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Czechoslovak tourists in the German Democratic Republic in the seventies
Opluštilová, Pavla ; Szobi, Pavel (advisor) ; Kozmanová, Irena (referee)
In this bachelor thesis I focused on Czechoslovak tourism to the German Democratic Republic in the seventies of the twentieth century. In my thesis I tried to describe the term "normalization", which significantly affected conditions for travelling abroad for Czechoslovak tourists at that time. I attempted to analyze individual and family holidays abroad of Czechoslovak citizens as well as tours organized by businesses. I mainly focused on recreational stays and shopping trips for scarce commodities. The aim of my thesis was to find out the cause of the appeal of the German Democratic Republic for Czechoslovak tourists and these tourists` main travel themes. I also dealt with the sort of goods which tourists purchased and which they brought back to Czechoslovakia. In sum, practical impossibility to travel to capitalist states for most people and the lack of some kinds of goods on the domestic market affected the development of international tourism to the German Democratic Republic.
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The end of collectivization in Czechoslovakia and the emergence of so-called socialist village
Koubová, Jana ; Szobi, Pavel (advisor) ; Chalupecký, Petr (referee)
The theme of my work is the last phase of collectivisation of rural Czechoslovakia in the late fifties of the 20th century. In this work I focus on the analysis of agricultural policy, the Communist Party in the period, particularly on the analysis of unpublished sources (The National Archives in Prague). Furthermore, I intend to address the role of new types of agricultural cooperatives to stabilize so-called socialist village and its agricultural production, and use the method to probe the example of agricultural cooperatives in Jindřichohradecko (State District Archives in Jindrichuv Hradec). The study will also unpublished sources prepared on the basis of documents published editions and recent literature of Czech origin.
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The first land reform 1919
Korolus, Václav ; Jakubec, Ivan (advisor) ; Szobi, Pavel (referee)
The interwar Czechoslovak agrarian reform was put in motion to improve national agriculture production by way of the redistribution of the estates. The second goal was to eliminate the unwanted influence of the foreign (German and Hungarian) landlords. This huge project was held from 1919 untill it was officialy ended in 1935, but the idea of the land reform was significant in Czechoslovakia for a much longer period (mostly after World War II. and during the restitution processes). The interwar landreform changed more than 29% of Czechoslovakia (more than 4 million hectares were confiscated). Approximately one half of this amount was assigned to the alienees, the second half remained in the hands of the former owners. Both of the main goals were accomplished by this huge transfer of property. The smallest homesteads were extended using the land from the largest estates and became more effective. The properties of the landlords were decreased in size by one half and their influence on the national economy was reduced. Despite some imperfections in the reform laws and how they were carried out, the main targets were accomplished and I assume this project was successful. Better outcomes could be reached only with different conditions, like a longer period of time. In a comparison of other similar reforms, the Czechoslovak land reform was the third largest (after Russian and Romanian).
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Czechoslovak economical progress in years 1945 - 1948
Vyslocký, Martin ; Soběhart, Radek (advisor) ; Szobi, Pavel (referee)
This diploma work is concerned with the analysis of Czechoslovak economy in years 1945 -- 1947, where is focusing on the most important economical and political revisions and their relation to the transition of the democratic society of Czechoslovakia to the socialistic society. This period represent very important part of Czechoslovak history that merit particular attention. With the analysis of chosen economical revisions it would like to come to the answer on the question, whether the process of socialization of Czechoslovak society started in 1948 or in the period of years 1945 - 1947. The diploma work is analyzing the most important problems of that period and trying to advert to different possibilities of the economical and political process. The goal of the work is not a deep assay of revisions but just the fact of connectivity of these revisions to the transition of the whole Czechoslovak society.
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Czechoslovak and the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance in the 1950s.
Huf, Vladimír ; Szobi, Pavel (advisor) ; Chalupecký, Petr (referee)
This dissertation is devoted to the Czechoslovakian entry into the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (COMECON) and the consequences of this membership on Czechoslovak economics in the following ten years. The thesis discourses about the reasons for the entry into the COMECON by analysing the postwar economic and political situation as well as the elements Czechoslovakia was expecting from it. The emphasis of this dissertation is on the first two years of the functioning of the COMECON, during which it was revealed to be primarily an instrument of Soviet politics, and which affected the transformation towards the preference for heavy indrustry. The intention of the thesis is to confirm that Czechoslovakia was suiting its economical structure to the needs of the Eastern Bloc, which were pursued through COMECON. The study also focuses on the analysis of changes in COMECON activity and their impact on the Czechoslovak economy over the years. The purpose of the thesis is to review the motives behind the Czechoslovak entry into COMECON along with the consequences COMECON membership had on Czechoslovakia in the first ten years of its existence.
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Economic and social context of the establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic in 1914 - 1918
Sedlmajerová, Jana ; Szobi, Pavel (advisor) ; Chalupecký, Petr (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic in the years 1914 till 1918. It attempts to clarify the situation of a nation living in the Habsburg monarchy before the establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic. It analyzes also the economic situation of Czech lands and the whole Austria-Hungary before the First World War. In the first place, it concentrates on the Czechs and Slovaks and their efforts that led to secession from the Austrian hegemony. Next, the thesis points out whether the nation's independence from monarchy was considered before the outbreak of war or the war itself caused the destruction of programme ideas of the Czech political parties about the formation of an independent state, or whether the new emerging state was economically prepared for the secession from the Austria-Hungary. The major initiators are mentioned such as T. G. Masaryk, K. Kramář, E. Beneš and others, who stood behind the establishment of a new state. Primarily, the emphasis is placed on the events home and abroad in 1914 - 1918, on the formation of the National Council, on the Kramář project of Slavic Empire and the Masaryk's fight for independent state. In the thesis I prop myself upon published sources and recent professional literature.
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The Czechoslovak collective farms in 1970s
Olič, Jan ; Szobi, Pavel (advisor) ; Chalupecký, Petr (referee)
In my thesis I am going to investigate the Czechoslovak agriculture in 1960s. I am going to specifically focus on collective farms. I will try to find out how the agriculture complex was productive and how organized it was. The system was already quite stable in this decade, but everything unreels from its beginning. I am coming out of the presumption, that the agricultural cooperative system was inspired by the soviet model. Therefore I'm going to focus on analysis of analogy between the progressions of collective farms, let us say kolkhozes, in Czechoslovak Socialist Republic and Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. I'm going to examine, whether Czechoslovak government avoided the mistakes occurred during the violent collectivization of Soviet Union in 1930s or the history has repeated. Thesis should contribute to analysis of Czechoslovak history in mentioned period, to extending the knowledge about the form of Czechoslovak collective farms and to understanding the large differences in the efficiency of agriculture comparing to USSR. My thesis is going to be based on the published origins and on the latest scholarly literature.
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The motorism phenomenon - The development of motorism in our country from 1987 to the present
Kovářová, Marcela ; Jakubec, Ivan (advisor) ; Szobi, Pavel (referee)
In the present bachelor thesis, I will deal with the development of motorism in our country from the turn of the 19th and 20th century to the present. The issue will be treated from the social-historical point of view. At the beginning of the last century, a car was owned only by the richest class. Nowadays, hovewer, motorism became an absolute phenomenon and almost each family in the Czech Republic own a car. In my work, I will attempt to find out the main factors leading to this development. I will analyse the increasing living standards of the population. I will deal with the increasing density and quality of the road network in our country. Describing the density of the railway network, or bus connection, I would like to answer the question whether they were able to ensure transport and travelling facilities for inhabitants sufficiently, or whether a car represented a necessary possession in this respect. I will follow the development of our car factories (Škoda plants, Tatra Kopřivnice), concentrating on the sales development on the internal market. At the end of this work, I will sum up the main factors of the motorist development. In my work, I will use published sources and the latest specialized literature.
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Reforma z roku 1968 a její vliv na celé Pražské jaro
Šenková, Jana ; Szobi, Pavel (advisor) ; Fabianková, Klára (referee)
Abstract My bachelor thesis focus on reform process, which bagan in 1963 and which culminated in 1968. This year was completed Action program and started epoch of Prague spring. In the first part, I will describe each step of reform process and at the end I focuse on each item, which is contained in Action program. The second part of my thesis talk about Soviet Union's answer and about transactions between them. My thesis finish of part of military intervention on Czechosloslovakia and its impact on epoch of Prague spring and on inchoate reform process. Conclusion: Was preparation of reforms talked about?
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Social Policy during the First New Deal
Žiačiková, Zuzana ; Tajovský, Ladislav (advisor) ; Szobi, Pavel (referee)
The topic of my bachelor thesis is the New Deal programme and above all the measures employed to reform the social policy in the USA in the thirties of the last century. In the beginning I want to describe the economic and social situation in the USA before the year 1933 and its source -- The Great Depression. Next I will focus on the upcoming of president Franklin Delano Roosevelt, his election programme in the year 1933 and the first hundred days of his reign. Primarilly I am going to describe the measures of the social politicy embedded in the first New Deal in the period 1933-1935, especially projects for employment support. The goal of my bachelor thesis is to desribe and evaluate the eficiency of Roosevelt's social policy and its impact on the USA citizens. I prop myself upon the current literature and issued source-books
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