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The societies of most European countries, especially those in Central Europe, are plagued by a high incidence of social and civic exclusion of Roma. The living situation of a significant part of the Roma community is a long-standing human rights challenge for modern welfare states. Since the collapse of the bipolar world, with the flowering of liberal values of equality, it has been assumed that Roma would be relatively swiftly integrated into mainstream society and that unjustified disparities in access to public services would be eliminated. Over the last thirty years, all states affected by significant levels of exclusion of the Roma minority have attempted to address this sensitive issue through a wide range of policies, but without any relevant and lasting impact. The present thesis examines national public policies in the field of Roma minority inclusion in Slovakia, Poland, and Czech Republic and Hungary in the current period. The main objective of the thesis is to compare the national integration policies of selected Central European countries by applying Actor-centred Institutionalism Theory and the A-A-A Model. The result of the scientific research is to present a comparative overview study that will generally reveal parallels and discrepancies in the states approach to Roma exclusion and...

The bachelor thesis deals with the issue of placement of members of the Roma minority in the labor market in the Týn nad Vltavou region from the perspective of employers. The aim of this work is to analyze the issue of employment Roma from the perspective of employers in the region of Týn nad Vltavou. At work I set two research questions. My research questions are: "What is the employer's opinion on the employment of Roma" and "What is the employer's experience with employment of the Roma". A qualitative research strategy and technique of a semi - structured interview were used in the research part. The research took place in the Týn nad Vltavou region, where the interviews took place with 7 respondents. The interviews were rewritten and then encoded. Research results show that from the perspective of the employers in the Týn nad Vltavou region, most of them have experience with a Roma minority in employment. Furthermore, it was found that employers think that Roma on the labor market have the same possibilities at work as others. In the next topic it became clear that the informants think that the Roma have the same possibilities as the others in all terms. Out of prejudice that causes unemployment to Roma, employers think this claim is true. The last topic discussed resulted in the conclusion that employers are of the opinion that the involvement of a Roma minority in a team at work would be trouble - free. The benefit of this work is that it can serve as a better insight into this issue. It can be used as aid for the Labor Office in Týn nad Vltavou regarding this topic.

In the practical part of this thesis, under the title Life of the Indian community in the Czech Republic, I documented the everyday life of several representatives of this nationality. My goal was to show how and why this very small minority lives here. In the photo book that emerged from this effort, I captured the Eastern and Western worlds colliding in their lives. The theoretical part of this work is devoted to journalistic photography, specifically photojournalism and documentary photography. These two genres are very close, they even overlap in many ways. I will therefore determine what the differences between them are. The next chapters already touch on the practical part of my work. I describe how to work with the depiction of foreign cultures in a photo document. I will take postcolonialist theory and its understanding of the relationship between Western civilization and the rest of the world as a guide. Subsequently, I will present the work of several contemporary Czech photographers who work with foreign cultures. I will look into their style and focus in particular on their understanding of the intercultural scale of their work.

The master thesis deals with public policies in the area of Roma minority inclusion in the modern history of the Czech Republic after 1989. The main objective of the thesis is to identify, by applying the theory of social construction of target populations, the form of state intervention in solviing the exclusion of the Roma minority from society. And then to find out what influence the social construction of the Roma and their political possibilities play here. The research consists in analysing and identifying the different elements of the theory in the following order: 1. Analysis of public policies for Roma integration; 2. Analysis of the social construction of the Roma; 3. Analysis of the political power of Roma. The first step towards achieving the aim of the thesis is to reveal the nature of the policy design of Roma integration. In this step, I will analyse a convolute of public policy documents, which includes international legal conventions, domestic minority laws and strategic documents. In the next step, I will focus on the social image of the Roma, the form of which, according to the social construction theory of target populations, plays an undeniable role in the formulation of public policies and the behaviour of elected officials. The last main effort to fulfil the aim of the thesis...

Bachelor thesis concerns the role of a social worker in solving typical situations of Gypsies youth who use the services of low-threshold facilities for children and youth. The aim of the thesis is to present the possibilities in choosing a role for a social worker. Using the knowledge about the Gypsy minority and low-threshold facilities for childre and youth, a typology, including the typical problems of youth people, is presented. Furthermore, due to the possibilities mentioned, a representative example of choosing a role is created, which a social worker can use when working with a client.

The appearance of national minorities as international legal issue and its further unfolding was also connected to 19th Century Eastern-Europe. While unified national states had been formed in Western-Europe by the 19th century, the Eastern-European small nationalities existed only as parts of three multi-national countries: The Tsardom of Russia, the Habsburg Monarchy, and the Ottoman Empire. The agenda of nationalities appeared several times during the 19th century in these three multinational empires. In Austria, as the result of the revolutions of spring of 1848, the first fundamental law of 25 April 1848 provided the integrity of every national “tribes” and their mother tongue. In 1867 further allowances had to be made towards nationalities. The fundamental law settled the national issue, which stated that “national tribes of the state were equal, and each tribe had infrangible right to keep and cultivate their nationality and mother tongue.” Later, during the Great War, each warfaring government and the representatives of those nations, willing to create a national state, put great efforts to the national minority issues. Plans were created to solve these national-minority issues rightfully, mostly in the territory of the Habsburg Monarchy. The multi-national Habsburg Empire was stuck together not only by a dynasty, ruling over the nations and partly by the common past of hundreds of years, but the historical fact that there had never been any ethnical civil war, forced assimilation or genocide in the territory of the Monarchy. The ethnical composition of Monarchy’s national families was way too complex that one would think based on the official population statistics.

This thesis work discusses the ability to change the attitudes of children from the majority society towards Roma children. The theoretical part describes the formation of the Roma minority in the Czech Republic and its development. It focuses on the forms of adaptation of minority societies into the majority society and also deals with the aspects that affect the coexistence of these two groups. The first part is also devoted to social work with the minorities and organizations that cooperate with the Roma. The empirical part describes the attitudes of children, from the majority society, of a predefined age in the selected location. It also discusses what influences their attitudes the most and on what basis they are able to change them. A survey also provided information about the differences children from the majority society see between themselves and the Roma children.

Demographic behaviour of the Vietnamese people in the Czech Republic Abstract The Vietnamese have been living on the Czech territory for many years, even for several generations. Besides the Ukrainians and the Slovaks, the Vietnamese are the third largest group of foreigners in the Czech Republic. Even though the Vietnamese are nowadays an integral and common part of the Czech population, they have not yet received much demographic attention based on national data sources. This diploma thesis is focused on demographic issues of this minority. The thesis also deals with demographic differences between the Czech and Vietnamese population living in the Czech Republic. In addition, the thesis offers selected demographic features through which demographic disparities between the two parts of the population are analysed. The theoretical part of the thesis is focused on the legislative issues of terms such as: citizenship, nationality and mother tongue, as it is very important to understand and distinguish these terms, especially for the analytical part of the thesis. Each term is defined and described in the introduction, so the differences between terms are explained. However, more attention is paid to the term citizenship, as the analytical part of the thesis is based primarily on this term. In the theoretical...

Master thesis entitled "The Israeli Druze: Military Service as a Tool to Influence Domestic and Foreign Policy" regards the relations of the Israeli Druze Community and the State of Israel. Druze people live also in Lebanon and Syria and are usually categorized as an ethno-religious and transnational group. They are distinctive for their secretive and esoteric religion and tightly-knit social bonds. The Israeli Druze community (composing less than 2 % of the Israeli population) is specific for its mandatory service in the Israeli Defense Forces, which marks a difference from other Arabic speaking citizens of Israel. The service in the Israeli army implies that the Israeli Druze people are loyal both to the state and the transnational Druze community. Using the framework of a theoretical concept of Strategic Military Refusal by Udi Lebel, the goal of the thesis is to examine whether the Israeli Druze community was able to influence domestic and foreign policy of the State of Israel in order to reach its own political goals, whether these efforts were intentional, strategic and successful. Alongside, it is also identified which factors may influence the loyalty of the Israeli Druzes towards the State of Israel. To achieve this goal, two cases are analyzed: 1) the reaction of the Israeli Druze...

In present days in Europe live more than 100 million members of more than 100 ethnic groups, whose diversity embedded – often into small areas – can create potential sources of conflict. Minority and ethnic group problems, which are the result of the strained relationship of fundamental human rights, social rights, ethnic groups rights and the people’s right to self-determination, require great attention. Many times, international, legal solutions can contribute to solving these problems. Mutual agreement is important, built on which, in ideal cases, conflicts caused by the ethnic group’s problems can be prevented or at least such perspectives can be provided that make peaceful co-existence possible and contribute to the solution of already existing problems.

The work entitled "Integration of Vietnamese minority through the eyes of the Czech Public – the case study of Zlín Region" will deal with the integration of Vietnamese minority in the Czech Republic with a regional focus on the Zlín Region. The Vietnamese minority is the third largest minority in the Czech Republic and it is important to monitor the view of the Czech population. The theoretical part follow up the discussion of existing literature on the perception of foreigners and it was also examined how Vietnamese are generally percieved by Czech public as a whole. The aim of the thesis is to map the perception of integration of the Vietnamese community by the inhabitants of the Zlín Region. The thesis asks which factors influence our attitudes towards foreigners and aims at socio-demographic factors and their influence on attitude towards Vietnamese: gender, age, education, social status, political orientation, size of place of residence and personal experience. The research itself takes form of a questionnaire (quantitative research), which was distributed to Czech citizens with permanent residence in the Zlín Region. The inhabitants of the Zlin region meet the Vietnamese rather occasionally and have a rather positive view of them thanks to the services they offer and their diligence. It is personal experience, the age and social status of the person that most influ-ences their stance.

This thesis deals with a Polish national group in Germany, Polonia, comprising about 2 million Poles and Germans with Polish origin. Polonia has a very well-developed organizational structure in Germany that takes care of Polish culture, language and traditions, as well as stands up for its rights listed in the Polish-German Treaty from the Polish-German Treaty of Good Neighborhood and Friendly Cooperation of 1991. Periodical roundtables and conferences that are crucial for the Polish-German dialogue show problems that the Polish group faces. There are asymmetries in the fulfilment of the Polish-German treaty of 1991, which guarantee the same rights for the Polish group in Germany as for the German minority in Poland: whereas the latter is officially recognized as a national minority in Poland, the former has not been awarded the minority status. Furthermore, there is a lack of funding in the case of Polonia, which prevents the effective functioning of Polish organizations, and the unsatisfactory level of teaching Polish at public schools. Author of the thesis comes to the conclusion that although the Polish national group is not a de jure recognized national minority, it de facto has the rights that are commonly attributed to a national minority. Moreover, the analysis showed that the Poles are...

This bachelor theses deals with the positives and negatives of running a business that Romany citizens tend to face. Romas belong to one of the most numerous ethnic minorities in the Czech Republic. They have been struggling for social independence and equal rights since the Velvet Revolution of 1989. This is obvious also in the area of private enterprise. In the area of employment of Romas, Romany business-people represent specific subjects not only as self-employed people, but also as potential employers who ought to have the same starting position in the labour market. The bachelor thesis consists of a theoretical and a practical part. The first one deals with basic terminology, information and facts about the background and the origin of Romas, the structure of this ethnic group as well as their development in historical context. This part also contains a description of the current state of Romany population in the Czech Republic, their position in the labour market, their relationship with the majority population, but also contemporary trends in the area of social work focused on the minority issues. The practical part focuses on the main goal, which was mapping social, economic and health attributes connected with the Romany business activity, especially in the context of social work. A partial goal was the analysis of possible problems connected with their business activity and the attitude of the majority to Romany business. With the means of in-depth non-structured interviews two issues were addressed: Is there a prevailing opinion in the target population that it is difficult for a Romany person to run a business, to get contracts and customers' trust? Do Romany businesspeople face prejudices in the context of their work activity, and if so, which ones? The studied group consisted of six people of Romany origin whose source of income comes from business or other form of self-employment. This work undertakes to attract attention to Romany businesspeople, who have taken fate into their own hands. The findings may be used in projects dealing with employment support of socially disadvantaged people as well as in monitoring social situation of Romany minority in the Czech Republic.

In 1956, the Czechoslovak authorities successfully suppressed all traces of a potential uprising. It can be stated that peace was not seriously disturbed in both the Czech and the Slovak territories, and no significant movement took place. The Czechoslovak society was not yet prepared for a political turn-over in the 50’s. The cautious change of direction in 1953 and the economic reforms had borne their fruits by 1956, which prevented the spread of the revolution to Czechoslovakia. The pull and let go tactic of the authorities worked. Czechoslovakia pulled through the critical year of 1956 and she got stronger. Slovak Hungarians could choose between their survival as a minority and an uprising in autumn 1956. A sober deliberation excluded all steps leading to a Hungarian revolution. The Slovak Hungarians still had vivid memories of suffering, which they experienced after 1945. Worries of being accused of irredentism were strong and any support of Hungarian revolution was unthinkable.

The diploma thesis is focused on the perception of pain across selected cultures and religions. The thesis is divided into theoretical and practical research. The theoretical part describes transcultural nursing and development, pain and perception. Subsequently, selected ethnic and religious minorities, namely the Vietnamese, Ukrainian, Roma minority and Islamic minority, are characterized. In the practical part, the data obtained during the research survey are processed. At the beginning of the research were compiled two goals. The first was aimed on mapping the perception of pain among members of selected national and religious minorities. The second objective was focused on the use of pain therapy options among members of selected national and religious minorities. Data were obtained using a semi-structured interview of 25 open questions. The interviews were attended by five probands from each minority residing in the territory of the Czech Republic. Only an Islamic minority was represented by two members residing in the territory of the Czech Republic. It can be seen from the results that the perception of pain and its symptoms are probably among ethnic minorities differ. Individuals of the Ukrainian and Vietnamese minorities hide their pain as opposed to individuals of the Roma minority. Islamists were represented by two individuals of Czech nationality, which influenced the results of the research. Furthermore, the research part deals with minorities access to pain therapy. It is important that each individual is approached individually. The results only outlined possible assumptions that would influence pain relief. Based on the results of the research was compiled information material for nurses, which briefly describes the specifics of the perception of pain in selected minorities. Its aim is to help nurses orientate in this field and introduce them pain therapy technique or to select suitable methods of its measurement.

The thesis discusses the Chinese community in the Czech Republic and focusses in detail on the social factors influencing their lives and integration into Czech society. The thesis determines the composition of the Chinese community, its way of life, values, family factors, the relationship with the majority society and the degree of integration. The thesis is trying to familiarize the reader with the Chinese minority and help towards a better understanding. The aim of the research is to obtain more detailed information and specific examples for each of the themes from the Chinese, long living in the Czech Republic.

The bachelor thesis The road to the fathers' land: Amerasians in the 1980s deals with the official policies of the U.S. government towards the presence of Vietnamese Amerasians who were born to US military personnel and Vietnamese young women during the Vietnam War in the 1960s and the 1970s. Because of their non- Vietnamese appearance these children were victims of racial discrimination in their own country. The study examines the presidency of Ronald Reagan and demonstrates why the Americans willingly participated on the humanitarian help of Amerasians. This will be illustrated on the analysis of the particular political and legislative acts of the United States of America and also describes the American media coverage of this topic in the public during the 1980s.

AND KEY WORDS Social - pedagogical goals of community project concerning minorities Key words: Community, community work, community project, minority, social - pedagogical goals, semi-structured interview, field examine The theme of this thesis is community projects in the Czech Republic and their socio- pedagogical goals. The nature of work is theoretical work and research. In the theoretical part are defined basic concepts like community, community work, community project, minority and examples of organizations working with minorities through community projects. Research is based on semi-structured interviews within field examine, which introduces a view to Organisation Český západ, public participation in the implementation of community projects, what projects are highly relevant, to the skills acquired and in what situations seek the services of this organization in 2015. Their utterances are analyzed and interpreted in relation to individual objectives of this work. On the basis of this examine it was found that for informants was important to by employed. The conclusion summarizes the information from the interviews. Further value added of this thesis is the authentic assessment of direct participants in community projects and personal acquaintance with the opinion spectrum of the population...

The bachelor thesis is focused on the influence of hegemon, Russian federation, on the Baltic states, from the view of security and economic issues dated from the dissolution of the Soviet Union in 1991. Literature search defines concepts regarding security and security approaches, foreign and security policy, demography and basic economic indicators. In the analytical part is described the foreign policy of the Russian federation and the Baltic states, including their integration into European Union and North Atlantic Alliance. Subsequently is also described demographic situation in the Baltic States. Finally, it is analysed the economic situation in the Baltic States, focusing on foreign trade and foreign investment. In the part of proposal are made possible recommendations for the development of the region based on result of an analysis.

The article aims to show a little-known chapter in the history of the Romanian communism, the anti-regime activities of dissidents from the Hungarian minority in Transylvania. It argues that the growing repressions of the Romanian authorities against ethnic Hungarians caused the protest activities of their representatives not only within the RCP structures, but also from the intellectual environment. The particular dissidents from the Hungarian community performed their opposition attitude in the beginning mainly at the domestic level. After they did not meet any constructive reaction from the Romanian state, they tried to draw attention on their situation abroad. However, none of these activities met any real success, especially because it was almost impossible to develop any form of organized and coordinated dissent in such a harsh political environment, like the one existing in Ceaus, escu’s Romania.

The issue of Jewish minorities especially during the time of WW2 was discussed many times already. In a number of sources is relatively accurately captured the political situation and the gradual elimination of Jews from society, not to mention the persecution itself. This topic has me wondering about since I was about Jews and World War 2 learned. Already in elementary school I was reading children's encyclopedias most this topic and still could not understand how something like this could happen. What I got older, the more information I investigated, but still without understanding the causes why the Jews, whom you made that had so cruelly ended, and again and again the same question, how is it possible that this could happen in the recent past? ? Thesis Theme for me was clear because of that. I had quite a lot of information about Jewish life during the war, but I did not know too much about their origin and especially fascinated by the origins of their control what circumstances preceded the war. As a basis for a complete understanding of all contexts, in my opinion, necessary to start from the beginning. Who are the Jews, where they were married, where they came from, who they were, what they ate and how they are treated as a minority. After finding this information, for me it...

This diploma thesis deals with minorities in the Federal Republic of Germany. It is mainly focused on the current situation of the political scene in relation to the minority issues and development of Germany as a new European multicultural superpower. The Federal Republic of Germany has experienced a significant influx of immigrants since the middle of the previous century and the number of them reaches nine percent of the total population nowadays. The most numerous group of foreigners are the Turks with more than 1,5 milion of them living there. The theme of the thesis is treated as a historical and geographic development of selected minorities in the Feredral Republic of Germany from the so-called multicultural viewpoint, which is the base stone that helps to understand both, the individuals and the groups of different cultures, which highlights the cultural diversity. Data regarding immigration of population from available sources are commented on in the framework of the quantitative research. Another point is the prognosis of immigration of population at the level of federation The aim of the thesis is to introduce the background of ethnic composition of minorities in Germany in the framework of assertion of the current immigration policy. This diploma thesis also deals with issues related to immigration, employment policy and social policy in Germany.

V úvodu teoretické části práce se věnuji multikulturnímu přístupu nejen ve zdravotnické péči, popisuji základní pojmy v multikulturním ošetřovatelství. Dále přibližuji národnostní, kulturní a etnické menšiny žijící v České Republice. Dále se zmiňuji, jak vnímají jednotlivé kultury své zdraví a jak prožívají nemoc. Nakonec se ve stručnosti věnuji komunikaci a profesionálnímu přístupu ze strany zdravotníka samotného. Praktická část je provedena formou rozhovorů se všeobecnými sestrami, které minimálně dva roky pracují ve směnném provozu. Cílem diplomové práce bylo zjistit, jak sestry přistupují k problematice kulturního šoku, ke svým obavám z práce s pacientem jiné kultury a ke zkušenostem a vědomostem o pacientech jiného etnika u všeobecných sester, které pracují v různých směnných provozech.

The aim of this work is to clarify the integration of Vietnamese living in the Czech Republic as well as the associated reasons for their arrival in the country. The data obtained from a questionnaire survey, given to random group of respondents that minority, I compiled using graphs. Carried out a questionnaire survey, I found that the rate of integration is very small, especially among older generations. The contribution of this work is a proposal to raise awareness of this minority through outreach workers. This work is solved in the context of better relations, and increases the interest of minority integration between Vietnamese and Czech companies.

Aim of this bachelor thesis is to analyse available sources, published at the level of national and international organizations discussing the Kurdish minority problematics and its influence on security and political stability of Turkey. Changing levels of stability and security is analysed by amount of attacks and victims during activity of The Kurdistan Worker's Party. Problematics of the Kurdish minority is summarized using the SWOT analysis method and its results help to create predictions and suggestions for future solutions.

The thesis "The construction of an educational program for field social workers in excluded areas" focuses in its topic on one of the social work approach - field social work. It addresses the field social work performed in the areas in the Usti region which are labelled as "socially excluded Roma areas" and primarily addresses the personality of social worker and his or her professional competencies. The aim of the thesis is a construction of an educational program reflecting knowledge, skills and competencies needed for effective and high quality professional performance. I based this topic on knowledge from the field social work, work with ethnic minority approaches and andragogy. I also included topic of Roma people focused on specific needs of Roma arising from their history, culture and tradition. I also mention recent situation in social exclusion of Roma people in the Czech Republic. I analyze the knowledge, summarize it and strive to make a comprehensive view on this specific category of social work. I use a professiography - a method of systematic collecting of knowledge about profession to ensure that the educational program reflects not only the needs of target group but also the needs of field social workers. I make a general professiogram based on content analyses of legislative...

This diploma thesis focuses on the minority Arab population in Khuzestan, Iran. The thesis is based on research conducted during the summer of 2014 in the province of Khuzestan. It is consisted of theoretical part as well as data taken during the research period. Additional data was taken from respondents via internet and social networks. The aim of the thesis is an objective analysis of the Arab community life in Iran. Research questions focus on the status of this minority, tribal organization of Khuzestani Arabs and preservation of their cultural identity and heritage. The first two chapters consist of the introduction and set the framework for the methodological basis. The third chapter provides geographical and historical information of this province. Acquaintance with the geographical and historical facts is necessary for better understanding of the character of the Arab community in Khuzestan. The fourth chapter is dedicated to the Mesopotamian dialect and Khuzestani dialect of this community. The fifth chapter analyzes the question of religious identity of Khuzestani Arabs. The sixth chapter explores the tribal organization and the origin of Khuzestani Arabs, and provides an overview on Arab and non-Arab tribes in the province. The following chapter examines the identity and ethnicity of...

This bachelor thesis concerns with the development of the legal status of the Serbian minority in Croatia during the period of the integration of Croatia to the European union in years 2000- 2011. This thesis uses the historical approach to research the attitude of Croatian governments towards Serbs. The research of this attitude is based on enacted laws connected to national minorities, the implementation of guaranteed rights and the willingness of ruling politicians to maintain interests of the Serbian minority. These mentioned points belong to domestic political affairs, however the position of the national minorities was significantly affected by the EU because of an ambition of every single government to join the union. Since the year 2000 the legal position of Serbs has improved in comparison to 90's when anti-Serbian mood, which was fostered by the governing Croatian democratic community, was spread through whole Croatian society. Significant part of the Serbian issue represents property rights of refugees who left the country during a war in 90's. The normalization of Serbian position formally ended in 2011 when Croatia fulfilled all EU conditions liked to the protection of national minorities and finished accession talks. This thesis concludes that EU played a key role in improving legal...

The topic of this bachelor's thesis is multiculturalism and interculturalism policy and the possibilities of its use in the Czech Republic. The main goal of the thesis is to show whether the multiculturalism and interculturalism policy, which is defined by this thesis, is able to solve problems of ethnic minorities in Czech society. First, a model of policy is created based on the synthesis of various theories of multiculturalism and interculturalism. To do that, basic assumption is that concepts of multiculturalism and interculturalism do not carry a stigma in Czech society as they do in other regions and that it is possible to let them work together in a coherent model. Second, this thesis deals with the Czech debate on the topic of multiculturalism and with the troubles of ethnic minorities in Czech society, particularly immigrant minorities and Roma minority. Third, particular documents containing the concepts of immigrant and Roma integration adopted by Czech government are analyzed. In these documents, the steps towards the multiculturalism and interculturalism policy are pointed out. Afterwards, these steps are considered as measures to deal with problems of immigrant minorities and Roma minority in the Czech Republic.

The study presents a brief political survey of one of the most significant personalities of the Hungarian minority in interwar Czechoslovakia of the 1930’s, Count János Esterházy. The article summarizes Esterházy’s political career and political attitudes not only in interwar Czechoslovakia where in 1932 he, as a politically completely unknown personality, became leader of the Hungarian Provincial Christian-Socialist Party, assuming later, in 1936, as one of the best known figures of the Czechoslovak Hungarian minority political scene already, the position of executive president of the sole central party of the Hungarian minority in the Czechoslovak state, the United Hungarian Party. The article summarizes also his second period of political career in the separated Slovak Republic (1939–1945) when he led the only permitted political party in the Slovak State, the Slovak Hungarian Party, being at the same time the sole representative of the Slovak Hungarian minority in the Slovak parliament. Attention is paid also to his tragic fate after World War II when he was first carted off to GULAG work camps in the Soviet Union and subsequently sentenced in his absence in Czechoslovakia to death by hanging.

In a paper prepared on the basis of historical-demographic analysis of registers of thoseburied in the parish Detva in central Slovakia inthe 19th century, we focus on selected social minoritiesand the circumstances of their life, andespecially death. In the Catholic parish, whereamong the dominating Slovak population whomake their livelihood mainly in the peasant wayof life, some individuals appeared which do notseem to fit in some of the implied templates. In theregister of the buried where their life stories end,these people bear some degree of exclusivity. Intosuch a limited research sample appear a numberof people which moved to the parish from otherhabitats of the present-day area of Slovakia, or beyondits borders. These foreigners were perceivedas foreign element in society, as well as in theirrecord of their deaths which also reported theirplace of origin. Another group in Detva’s societywere people whose lives ended with a beggar orrogue status. Another social minority were localnatives, who spent a significant part of their lifeaway from Detva by serving in the military. Manyyoung Detvanian were dying in Hungarian uniformwhile doing their military services, outsidetheir birthplace, very often from infectious diseasesand accidents., In a paper prepared on the basis of historical-demographic analysis of registers of thoseburied in the parish Detva in central Slovakia inthe 19th century, we focus on selected social minoritiesand the circumstances of their life, andespecially death. In the Catholic parish, whereamong the dominating Slovak population whomake their livelihood mainly in the peasant wayof life, some individuals appeared which do notseem to fit in some of the implied templates. In theregister of the buried where their life stories end,these people bear some degree of exclusivity. Intosuch a limited research sample appear a numberof people which moved to the parish from otherhabitats of the present-day area of Slovakia, or beyondits borders. These foreigners were perceivedas foreign element in society, as well as in theirrecord of their deaths which also reported theirplace of origin. Another group in Detva’s societywere people whose lives ended with a beggar orrogue status. Another social minority were localnatives, who spent a significant part of their lifeaway from Detva by serving in the military. Manyyoung Detvanian were dying in Hungarian uniformwhile doing their military services, outsidetheir birthplace, very often from infectious

The thesis presents theoretical approaches to the issue of national minorities and seeks to include two specific cases - Slovakia and Hungary - into this theoretical spectrum. Slovak and Hungarian minorities in Hungary and Slovakia respective are characterized at the same time. Territorial delimitation is obvious, time delimitation is primarily based in the first decade of the new millennium, ending in 2010. Theoretical part of the thesis is divided into two parts - first dealing with national and ethnic minorities (various classifications, terminology and characteristics), second with possible approaches of states to their national minorities (discussed are all conceivable approaches from the least favorable to the friendliest one). The practical part is divided into two main chapters, namely by surveyed countries - Slovakia and Hungary. Both of these chapters deal with national minorities in a given country, with the characteristics of these minorities and their legal status. Analysis of legal statuses of these minorities is based on international treaties, constitutions and laws of both countries. While Slovakia provides its minorities only with individual rights, Hungary introduced quite unusual system of personal cultural and schooling autonomy. The conclusion attempts to find the most...

This bachelor thesis deals with immigration integration politics and programmes of the Czech Republic and the Great Britain, with the main focus on the integration of immigrant children into the society and education system. The work is divided into two parts: each one gives information about Czech and British immigration history and development, integration policies, and the main issues that each of the country is dealing with. All the information and data used in the text come from the latest research and from updated source documents.