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Lifting the crude oil export ban and its impact on US energy sector
Vopěnková, Andrea ; Stuchlíková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Neumann, Pavel (referee)
US Congress lifted oil ban in December 2015 after 40 years of its existence. The ban was originally in place to preserve national crude oil production for domestic use in case of any import disruptions. The ban was lifted even though US is currently not net energy exporter or energy independent state. The aim of this theses is to state under which circumstances US approved the oil ban in 1975. Furthermore, the aim is to analyse the impact of current legislation and non-regulated crude oil export on US energy sector. The first chapter defines a sanction, its types, how we can measure its effectivenes and describes UN sanctions legislation process. The second chapter describes the Arab embargo from 1973 and last chapter analyses the impact of a new legislation on energy producers and refiners.
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A Comparison of Approaches to Leading Politicians's Privacy by Selected Czech and French Magazines
Stuchlíková, Zuzana ; Jirák, Jan (advisor) ; Štechová, Markéta (referee)
This thesis aims to compare, based on two case studies, the approaches of Czech and French weekly news magazines to the leading politician's privacy. For this purpose, magazines Le Point and Týden, from French and Czech environment respectively, were selected, according to various criterions. Opening part is mainly theoretical and deals with general terms as the publicizing of politician's privacy, its causes (such as the changes in media environment, personalization of politics etc.), development and consequences (such as a celebritization of politicians). Special attention was devoted to the development of privacy media coverage in both countries, legal conditions and attitude of Mirek Topolánek and Nicolas Sarkozy towards media. The analytical part follows the story of Topolánek in Týden, and of Sarkozy in Le Point, using the method of narrative analysis. The main focus is on four events, in both cases lined up the way it happened - divorce, new relationship, wedding and a birth of a child. General conclusion of this thesis is that even though there are some similar aspects in approaches in both countries, overall approach differed in style of presentation and the emphasis given to the question of leading politicians's privacy.
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The Impact of the Israeli - Palestinian conflict on the Union for the Mediterranean (2008-2011)
Stuchlíková, Zuzana ; Weiss, Tomáš (advisor) ; Tomalová, Eliška (referee)
This thesis aims to analyze why and how did the Israeli-Palestinian conflict influence the Union for the Mediterranean in the first three years of its existence. The new organization was meant to provide a fresh impulse to the Euro-Mediterranean partnership, by focusing on pragmatic co-operation and newly introducing a concept of co-ownership and institutionalization. However, the initial thought of achieving the pragmatic cooperation through greater political engagement and visibility soon proved fatally wrong, with the Gaza war and its aftermaths. The first part briefly describes a history of EU policies towards Mediterranean, Barcelona Process and European Neighbourhood Policy. It also presents the attitude of all main actors - European states, Arab states and Israel - to the idea of regional cooperation in the Mediterranean. Second part introduces the Union for the Mediterranean and points out weak points of its structure, using the analysis of founding declarations from Paris and Marseille. The last, third chapter, uses the chronology of Israeli-Palestinian conflict to analyze its effects on the UfM structure. General conclusion of this thesis is that the structure, as agreed in 2008, was not able to deal with growing tensions between member states. On the contrary, it created a platform for...
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Czech non-governmental organisations and EU climate change policy
Stuchlíková, Zuzana ; Najšlová, Lucia (advisor) ; Šlosarčík, Ivo (referee)
The thesis aims to analyse the relations of non-governmental organisations towards the European integration process, which creates an additional platform for their interest representation. This case study focuses on how Czech non-profit organisations, which are dealing in long term with the topic of climate change, try to use the instruments and channels available at the EU level to promote their idea of the 2030 Climate and Energy Framework targets and how the EU climate action policy translates to their understanding of the topic. The thesis is based on the Europeanization theory that assumes that non-state actors are adjusting their behaviour to the existence of another platform of decision making and interest representation. I, therefore, assume, that the selected sample of Czech ecological NGOs tries to actively use the opportunity to participate in the EU decision making - especially because a climate policy is decided mostly at the EU level and therefore the outcomes, such as the 2030 Framework, present another tool to achieve change in the climate policy of the Czech Republic. I conclude that from the perspective of selected NGOs the European climate policy is perceived as an important driver behind the development in this field in both Czech Republic and global negotiations - even though...
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Chinese Economic System: Market Economy or State Capitalism?
Bejkovský, Jan ; Jiránková, Martina (advisor) ; Stuchlíková, Zuzana (referee) ; Fárek, Jiří (referee) ; Kříž, Martin (referee)
This dissertation deals with the nature of the Chinese economic system. The first chapter focuses on the global economy and seeks to define the main economic systems prevailing in it, ie. Anglo-Saxon, Continental and Asian-developmental. Compared to these systems defined as market economies, the dissertation consequently analyses and defines a system of state capitalism and the main elements of it. The following part of the dissertation is focused on the historical Chinese approaches to economic governance of the country and attempts to identify those historical approaches that are still relevant and influential in modern Chinese economy. The third chapter analyses the Chinese economic system and the role of the state in it; it also examines the government's approach to the ownership of state enterprises and the overall extent of state ownership in the Chinese economy. The final chapter examines the different types of state subsidies to domestic, often state, enterprises in China. As an example of the various subsidies a case study on the automotive industry is used.
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Economic Diplomacy of China in Africa
Dus, Jakub ; Stuchlíková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Vlčková, Jana (referee)
This study is about economic diplomacy of China in Africa. It describes development of China-Africa relations, their current form and examines, whether less democratic countries trade more with China than the democratic ones. The study is divided into four chapters. The first one defines economic diplomacy theoretically. The second one focuses on China-Africa relationship from its history up to establishing of Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. It also describes motives of China-Africa cooperation, stressing China's energy dependance. The third chapter describes development of China-Africa trade, Chinese foreign direct investments and development aid and pros and cons of China's presence in Africa. The last chapter examines relationship between level of democracy in african countries and their trade with China.
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Lewis turning point as a threat to the Chinese economy?
Merzová, Linda ; Stuchlíková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Neumann, Pavel (referee)
The diplomma thesis deals with the Lewis turning point and its impact on the Chinese economy. The work is divided into three main chapters. The first chapter explains the basic concept ,,Lewis turning point" and its position in the global context. Besides W. A. Lewis is also mentioned in a number of other authors dealing with growth theories. Here it is primarily determined whether China has reached the Lewis turning point, which is the impact of this point on the Chinese economy, the labor market and what follows the development of the Chinese economy after reaching this point. The third part is found a connection between Lewis turning point and university/higher education. Part of this chapter are the specifics, trends and especially the problems of the university system in China. The conclusion of this chapter is devoted to a turning point, and its impact on education.
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Čínský realitní trh - současný stav, trendy a vyhlídky
Slavík, Petr ; Stuchlíková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Vlčková, Jana (referee)
The aim of this work is to describe the phenomena of bubble in the financial, but especially in the real estate market; based on gained information, the current situation of Chinese real estate market is described. This work is divided into theoretical and more practical part. The theoretical part is devoted to the definition of bubble, bubbles in asset market, real estate market bubbles specifics and its causes analysis, identification and implications for the economy. Also, the Japanese real estate bubble is described. The second part describes the evolution of Chinese real estate market and provides overview of the milestones in its evolution. Moreover, it deals with specifics of the Chinese real estate market and explains the factors behind the rise in prices. Further in second part, situation on Chinese housing market is compared with the one in Japan during real estate bubble. Furthermore, this thesis explains how state government can coordinate, regulate and intervene on the market and comes up with short-term outlook.
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Internal Migration in PRC: function, role and impact on Chinese economy
Čermáková, Zuzana ; Stuchlíková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Procházková Ilinitchi, Cristina (referee)
The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the process of internal migration in Peoples' Republic of China. It focuses on low-skilled rural migrant workers, their overall characteristics, role in the economy and their status within Chinese society. This analysis aims to prove that despite the fact that rural migrants represent an essential element of Chinese economy, and have contributed by a great deal to China's economic take-off, they are still a very discriminated group of Chinese society and are constantly facing violations of their rights.
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