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The evolution of Slovenian communist leaders' attitudes towards Yugoslavia and socialism from 1986 to 1988
Janíčko, Michal ; Vojtěchovský, Ondřej (advisor) ; Sommer, Vítězslav (referee) ; Klabjan, Borut (referee)
The dissertation focuses on the development of the attitudes of the political elite in socialist Slovenia towards key issues of the state framework and the political and economic system in 1986-1988. Using archival sources, the weakening of the Yugoslav orientation and beliefs about the prospects of the socialist self-government system are examined. The Slovenian political elite in the period under study was characterized by a high sensitivity to public opinion in their republic, in which nationalism and criticism of the communist government had been growing since the early 1980s. Some of the assumptions of the existence of the common state began to be abandoned by Slovenian leaders in the summer of 1987, while a year later they begun to move directly away from the federal arrangement of Yugoslavia towards a confederation. On the subject of the economic system, a turning point in the thinking of the Slovenian and overall Yugoslav communist elites occurred in the spring of 1988 under the pressure of the prolonged economic crisis. The dismantling of the pillars of self-management socialism began then. The Slovenian communist leaders, led by Milan Kučan, coped well with this loss, also thanks to the success of nationalism, which in their ranks in the late 1980s grew rapidly, as it did in the general public.
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Sensitivity analysis for the Markowitz model of portfolio
Sommer, Tadeáš ; Borovička, Adam (advisor) ; Pieter, Michal (referee)
The thesis mainly deals with sensitivity analysis of risk and return of portfolio in dependence on outer parameters during generating a stock portfolio. The theoretical section consist of description of risk in context of shares, the definition of characteristics of shares and portfolio, and the assumptions for modern theory of portfolio. Also the specifications of mathematical model, the model of quadratic programming and modified model are parts of this section. The modified model adds condition for maximal weight of shares. The practical section begins with statistical description of data, while the data consist of shares which are included in FTSEurofirst 100 index. Sensitivity analysis is made for two approches where we allow or disallow the short-selling. Consecutive part propose final portfolios for three types of investors.
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From the Stakhanovite-Movement toward a Free Saturday. The Idea of Labor in Socialist Czechoslovakia of the 1960s
Keller, Filip ; Pullmann, Michal (advisor) ; Sommer, Vítězslav (referee)
This paper outlines the concept of labour in socialist Czechoslovakia of the 1960s. It examines on discourses of social and economic reforms and that of the post-Stalin era. The focus lays on main social, economic and ideological categories on which those projects based, on extent of their construction as well as on shifting the emphasis between their particular elements. The paper concerns above all conceivable relation of the newly shaped discourse to effort to reconstitute social differentiation and to overcome the social leveling of the previous Stalin era. An attempt will be made to connect Honnet's theory of recognition with G. Cohen's concept of egalitarian justice. From that perspective, the paper will examine historical tranformations of conceptions of justice, division of labour, a social ethos of different social groups (particullary the educated intelligentsia), legitimacy of given forms of redistribution etc.
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The making of "democratic socialism". Party historiography of 50's and 60's between Stalinism and reform communism
Sommer, Vítězslav ; Beneš, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Kopeček, Michal (referee) ; Jiroušek, Bohumil (referee)
Dissertation: The Making of "Democratic Socialism". Party Historiography of 50's and 60's Between Stalinism and Reform Communism The aim of this dissertation is to analyze the development of the Party historiography in the 50's and 60's. The story of Party historiography starts in the early 50's when it was created as a brand new revolutionary historiography deep rooted in the structure of the Communist party. This new historiographical project had to deal with the history of Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and labour movement. The Party historiography had reflected the changes in the actual policy of Czechoslovak communism. It is possible to distinguish the stalinist, the post-stalinist and the reform communist period of the Party historiography development. In the first half of the 50's Party historiography was a part of Party propaganda. After 1956 Party historians developed the scientific paradigm of Party historiography which contained also obligatory post-stalinist interpretation framework for writing about the Communist party past. In the 60's this historiographical paradigm broke down under the strong criticism, which was led from the reform communist positions. So called Reform historiography of the 60's developed a new historiographical narrative. It was based upon belief in the...
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