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Cultural and historical origins of political tension between Flemish and Walloons
Durnová, Denisa ; Lehmannová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Doležal, Tomáš (referee)
The bachelor thesis analyzes the ethnic conflict between Flemish and Walloons in Belgium. Today, Europe is struggling with a few cases where citizens of one country demand a split. Linguistically and socially divided Belgium is high on all lists of potentially disintegrating European states.This conflict has become a symbol of Belgium. Two different ethnic groups have been seeking autonomy for many years. The main aim of the bachelor thesis is to find out whether Belgium will be a unitary state in the future. The bachelor thesis is divided into three parts. The first part defines the theoretical and methodological basis. The knowledge from this section is applied in the second chapter - empirical part. The second and third chapters analyze the case of Belgium. The second chapter details parliamentary elections in Belgium in 2007, the subsequent political crisis, its causes and consequences. The third chapter defines the factors connecting the Belgians. At the end of the work the author will be able to answer the research question due to the detailed analysis.
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Norwegian model of UN Peacekeeping operations - model applicable in Africa?
Vavříková, Jana ; Lehmannová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Dubský, Zbyněk (referee)
In the theoretical part defines the diploma thesis UN Peacekeeping operactions, conflict theory, conflict curve and peace methods of conflict management. Other part of the thesis concentrates on definition of the Norwegian model and general characteristics of the African conflicts. Last chapter of the thesis analysis three conflicts (Somalia, Sierra Leone and Sudan) in which UN participated via UN Peacekeeping operation. Afterwards the Norwegian model is applied to this conflicts and operations.
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Global terrorism from the constructivist perspective: Human mind as a security factor
Fajmonová, Veronika ; Lehmannová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Kratochvíl, Petr (referee) ; Chytilek, Roman (referee)
The aim of this dissertation is to examine the process of securitization of terrorism, to develop the role of the audience (public) at the individual level and subsequently to provide recommendations on an alternative way of fighting terrorism. In order to achieve this goal, the author uses socially constructivist securitization theory, critical terrorism studies and political psychology, namely cognitive and social psychology. Throughout the chapters, the securitization process of terrorism is explored; terrorism as a (to a certain extent) objective problem, further, from the point of view of critical terrorism studies, the security measures are assessed and public opinion is examined through public opinion polls. The author comes to the conclusion that public opinion is one of the key factors in implementing extensive security measures. Therefore, she further examines the factors that affect public opinion; the narrative, the role of the media, and ultimately the psychological processes influencing the perception of reality. It turns out that the narrative about terrorism and the media have their share in the public reaction to terrorism, but the role of the audience in the securitization process of terrorism is not fully explained and there are the psychological processes that illuminate it. Therefore, by running an experiment, the author examines the effect of three narratives about terrorism, based on psychological theories. It concludes that there is a potential for reducing the public's fears and thus the alternative fight against terrorism.
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Cultural and religious identities as concepts in the IR discipline. The case of European identity in interactions of the EU and the Roman Catholic Church
Doležal, Tomáš ; Lehmannová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Veselý, Zdeněk (referee) ; Kratochvíl, Petr (referee) ; Černý, Karel (referee)
The text deals with the relation between religion and politics, in particular, with the conceptualization of religious identity in the discipline of International Relations from the position of postmodern approaches. The main goal is to examine whether and how feasible, useful, and usual is to work with the religious (and inseparable cultural) dimension of identity. The author claims that the concept of religious identity well reveals an important link between the religious and the political and represents a useful analytical tool. A categorisation and a model of identity are introduced and applied. The application is twofold, the categories are used in the academic discourse analysis and then once again it is used for the case of European identity in interactions of the EU and the RCC. Finally, the concept of the religious actor is discussed on this empirical basis and also the political construction of the religious, in general, is debated.
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The Inception of a Global Issue: Administration's Approach to Obesity in WHO
Maňásková, Martina ; Doležal, Tomáš (advisor) ; Lehmannová, Zuzana (referee)
The concept of global governance is nowadays commonly used for studying international relations. The goal of this thesis is to analyze the nature of global governance in health sector, to discover how the main participants involved in international relations react to new challenges that arise, specifically how they react to the case of obesity. Global governance occurs on multiple levels; WHO occurs at the global level whereas individual national states occur at the lower level. This thesis answers the questions to topics such as: how the global health governance's politics are made, whether obesity represents a threat and how various participants that are involved in international relations coordinate their steps towards fighting obesity, on which levels they coordinate their agenda and for whom they are working for when fighting obesity.
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The Analysis of The Process Of Modern Public Diplomacy Practice
Pflimpfl, Ladislav ; Kučera, Jaroslav (advisor) ; Kuděla, Jiří (referee) ; Lehmannová, Zuzana (referee)
The dissertation paper focuses on the role and practice of public diplomacy within The framework of international relations and foreign policy. It analyses the importance, impact and mechanisms of public diplomacy with particular attention to the context of and relationships between the promotion of the state abroad, diplomacy and other are as such as economy and business, export, tourism, research, education and culture, which are all discussed further in the dedicated chapters of the paper.The dissertation examines possible approaches to and methods of monitoring the impact and effectiveness of public diplomacy and its benefits to all stakeholder groups. It describes the ideological roots, development, structure and mechanisms of public diplomacy and its impact on target groups. The study opens with a review of the context, describing the environment in which Public diplomacy functions in the 21st Century and the current and future challenges. This introduces a wider focus in which are examined the often merged functions Of the public and private sectors in the promotion of the state abroad. Public diplomacy is portrayed as a dynamic discipline with an important role in international relations. This claim is supported by evidence from research, articles, literature and other sources. Part of the paper...
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Territorial Integrity of China. Case Study Hong Kong
Hodanová, Eva ; Lehmannová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Žáková, Gabriela (referee)
Following thesis deals with the territorial integrity of Peoples Republic of China. The work is divided into three main parts. The first one analyzes the historical concept of development of Chinese approach to the issue of territorial integrity. In the second part,the issue is discussed from the perspective of international law and its two main principles: the principle of territorial integrity on the one hand and the right of nations to self-determination on the other. The main part is an analysis of the current approach of the People's Republic of China to the issue of territorial integrity and to some problematic regions. Last part is a case study aimed at Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the Peoples Republic of China. This chapter contains the historical context of the development of Hong Kong and the analysis of the current situation in this area. It primarily analyzes its political system, the degree of autonomy towards Chinese central government and overall relationship between Beijing and Hong Kong.
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Moral Hazard of Humanitarian Intervention: Case Study Kosovo
Kodrazi, Suzan ; Lehmannová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Veselý, Zdeněk (referee) ; Pelikán, Jan (referee) ; Vávra, Přemysl (referee)
The main ambition of this doctoral thesis is to contribute to the development of interdisciplinary application of the concept of moral hazard developedin economic and insurance theory to the context of the inter-state conflicts with potential international intervention. The basic theoretical framework used in the thesis is derived from the concept of moral hazard of humanitarian intervention by Alan Kuperman who claims that the newly established norm of humanitarian intervention may well have unintended negative consequences. Kuperman argues that if the mere existence of insurance creates sufficient incentive for the insured to modify their behavior to the extent that they engage in the riskier behavior due to the fact that they are insured against the consequences of their actions, the rebels may well optimize their behavior in the same way. Currently, the transfer of the moral hazard theory to the context of interventions is hindered by a number of existing obstacles stemming from the differences in these areas. This thesis concentrates on reduction of three main identified drawbacks and addresses them by formulating three main research questions and derived hypothesis. The aim of this approach is to examine the limits of application and create the space for development of the concept of moral hazard of humanitarian intervention in the future research. (1) What is the interpretation potential, value added and limits of application of economic theory of moral hazard to the context of humanitarian intervention from the theoretical perspective? Hypothesis 1:The concept of moral hazard represents an efficienttool for evaluation of humanitarian intervention. (2) What is the potential of causal mechanism established by the Kuperman´s hypothesis to explain the reasons why in certain cases the state decides to escalate the inter-state conflict despite the public threats of intervention at a general level of research? Hypothesis 2: The threat of intervention causes the escalation of the inter-state conflict. (3) To what extent does Kuperman´s hypothesis modified to the conflict in Kosovo correspond with the actual state of affairs and their development? Hypothesis 3: The threat of intervention NATO/USA caused the escalation of conflict in Kosovo.
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United Nations as an actor in international relations in the Middle East
Rudová, Šárka ; Lehmannová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Volenec, Otakar (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the United Nations as an actor of international relations in the Middle East, namely in Afghanistan, Iraq and Syria, where conflicts have been taking place since the 1990s. This is mainly the analysis and evaluation of its behavior in conflict resolution on the basis of resolutions issued by the United Nations Security Council in comparison with the theoretical process according to the UN Charter. Criteria for evaluation include conflict prevention, conflict resolution, reconstruction and maintenance of international peace and peace building. The aim of this thesis is to find out how the UN proceeded in conflict and how it managed to fulfill the theoretical basis.
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Reform of the United Nations Security Council
Křesinová, Dominika ; Rolenc, Jan Martin (advisor) ; Lehmannová, Zuzana (referee)
The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. It is obvious that the status quo from that year cannot reflect the needs of present world. Because of this fact it is necessary to approach a reform. But the question is what the reform should deal with. There are plenty of reforming efforts in discussion. These proposals do not take into consideration only the reform of the Security Council but also other bodies within United Nations. In my thesis I will focus only on reforming the Security Council as a main body of the whole organization that should be able to react on security threats flexibly. The feasibility of UN reform depends on the agreement of the permanent members that can due to their veto right block any of the proposals. And for the time being, they use their privilege to do so because they are afraid of limitations of their rights and position. We cannot come up only with a clear proposal how to reform but also it is necessary to focus on the proper arguments why the permanent members should agree with the reform. The main target of the following master thesis is to find out whether the reform is feasible based on accessible information with respect to hindrances and positions of permanent members that are currently more passive than active.
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