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This bachelor thesis focuses on the influence of political populism on the attitude of Czech citizens to the issue of the so-called migration crisis of 2015 (when it was most intense) and in the following years. The first part of the theses characterizes the issue of migration in respect of the context of the migration crisis of 2015, the possible causes of the increase in the number of applicants for international protection, the difference between economic and forced migration, etc. Next, the author describes the issue of populism, its characteristics, objectives, history, and the rhetorical means used by populists from the point of view of chosen political theories. These theoretical findings are placed in the Czech context, including the context of the migration crisis. The analytical part of the work maps selected moments of the election campaigns of the leading Czech populist parties and movements - ANO 2011, KSČM and SPD which relate to the issue of the migration crisis. At the end of the analytical part, the author tries to demonstrate the impact of the rhetoric of the mentioned political entities as one of the possible influences which affect the negative attitude of Czechs towards refugees, with help of the selected opinion polls of Czech citizens. |
