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Securitization of Migration in the 2017 French Presidential Election
Krutá, Gréta ; Ditrych, Ondřej (advisor) ; Kaleta, Ondřej (referee)
Far-right parties and anti-immigration moods were on the rise in 2017 European politics. After Brexit vote and Donald Trump's triumph in the US elections, whole world was watching the 2017 French presidential election with great vigilance. Using the method of discourse analysis, the principal objective of this master thesis is to identify to what extent was the immigration constructed as security threat in presidential election and how did major presidential candidates use political discourse for identity construction - positive representation of French Self and negative representation of Migrant Other. For the purpose of analysis, first three presidential candidates with the largest share of votes were chosen: François Fillon, Marine Le Pen and Emmanuel Macron. Concerning the theoretical framework, all research stems from Copenhagen school which defines vital concepts for our research: societal security and securitization process. From methodological point of view, Lene Hansen's Self/Other identity construction model is used. Keywords Securitization, Islam, migration, France, presidential election, discourse analysis, national identity
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Construction of national identity in Eurovision Song Contest: case study
Bičíková, Zuzana ; Reifová, Irena (advisor) ; Vlasák, Zbyněk (referee)
The diploma thesis Construction of National Identity in Eurovision Song Contest: Case Study analyses the ways and forms of shaping the Czech national identity in the Eurovision Song Contest, the largest and most watched international festival of popular music in the world. In particular, the thesis aims to identify the manifestation of identity and self-presentation of the Czech Republic from the point of view of a media institution, in the national selection, in the form of the entry itself, in postcards and video clips as well as through voting and viewer ratings. These findings were attained by the combination of three research methods, namely semi-structured interviews with media professionals, qualitative content analyses of audio- visual materials and secondary data analysis. The theoretical framework presents basic concepts of identity formation and nationalism, and provides an in-depth presentation of the Eurovision Song Contest from geopolitical and sociocultural perspectives. The thesis outlines the historical development of the competition with regard to the political and cultural ideas it aims to endorse, and explains the development of participation with special focus on eastward expansion. Several examples of self- presentation and identity construction of other countries within the...
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Ice hockey as a symbol of national identity: the Czech society 20 years after the Nagano triumph
Burdová, Karolína ; Numerato, Dino (advisor) ; Wladyniak, Ludmila Maria (referee)
This bachelor's thesis deals with the process of building national identity through sport, specifically ice hockey. The thesis focuses primarily on the aspects contributing to the reproduction of the Czech national identity. Important aspects are mainly symbols, which remind us of the individual's belonging to the nation, as well as the media, which significantly help to the mythization of sports events. One of the events that played an important role in the formation of the Czech national identity is the 1998 Nagano Olympics. The success of the Czech hockey team in this tournament made part of the history twenty years ago; there are still many legacies of this triumph nowadays. The thesis is based on a research that combined several methods. I obtained the data through participant observation of the national team matches broadcasts, I also analysed documents that referred to the legacies of Czech victory, and I carried out semi-structured interviews with ice hockey fans. The interviews suggest that the victory of the Nagano hockey players, with the contribution of the media and banal nationalism, underwent the process of mythization, and thus played a significant role in the Czech national identity building.
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Národní divadlo ve výuce výchovy k občanství na II. stupni základní školy
HLAVÁČKOVÁ, Petra
This thesis is focused on education concerning the National Theatre in the subject Education for Citizenship and also finding out the attitudes of the primary school second grade students towards the National Theatre the symbol of the Czech national identity and cultural heritage. The first part generally describes curriculum documents at the national and academic level with additional analysis of specific academic educational documents of chosen primary schools in relation to the chosen topic. The second part zooms in on the history, the symbolic meaning and the present organizational structure of the National Theatre. The third part summarizes the results of the questionnaire which was obtained from chosen primary schools. The summary also includes evaluation of interviews with some respondents.
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Transparency in postwar parliamentary architecture in Germany
Novotný, Daniel ; Nigrin, Tomáš (advisor) ; Emler, David (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with transparency in parliamentary architecture in Germany from foundation of the Federal republic in 1949 to the present. The aim of this thesis is following of efforts to distance themselves from the Nazi past in the leitmotif of parliamentary architecture and following this thesis deals with how a concept of transparency manifested and how was related to the idea of functioning of German democracy. The method of this work is qualitative content analysis of available text material. Thesis is divided into chapters that are chronologically built according to main three parliament constructions in postwar era and subsequently examines parliament buildings on local level. Based on the submitted observation, it concludes that new architecture style of parliament building was built and creates break with Nazi architecture and this concept is characterized by connection of quality of glass material and character of German democracy. This concept finds its roots in early imminently in aftermath of World War II and despite other important events in German history, this concept continues to be leading characteristic of state buildings, because it reflects functioning of German democracy.
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Percepcia národnej identity Slovákov žijúcich v ČR
Matiašová, Simona
This bachelor thesis is focused on the perception of national identity of young Slovaks, born after the January 1st 1993, currently living in Czech republic. The thesis is divided into two parts theoretical and empiric part. In the theoretical part all the basic therms of the thesis are defined, such as identity, national identity, national minorities. Based on the theoretical part, the empirical research was compiled using the qualitative technique. After the research there is a discussion and results of the research are presented.
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Nation-Building in unrecognised states: Case study, Transnistrian Moldovan Republic
Viktora, Matyáš ; Šír, Jan (advisor) ; Šisler, Filip (referee)
The topic of this case study is the national identity of the unrecognised Transnistrian Moldovan Republic. The study draws from the constructivist assumption that every national identity is constructed by intellectual, political and other elites. The study seeks answers to the question of whether there is a separate Transnistrian identity, how is such identity constructed, on which foundations it is being built and which tools are being involved in the process. The study begins with the history of the region in the context of Russian and Soviet colonialist policies of Russification, Moldovanisation and managed immigration. This chapter is followed by theoretical chapter on the theme of national identity. The main part of the work sets out to identify the tools, which are being used by the regime to create the national identity: The propaganda, politicized historiography and language policies. These tools are in turn compared with the previous colonial policies of Russification and Moldovanisation in the conclusion.
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Fight for Kashmir
Volochová, Lucia ; Volenec, Otakar (advisor) ; Havlová, Radka (referee)
This master thesis deals with the issue of Kashmir conflict. The aim of this thesis is to find possible solution of this territorial dispute lasting since 1947 by using historical-analytical method. The theoretical part explains the concept of conflict in international relations, which is fundamental in the whole work. The next chapters deal with the root of the dispute and its subsequent escalation to the present state. An important part of the work is the development of the main actors in the nuclear powers as well as an attitude of the individual participants.
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Finnish-Russian Relations after the End of Cold War
Janegová, Zuzana ; Dubský, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Veselý, Zdeněk (referee)
Finnish-Russian relations after the end of Cold war are considered to be a unique form of cooperation between countries of different ideological backgrounds. This thesis focuses on the analysis of mutual historical relations of Finland and Russia, which overlap to the time after the end of the Cold war; these are deep rooted in Finland's primary endeavor to keep its status of neutrality. The main aim of this thesis is the evaluation of Finnish postneutrality as an effective tool of foreign policy against Russia with respect to the historical reflection of both countries with most regard to the social and cultural differences in the society. The base theory for determinating mutual sociocultural distinction is social constructivism from which the national identities are defined. These are essential for the enemy image provision and above all for the evaluation of the Finnish foreign policy and Finnish political behavior towards Russia. The changes and transformation of the concept of postneutrality follows in regard to the integration process in Europe with the emphasis on the security keeping possibilities related to the potential accession to NATO.
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