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Substate nationalism in the EU. Scotland and the Basque Country.
Horanská, Katarína ; Kasáková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Urban, Traian (referee)
Diploma thesis "Substate nationalism in the EU. Scotland and the Basque Country" deals with Scottish and Basque substate nationalism and their secessionist objectives. Five for nationalism crucial areas have been chosen, analysed for each of the two nationalisms, and compared. These areas are historical background, language, will to form a nation, economy and political base of nationalism. Scottish and Basque nationalisms are very different in their essence, the first being civic, pacifist and inclusive, while the second is based on ethnic premises in a polarized society strained by violence. However, both nationalisms have strong desire to gain independence and also various similarities in some of the factors can be found. The second part of the thesis deals with decentralization and europeization of the two nation states of Spain and the UK in respect to their nationalists. Could the new European and domestic opportunity structures satisfy the Basque and the Scottish nationalists, or will these changes work as an additional incentive for their independence struggles?
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Reform of the Autonomous Statute of Catalonia and its relation to the Reform of Spanish Constitution and territorial organization
Fillnerová, Jitka ; Perottino, Michel (advisor) ; Urban, Traian (referee)
The diploma thesis Reform of the Autonomous Statute of Catalonia and its relation to the Reform of Spanish Constitution and territorial organization deals with the issue of Catalan autonomy and in particular with the recent reform of the Statute of Autonomy of Catalonia in 2006. It is a complete reform, which provoked a controversy leading even before the Constitutional Court and divided the political actors both on the Catalan and on the Spanish level. The extension of autonomy in the areas of competencies, financing, doctrinal aspects relating to the recognition of Catalan as an official language and especially to the denomination of Catalonia as a nation, has caused a growing divergence between autonomous communities and could lead to the aspirations of other to acquire the same status or privileges as Catalonia. The Spanish Constitution does not provide any specific definition of territorial organization, which gives the autonomous communities the possibility to specify the scope and extent of their autonomy. The debate concerning the Constitutional reform, which could make the system more clear and effective, started as a reaction to the statute reform in Catalonia. In the current political context, the reform of the Constitution seems to be unreal as the two main political parties - PP and PSOE - are...
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Spain on the Way to Equal Opportunities of Women and Men
Doubravová, Běla ; Rovná, Lenka (advisor) ; Urban, Traian (referee)
Diploma thesis "Spain on the Way to Equal Opportunities of Women and Men" analysis the changes of Spanish society from the point of view of elimination of the "traditional" women's and men's roles in the past 30 years. Spanish Kingdom is known as a country full of machos and oppressed housewives. But today's situation is totally different. Spain is among the states with better than average women's participation in politics and civil service. Spanish homosexuals can get married with the same rights as people of the opposite sex. Not only parit y, but also fight against gender violence and equality in all of the spheres of life has been the priority of ruling party PSOE for the last 5 years. Although the change had started before the arrival of current Prime Minister Zapatero in 2004, mainly thanks to him Spain can be compared to Nordic countries - examples of equalit y. Enforced catholic moral, gender-separated schooling and persecution of homosexuals were replaced with equal opportunit y, reconciliation of work and family and elimination of gender-based violence laws. How did Spain become a country where today gender equality is the government priorit y, after 40 years of regime supporting the strict division of gender roles, family model of man being a householder and women taking care of many children...
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Vztah Evropské unie a Mercosuru v globálním kontextu
Dudová, Zuzana ; Urban, Luděk (advisor) ; Urban, Traian (referee)
The European Union entered into close contact with Mercosur shortly after Mercosur's founding in 1991. Since then, the two blocs have established economic and political relations and they are now on the path towards concluding a considerably ambitious Association agreement, the first one of its kind ever concluded by two groupings of integrated countries. However, the negotiation process has continued for the last decade without leading to any result. The main aim of this thesis is to analyze the relation which the European Union currently has with Mercosur, examining whether its potential has been utilized sufficiently. Background framework is formed by the theory of (new) regionalism. Then, besides providing an insight into the various spheres of cooperation between the blocs, the thesis places the EU-Mercosur relation into a wider context of the global trade network and evaluates the effect brought by such interaction. Within the evaluation, the role of each of the two regional blocs is assessed and suggestions are made regarding the prospects of future EU-Mercosur cooperation. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Aznar's foreign policy
Votruba, Michal ; Urban, Traian (advisor) ; Perottino, Michel (referee)
The target of this work is an analysis of the diplomatic attitude of Aznar's governments (1996 - 2000 and 2000 - 2004) towards the traditional regions of spanish diplomacy - Europe, United States of America, Mediterranean and also the states of north Africa and Latin America. The goal of this work is not to provide compact overview of interrelationships and politics towards these regions but to track down the basic principles of a style and priorities of Aznar's diplomacy. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Mercosur Seen from the EU Perspective: A Valued Partner or a Missed Opportunity?
Dudová, Zuzana ; Urban, Luděk (advisor) ; Urban, Traian (referee)
The European Union entered into close contact with Mercosur shortly after Mercosur's founding in 1991. Since then, the two blocs have established economic and political relations and they are now on the path towards concluding a considerably ambitious Association agreement, the first one of its kind ever concluded by two groupings of integrated countries. However, the negotiation process has continued for the last decade without leading to any result. The main aim of this thesis is to analyze the relation which the European Union currently has with Mercosur, examining whether its potential has been utilized sufficiently. Background framework is formed by the theory of (new) regionalism. Then, besides providing an insight into the various spheres of cooperation between the blocs, the thesis places the EU-Mercosur relation into a wider context of the global trade network and evaluates the effect brought by such interaction. Within the evaluation, the role of each of the two regional blocs is assessed and suggestions are made regarding the prospects of future EU-Mercosur cooperation. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Globalizace peruánských netradičních zemědělských produktů: Obchod s Evropskou unií
Montoya Caceres, Lorena ; Daza Aramayo, Lourdes Gabriela (advisor) ; Urban, Traian (referee)
Considering that all negotiation to sign a bilateral agreement with the European Union finished this year, this thesis project propose an strategy that will permit the growth of the exportation of non-traditional agricultural products from Peru to the European market. The strategy to define this proposal will be based on the analysis of the characteristics of both markets, their level of development and their export volumes in the last ten years. In addition there will be an analysis on their financial and investment methods with the purpose of promote an increment on the Peruvian exports.
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Obchodní a politické vztahy mezi Českou republikou a zeměmi Latinské Ameriky
Rýcová, Zuzana ; Urban, Traian (advisor) ; Kadeřábková, Jaroslava (referee)
Main objective of the thesis is to evaluate trade and political relations between the Czech Republic and selected countries in Latin America (selected countries will be those with strongest ties to the Czech Republic). Hypothesis: Trade and political relations between Czech Republic and Latin American Countries are well developing in the course of the time. Latin-American region provides a great potential for future cooperation. Emphasis will be targeted on the assessment of business conditions (including bilateral agreements on mutual trade), further on the most important export commodities and investment opportunities. At the same time, the work will attempt to estimate the level of potential of Latin American territory and further direction of mutual relationships. The research will contain a questionnaire for Czech entrepreneurs operating in Latin America and a thorough analysis of mutual trade will be given. Unfortunately, this subject is not documented with a large number of printed books, therefore, the key source of information will be databases and statistical information published by state institutions (Chamber of Deputies, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Industry and Trade, etc.). Bibliography: [1] AGUIAR DE MEDEIROS, C. (2011): The Political Economy of Institutional Change and Economic Development in Latin American Economies. Journal of Economic Issues, Vol. XLV, No. 2 (June 2011), DOI: 10.2753/JEI0021-3624450205, pg. 289 - 299 [2] Chairman of the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic: Report on Relationships between the Czech Republic and Latin American Countries and the Role of the Chamber of Deputies in this Process (2010). [3] CHRISTIAN, S. (1997): Latin American Trade Relations. Journal of Interamerican Studies and World Affairs, Vol. 39, No. 1, Special Issue: US-Latin American Relations (Spring, 1997), pp. 71 - 83 [4] GÓMEZ-MERA, L. -- BARRETT, B. (2012): The Political Economic of Preferential Trade Agreements: Latin America and Beyond. DOI: 10.1111/j.1548-2456.2012.00147.x. Available at: http://miami.academia.edu/LauraGomezmera/Papers/35945 /The_Political_Economy_of_Preferential_Trade_Agreements_Latin_America_and_Beyond [5] GRINBERG, N. (2010): Where Is Latin American Going? FTAA or "Twenty-first-Century Socialism"?. Latin American Perspective 2010. DOI: 10.1177/0094582X09351713, pg. 185 - 202 [6] SHADLEN, K.C. (2006): Latin American Trade and Development in the New International Economy. Latin American Research Review, Vol. 41, No.3 (2006), pg. 210 - 267
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Creating Sabores s. r. o. 's Marketing Plan and Marketing Strategy
Šnejdarová, Jaroslava ; Postler, Milan (advisor) ; Urban, Traian (referee)
The goal of this diploma thesis is to create and improve a marketing strategy of a company Sabores s. r. o. according to the current strategy analysis. To create the marketing plan for 2012 can't be set without a proper definition of the company strategy and goals. More analysys are needed to be able to decide which strategy is the best. First of all PEST and SWOT analysis have to be conveyed to be able to define the strategy. Recommendations are proposed for each part of the marketing mix separately.
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