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Sources of Conflicts Between African-Americans and Koreans living in the USA in the 1980s and 1990s
Fejerová, Eva ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Kozák, Kryštof (referee)
This bachelor's thesis aims to examine the causes behind conflicts between two American ethnic minority groups - African Americans and Korean Americans. Problems between the members of these two groups were observed in all America's large cities in the 1980s and 1990s. The thesis begins with a short overview of the characteristics of the conflicts between the two groups. Subsequently, the media constructions and explanations of the conflicts are presented and discussed. The analytical part seeks to examine various approaches to explaining the tensions between African Americans and Koreans. It begins with examination of the common daily experiences of the two groups in Korean American stores in African American neighbourhoods that unveils the basic aspects of problematic co-existence between them. Next, the thesis examines the psychological process of negative stereotyping, the Middlemen minority theory (a socio-structural and economic theory), and the ideological, political and entrepreneurial motivations of the leaders of the anti-Korean protests to explain the likely causes of the tensions between Koreans and African Americans. The thesis concludes that the tensions between the groups were primarily caused by negative stereotypes of the other ethnicity, economic tensions between the different status...
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John Adams and Thomas Jefferson: Two Perceptions of the Character of the USA
Jáč, Marek ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Raková, Svatava (referee)
Abstract Bachelor thesis "John Adams a Thomas Jefferson: Two Perceptions of the Character of the USA" deals with two American presidents who stood by the foundation of United States of the America. In terms of time and topic definition, the thesis is devoted to the Founding Era of the USA. The goal of this work was to compare political persons of the second and the third American president. Working method was base on the comparison both persons according to the three criteria - political thoughts on the form and the character of the government, political performance during their presidency and the personal characteristics of both presidents. In the thesis are used as the primary sources so the secondary ones. This bachelor thesis is divided into four parts. Firs chapter deals with the political biographies of both statesmen and their relationship as well. Second and third chapter analyze the Adams' and Jefferson's texts in which they expressed their political ideas about the character of the government in early USA. Last part of the work is devoted to the comparison of their political conceptions and also to the comparison of their political acts during their presidency. The conclusion of the work is that we can find a shift of the John Adams' conception from the beginning of the American Revolution,...
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Ronald Reagan and the Rise of the New Christian Right
Bärtl, Štěpán ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Anděl, Petr (referee)
The bachelor's thesis "Ronald Reagan and the Rise of the New Christian Right" deals with the role of religion in American politics during Ronald Reagan's presidency in the 1980s. The emergence of the religious right movement is explained as a response to the social and cultural upheavals of the 1960s and the 1970s and as part of the so-called Culture War. The New Christian Right used political lobbying in an attempt to promote conservative values in various social issues. By analyzing primary sources and secondary literature, the author seeks to explain to what extent the movement was successful in implementing their program into actual policy. Furthermore, the thesis attempts to answer the question, whether Ronald Reagan was a president of the Christian Right. The thesis is divided into two sections. The first part deals with the main issues in American society after the Second World War and explains the reasons that led conservative Christians to become politically active. It goes on to explain the ideology behind the New Christian Right movement, the ways in which it tried to achieve its goals, and its most prominent organizations and members. The second part of the thesis deals with the 40th president and his relationship with the New Christian Right. Based on an analysis of Reagan's approach...
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Presidential Election in the US: Barack Obama's Campaign
Hronová, Lada ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Calda, Miloš (referee)
Barack Obama's theme of candidature for President of United States of America, campaigning and then succesfuly won presidential election have became milestone in american history, when the afroamerican president has been elected for the first time. When candidate in primaries with Democratic Party or in final fase of presidental election against his republican competitor John McCain Barack Obama became well admired by american and also world public. Unmistakably important role had common unpopularity of previous president George W. Bush. Obama was also well known and treasured for his novel opinions on events in USA and in the world, as called problem regions (Afghanistan, Irac, etc.). But main assumption for his election became the way of leading and financing of his campaign. Organisation team introduced new ideas into system like internet campaign in a first place but mainly decisive was the way of gaining finance fonds. In my work I would like to analyse Barack Obama's campaign and reasons why he was elected to be the president. During this campaign rose logical race question considering Obama's etnic and race origin. I would like to concentrate on how important role in the campaign played color of his skin and if this fact was advantage or disadvantage considering historicaly deeprooted...
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The Comparison between Health Care Reform of W. Clinton and Health Care Reform of B. Obama
Čermáková, Zuzana ; Kozák, Kryštof (advisor) ; Sehnálková, Jana (referee)
Bachelor thesis The Comparison between Health Care Reform of W. Clinton and Health Care Reform of B. Obama deals with the health care system of the United States of America. The aim is to explore the mechanisms for securing affordable health coverage of the reform proposals of the last two Democratic presidents of the USA, The National Health Security Act and The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Despite a lapse of more than fifteen years the goals of proposals were the same. Both presidents called for reducing the federal deficit and the number of uninsured Americans. Analysis of the bills shows there are many similarities in the mechanisms for ensuring health insurance. Even if President Obama adopted a more conservative approach than President Clinton, both reform proposals were based on the system of managed competition and on the state intervention.
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Applying the Reagan doctrine in Afghanistan During the Soviet Occupation
Šimčíková, Klára ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Litera, Bohuslav (referee)
The Soviet invasion of Afghanistan in December 1979 ended the period of détente between the USSR and the US. In this new phase of escalation of the Cold War, Ronald Reagan's administration applied a new foreign policy strategy in the Third World. This new strategy, known as the Reagan Doctrine, included increased assistance to anticommunist insurgencies against client regimes of the USSR. This thesis examines the application of the Reagan Doctrine in Afghanistan. Using this country as a case in point, it attempts to find out to what extent the Reagan Doctrine was a coherent strategy or whether there were any inconsistencies in its application. Also, it seeks to find out how successful the Reagan Doctrine was in Afghanistan with regards to forcing the Soviet troops to withdraw. It also shows the long-term consequences for the USSR, the United States and Afghanistan itself.
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Beijing as a responsible stakeholder: the role of the PRC in the international system of the 21st century according to the USA
Hornát, Jan ; Bečka, Jan (advisor) ; Sehnálková, Jana (referee)
In a speech in 2005 Robert Zoellick called on China to become a "responsible stakeholder" in the international system. This notion soon became an official American concept widely used in US-China relations. Washington urges Beijing to become a responsible country, which sustains and enhances the international system. Zoellick's concept encourages the engagement of China and bilateral cooperation between China and the US/Western world. Beijing accepts the concept as an important part of US-China relations; on the other hand Chinese leaders seem hesitant and cautious regarding certain aspects of Zoellick's idea of "responsible stakeholder". This paper will first define the American concept and compare it with Chinese political concepts; in the second part, it will concentrate on the various examples of the practical application of the concept. A case-study dealing with China's role in the Six Party Talks (where the US considers China to be a "responsible stakeholder") will demonstrate the duplicity of Chinese behavior and show that China in most cases prefers to follow its own "vital" interests rather than acting as a "responsible stakeholder".
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