Sustainable Governance of the Visegrad Countries

• Název v anglickém jazyce: Sustainable Governance of the Visegrad Countries
• Klíčová slova: Udržitelný rozvoj, země Visegrádské čtyřky, řízení, ukazatele udržitelného rozvoje, proces rozhodování při udržitelnosti
• Klíčová slova anglicky: Sustainable development, Visegrad countries, governance, sustainable governance indicators, decision-making for sustainability
• Akademický rok vypsání: 2010/2011
• Typ práce: diplomová práce
• Jazyk práce: angličtina
• Ústav: Katedra ruských a východoevropských studií (23-KRVS)
• Vedoucí / školitel: doc. PhDr. Jiří Vykoukal, CSc.
• Řešitel: skrytý - zadáno vedoucím/školitelem
• Datum přihlášení: 25.10.2011
• Datum zadání: 25.10.2011
• Datum a čas obhajoby: 25.06.2012 00:00
• Místo konání obhajoby: Jinonice
• Datum odevzdání elektronické podoby: 19.05.2012
• Datum proběhlé obhajoby: 25.06.2012
• Oponenti: doc. JUDr. Vladimír Handl, CSc.

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Předběžná náplň práce

Vstupem do Evropské unie se země Visegrádské čtyřky připojily k základnímu cíli Unie, který byl vytyčen v Lisabonské smlouvě, a to udržitelnému rozvoji. Prodělaly zásadní reformy, uvedly svou legislativu a politiku do souladu s normami a předpisy EU, ale přesto bude ještě třeba učinit mnohé, aby došlo k integraci trvale udržitelného rozvoje do všech oblastí politické činnosti a reorganizaci rozhodovacích modelů v závislosti na nových výzvách. Tato práce představuje analýzu Visegrádské výsledků členských států při zajišťování udržitelné správy v období let 2005-2010. Výzkum je založen na dvou vydáních Ukazatelů řízení k udržitelnému rozvoji Bertelsmanna Stiftunga z roku 2009 (období přezkoumání: leden 2005 - březen 2007) a 2011 (období přezkoumání: květen 2008 - duben 2010). Za účelem posouzení udržitelnosti čtyř visegrádských demokracií tato práce poskytuje komplexní srovnávací analýzu výkonnosti těchto států vzhledem k zajištění udržitelnosti a mapuje dynamiku jejich pokroku/regrese. Také zkoumá hlavní tendence rozvoje zemí Visegrádské čtyřky bez ohledu na konkrétní zemi, identifikuje hlavní silné a slabé stránky této oblasti, pokud jde o schopnosti zemí úspěšně plnit problematické úkoly (celosvětová ekonomická krize, demografické změny ) a posunout se směrem k udržitelnosti pomocí srovnání výsledků tohoto regionu s průměrnými výsledky zemí OECD. Výsledky této analýzy pomohou objasnit hlavní problémy, které brání státům Visegrádské čtyřky v dalším pokroku směrem k trvale udržitelnému rozvoji.

Předběžná náplň práce v anglickém jazyce

With their accession to the EU the Visegrad countries subscribed to the fundamental objective of the Union under the Lisbon Treaty – sustainable development. They have undergone substantial reforms, brought their policies into compliance with EU standards and regulations. Nevertheless, a lot of work should still be done in the Visegrad Four in order integrate sustainable development approach into all of the fields of political activity and reorganize their decision-making models according to the new challenges. This study constitutes an analysis of the Visegrad states’ performance in ensuring sustainable governance in the period 2005-2010. The research is based on the two editions of Sustainable Governance Indicators, developed by the Bertelsmann Stiftung, and published in 2009 (period of review: January 2005 – March 2007) and in 2011 (period of review: May 2008 – April 2010). In order to assess sustainability of the four Visegrad democracies the study provides a comprehensive comparative analysis of these states’ performance and retraces the dynamics of their progress/regress in terms of ensuring sustainability. It also explores the main tendencies of the Visegrad region’s development regardless of particular country, identifies the main strengths and weaknesses of the region in terms of countries’ capability to successfully meet critical challenges (global economic crisis, demographic changes) and move towards sustainability by drawing a comparison of the region’s records with the OECD average scores. The results of the analysis help to clarify the major problems which hamper the Visegrad states’ further progress towards sustainable development.