The Politics of Multiculturalism and Interculturalism and the Czech Perspective

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