre-Soviet collective consciousness providing a closer look at the Sovietization overall dynamics and final outcome, i.e. its identitarian output. The analysis will thus not limit itself to an overview of the (Belarusian) Soviet consciousness' core signifiers, its largely discussed inner dualism as the key factor of its decay, but will also track its socio-political and cultural ramifications during perestroika. Given collective memory's relative autonomy, the highly ideologized Soviet framework persists in the former homo sovieticus' identity code, albeit in a latent form. This especially holds true in Belarus...

Genesis of the Modern State and Public Administration in the Czech Lands and the Public Service Act

Lukáš Valeš

Civilia 2015, 6(1):79-96 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2015.004

The study concentrates on formation of the modern state and modern public administration on the territory of the contemporary Czech Republic, respectively in the region of Central Europe in the 18th century. The impulse to write it was the argument that accompanied negotiations of the so-called Civil Service Act, which was adopted by the Czech Parliament in 2014. The study aims not only to Czech MEPs to show that bureaucracy is an essential component of the functioning of a modern state and modern society. Also it shows that the emergence of the modern state and public administration was closely linked with the rise of research of the modern state...

Grilling Politicians in Media Dialog with TV Host

Jaroslav Buček

Civilia 2015, 6(1):97-110 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2015.005

In this paper we present and compare some results of the researches that have dealt with profession of a speaker, politicians, drafting the demands their should perform. The communication of the anchor in massmedia communication presents the results of the team that participates in mass (mostly media) communication.There is significant difference between position of politicians and of a moderator in mass media dialogue. Grilling, infotainmnet and confrontainment are gaining ground and taking prominent place.

The study of joined-up linear handwriting by pupils at the primary school in the Czech Republic

Martina Fasnerová

Civilia 2015, 6(1):111-126 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2015.006

The study deals with a research survey, which took place on primary schools in the Czech Republic in Olomouc region in the years 2009-2013. The author describes the current status with the classical handwriting (joined-up linear) and evaluate research results handwritings students based on this draft due to the sex of individuals and grade who attend to primary school. These selected categories are part of an extensive research, which were assessed by qualitative elements handwriting quantitative research methods, specifically analysing the written product pupil. The obtained results it can be stated that contemporary classical writing template that...

25 years ago: The (almost) non-violent end of the totalitarian systems in Central Europe

Stefan Winckler

Civilia 2015, 6(1):127-135 | DOI: 10.5507/civ.2015.007

In 1989/90 the totalitarian political systems in Middle Europe changed almost simultaneously, but in different ways. In Hungary, the ruling communist party (Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party) transformed the system. In Poland, the communist Polish United Workers' Party negotiate transformation with the Catholic opposition (especially represented by the trade union "Solidarity"). In the GDR, the freedom movement changed into a movement for the unity of the two German states. In Czechoslovakia the political system imploded within a few days, the people had triumphed. All this was done by an unexpected European revolutionary movement, favored by the...