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Searching for Relationship with the EU: Turkey and Russia in the Light of the Role Theory
Beneš, Vít ; Drulák, Petr (advisor) ; Krines, Vlastimil (referee) ; Rovná, Lenka (referee) ; Voráček, Emil (referee)
This dissertation starts from the observation that expectations and perceptions of non-members of the EU are usually neglected in the study of EU's enlargement process. In order to better understand the sources of pro-integration (or anti-integration) foreign policies of the neighboring states, I employ the conceptual apparatus of "role theory". This work utilities the concept of "national role conception", defined as domestically shared views and understandings regarding the proper role and purpose of one's own state as a social collectivity in the international arena. On the cases of Russia and Turkey, I show how historically constituted domestically shared ideas about a role, function (or mission) of a particular state within wider international (European) environment inform their respective policies towards contemporary EU. For the Turkish elite's understandings of the proper role of Turkey within broader international environment is typical the dominance of kemalist nationalist discourse of modernization. Modernization and the quest for the status of respected European power form the core of Turkish identity. In light of this perceptions, the EU membership fits into the kemalist discourse as an accomplishment of the historical mission of attaining the standards of contemporary civilization. On the other side, the discourse of Russian elites is embedded predominantly in universalist messianic discourse, which is often spiced with realist and geopolitical concepts. To sum up, if we want to understand why Russia does not even think about the possibility of entering the EU, we have to take into account the burden of universalist tasks which Russia feels obliged to cary in the name of History or God. Moreover, Russia feels the obligation to protect (both from external threats and internal decay) Europe itself. Entrance into the EU would, quite logically, jeopardize the fulfillment of this historical tasks.
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Physiological aspect walking and Nordic walking as adequate kinetic activities.
BENEŠ, Václav
This bachelor thesis on the topic of The Physiological Aspect of Walking and Nordic Walking as an adequate physical activity focuses on chosen physiological changes of an organism during a five-month training cycle. In the theoretical part I describe the physiological changes of organism during a regularly repeated strain, and also the technique of walking, Nordic walking and health benefits of these activities are defined here. The research part of the thesis describes the measurement methods the results of the measurements and the total evaluation of the recorded results.
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TIME ACCESSIBILITY OF PUBLIC SERVICE CENTERS IN VYSOČINA REGION
BENEŠ, Vlastimil
This dissertation is concerned with the analysis of time accessability of public administration service departments in the Vysocina region. The time accessability is being followed based upon the public transporation services including bus and train transportation. The opening chapters are dedicated to objects of the work and to the list of published literature. In the chapter called " methodics of processing" methods of the department selection and two basic transportgeographical definitions - transportation accessability and transportation servicing, are being described. Following chapter is devoted to the position and the importance of the transportation in space and to the evaluation of the current status of transportation in the world and especially then in the Czech Republic. The next chapter handles selected transportgeographical characteristics of the Vysocina region. The last chapter includes the evaluation of the time accessability of chosen departments from particular towns of Vysocina region.
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