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Why the Romani Make no Terrorists: Reassessing Contested Factors of Radicalisation
Kocmanová, Markéta ; Aslan, Emil (advisor) ; Droogan, Julian (referee) ; Lakhani, Suraj (referee)
Research on radicalisation is characterised by an excessive emphasis on risk factors that lead to manifestations of different forms of extreme political violence. This dissertation presents the results of research focused on factors that make communities resilient against behavioural radicalisation. The empirical basis draws on extensive data from 139 research participants from six countries, obtained primarily from in-depth interviews and other ethnographic data collection techniques. Utilising Grounded Theory in Ethnography as the overarching methodological framework, I provide robust empirical evidence to build a unique case of group resilience against radicalisation among the Romani ethnic group. I identified five main factors of resilience that complement each other and work as brakes on behavioural radicalisation in mutual synergy. The factors of resilience are grounded in the organisational ontology of the group, their strong sense of belonging to a community, their propensity to avoid conflict, their ability to forgive rather than seek revenge, and a category of complex flexibility that includes present-time orientation, effective emotional regulation, and cognitive adaptability. I also identify risk factors related to potential radicalisation in the community, mainly the risk of continued...
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War on Terror: How did war on terrorism change american society and political events?
Sobotka, Tomáš ; Szobi, Pavel (advisor) ; Raška, Francis (referee)
This paper focuses on the social and political background of the American War on Terror policy, specifically on the operation Neptune Spear leading to the targeted killing of Osama bin Laden, one of the leading personas of the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda. The introductory part states the research questions, the hypothesis and methodology and defines the term terrorism. It also outlines the problematics of obtaining relevant sources, since many of them still fall under top secret classification and have never been published. Furthermore, it informs about the historical background of War on Terror, reminds about the events of 11. September 2001 and describes the process of searching for and killing of Osama bin Laden. It also serves as a foreword to the research part. The research part itself then analyzes available source materials related to Neptune Spear. Primary sources include the official statement of the then President Barack Obama, the stance of the government, press conference and comments of Obama's predecessors, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, the original initiator of the War on Terror policy. Next, it analyzes the mood of American society through academic literature, archives of traditional and contemporary media, published articles, public opinion polls and others. The summary...
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Prevention of extremism and terrorism in schools
Vaňková, Lucie ; Kovaříková, Miroslava (advisor) ; Marádová, Eva (referee)
The thesis focuses on the issue of prevention of extremism and terrorism on soft targets in selected secondary schools in the Czech Republic. The aim of the thesis is to find out what measures are being taken to protect against extremism and terrorism in selected secondary schools and whether there is sufficient funds are spent on the prevention of extremism and terrorism. The structure of the thesis is divided into theoretical and practical parts. In the theoretical part, the basic concepts are defined with the use of research of selected textual sources, the factors influencing the inclination to extremism and terrorism are described and the concept of combating extremism and terrorism in the environment of secondary schools is presented. The practical research part is empirical in nature and deals with the description of the implementation of quantitative research, its analysis and interpretation of the data obtained in order to obtain information on the practical approach of principals and teaching staff of selected secondary schools in the Czech Republic to the issue of preventing extremism and terrorism. The data collection was conducted in the form of a written electronic questionnaire, where a questionnaire consisting of 23 closed, open or combined questions was used as an instrument. The...
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Possibilities of involving radiological assistants within the Czech Armed Forces with a focus on CBRNE
VLČKOVÁ, Kristýna
The workload of radiology assistants in hospitals and private clinical workplaces is mainly due to the general public's need for more awareness of this field. This bachelor's thesis aims to introduce the reader to the issue of the involvement of radiological assistants outside the healthcare field. The first section of this bachelor's thesis is devoted to bringing security threats, or public terrorism. Terrorism in general is a widely used term, so I will discuss it in detail in several sections. In the next part of the work, I will focus on CBRNE terrorism. Attacks with chemical, biological, nuclear, or nuclear weapons are very popular in the 21st century. Therefore, the history, the mechanism of attack by individual types of weapons, and the effects of their use on the population are explained. Important topics of this work will also be the already mentioned consequences of using CBRNE weapons. The work will contain and explain the concepts of contamination and decontamination of the population, fauna, and flora. The practical part of the bachelor's thesis will be focused on general public analysis, where questions will be answered using a questionnaire, whether the public has an overview of the work of radiological assistants, and whether they see the involvement of the field in a sphere other than healthcare.
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Tourism participants' psychological responses to terrorism and related security threats: Geographical conditionality and manifestations
Krajňák, Tomáš ; Vágner, Jiří (advisor) ; Siwek, Tadeusz (referee) ; Daněk, Petr (referee)
Existing literature examining the impacts of safety and security on tourism has paid considerable attention to the role of the psychological responses of tourism participants. It has also confirmed the centrality of these responses in the process of how security threats influence tourist behaviour. However, no attempt has been made to clarify whether the psychological responses are also geographical in nature. The dissertation primarily intends to address this shortcoming by examining the influence of political- security threats. Therefore, its main aim is to identify and clarify the geographical conditionality and manifestations of tourism participants' psychological responses to terrorism and related security threats. The empirical part of the dissertation is the result of several conducted studies published in four journal articles. Therefore, multiple methods of data collection and analysis were used to achieve the main aim of the thesis. The work required a certain pragmatic approach to engage both positivist and more interpretivist methods. Still, consistency between the philosophical starting points and the adopted methods was not neglected, as it prevailed in the treatment of the sub-aims and in the resultant publication outputs. Specifically, the methods employed include a systematic...
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Terrorism as Destabilisation Element of Internal Security of State
Šibor, Emil ; Mika, Otakar Jiří (referee) ; Svoboda,, Ivo (advisor)
Topic of my thesis is Terrorism as a destabilizing element of national security. In my work I have drawn from domestic and foreign sources. The first part is devoted to the history, evolution of terrorism and terrorism used as a tool to promote ideas. Then I engaged in forms of terrorism, its methods and its impact on internal security matters. In the end, I made my own proposal for improving the situation in the fight against terrorism.
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Protection of Citizens against Terrorism
Ullmann, Walter ; Hradil, Jaroslav (referee) ; Mika, Otakar Jiří (advisor)
Theme of my bachelor´s thesis is protection of citizens against terrorism. I drew from domestic and foreign literary sources over the past ten years. In my bachelor´s thesis I deal with history protection of citizens against terrorism and I write about legislative, which limits terrorism The other parts are about conception of protection of citizens, protection of citizens against terrorism and I write about joint rescue service, which is implement of protection of citizens. In the end And in the end I got in some scenarios of terrorist attack I worked my own project of pocket manual in practise part. Its name is Protection citizens against terrorism.
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Basic Aspects of Population Protection against Consequences of Chemical Terrorism in the Czech Republic
Drápal, Stanislav ; Hradil, Jaroslav (referee) ; Mika, Otakar Jiří (advisor)
The theme of my bachelor work is The basic aspect of population protection against conseqences of chemical terrorism in the Czech Republic. In my bachelor work, I drew from home and foreign sources over the past ten years. The opening part of my work deals of basic concepts relating to terrorism and its branches. It states some case studies of terrorist attacks against civil inhabitants with the aid of chemical agents. The middle part engages in a characteristic and dividing of particular chemical warfare agents and dangerous toxic chemical agents. There are stated lawful norms and measures used in the Czech Republic. Also processes of medical sectors Emergency Rescue System in provision of pre-hospital urgent care in cases of mass impairment of health. In closing I analyse preparedness of inhabitants in the Czech Republic to possibility of a chemical terrorist attack and I suggest a handbook „The danger of a chemical attack“ to civil inhabitants.
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Terrorism and its context
Králik, Tomáš ; Mika, Otakar Jiří (referee) ; Novák, Jaromír (advisor)
Thesis deals with terrorism and its context from the perspective of defining, historical evolution, potential causes and impacts of terrorism on security environment. The conclusion of thesis is focused on possible forms of terrorism and impacts on human society and possible means and collaboration in fight against terrorism.
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