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Current party system of Iceland
Mergl, Tomáš ; Brunclík, Miloš (advisor) ; Perottino, Michel (referee)
The party system of Iceland was always well-known for its strong stability and moderate nature typical for its whole modern development. But since the 1999 parliamentary election the Icelandic party system has been going through several changes and it is not appropriate to consider it nowadays as a traditionally stable party system with, in the long term, the dominant Independence Party. The party system is splitting off and the new parties are found out. Although after the 2013 election the system returned to the pre-2009 model, there is still an important question whether it reflects repeated stabilization of the Iceland political and party system, or it is only a reaction to the left-wing government in the years of 2009 to 2013. The aim of this thesis is to answer the following questions: is the Icelandic party system going through some changes of its structure or inter-party competition, and if so, is this transformation caused by the financial and bank crisis in 2008, or does it concern long- term transformations? Did the electoral shock in 2009 result from the reaction of the Icelandic voters to the financial crisis, or the election results were only another validation of the long- term Icelandic party system trend, namely by erosion of its traditional adjustment? In the analysis of the...
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Current party system of Iceland
Mergl, Tomáš ; Brunclík, Miloš (advisor) ; Perottino, Michel (referee)
The party system of Iceland was always well-known for its strong stability and moderate nature typical for its whole modern development. But since the 1999 parliamentary election the Icelandic party system has been going through several changes and it is not appropriate to consider it nowadays as a traditionally stable party system with, in the long term, the dominant Independence Party. The party system is splitting off and the new parties are found out. Although after the 2013 election the system returned to the pre-2009 model, there is still an important question whether it reflects repeated stabilization of the Iceland political and party system, or it is only a reaction to the left-wing government in the years of 2009 to 2013. The aim of this thesis is to answer the following questions: is the Icelandic party system going through some changes of its structure or inter-party competition, and if so, is this transformation caused by the financial and bank crisis in 2008, or does it concern long- term transformations? Did the electoral shock in 2009 result from the reaction of the Icelandic voters to the financial crisis, or the election results were only another validation of the long- term Icelandic party system trend, namely by erosion of its traditional adjustment? In the analysis of the...
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Parties of the Czech euroscepticism. Comparison of Free Citizens Party and Sovereignty - Bloc of Jana Bobošíková
Mergl, Tomáš ; Slačálek, Ondřej (advisor) ; Polášek, Martin (referee)
The thesis analyses and compares conception of Euroscepticism in the agendas of two Czech extra-parliamentary political parties: Free Citizens Party and Sovereignty - Bloc of Jana Bobošíková. The aim of this thesis is to characterize sources, roots and manifestations of Euroscepticism in political agendas of both political parties. At first, the thesis defines the origin and roots of contemporary Euroscepticism; afterwards it characterizes the term of the party-based Euroscepticism and presents its main contemporary theoretical approaches dealing with the party Euroscepticism research. For example: the typology by Aleks Szczerbiak and Paul Taggart (authors of the terms Soft and Hard Euroscepticism), enlargement of them by Petr Kopecký and Cas Mudde (enlargement by a positive approach of the parties to EU), standpoint of Italian Nicoló Conti and others. In quest of deepening the analytical part of this thesis discursive analysis methods are used as well. The thesis is also aimed at development and characterization of Euroscepticism in the Czech Republic, and subsequently at the conception of Euroscepticism of the Free Citizens Party and Sovereignty - Bloc of Jana Bobošíková.
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Hedging with financial derivatives in international business
Rohrbacher, Jan ; Taušer, Josef (advisor) ; Mergl, Tomáš (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with hedging with financial derivatives in international business. It is divided into two main parts. The first - theoretical part describes the general definition of the term "derivative" as well as brief history of derivatives. The next part determines derivatives from three key aspects - economic, legal and accounting. The following part deals with statistical methods and the current situation on the derivative markets. The following chapter analyzes the main types of derivatives - forwards, futures, swaps and options as well as examples of their usage. The second part of this work examines the hedging process within the company Med Povrly. Due to its involvement in the international trade with copper, the company is exposed to commodity and exchange-rate risks.
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