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The elite of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia on the pages of Rudé právo in 50s´ of 20th century .
STEHLÍK, Petr
This diploma thesis deals with a detailed analysis of the daily Rudé právo in 1951 - 1960. It is focused in detail on leading representatives of the Communist Party and their impact on the situation in the former Czechoslovakia in ´50s, as well as on significant events in this period. The work will consist in comparing the real facts and distorted facts about personalities and events of that time as they were presented by Rudé právo as the propaganda newspaper of the Communist Party. The main aim of the thesis is to make a reader aware of the impartiality of Rudé právo which played a dominant role in the former media scene and greatly influenced the general public who did not have the opportunity to compare information with other news. It is important as well to the reader understand how powerful the media had already been that time, when Rudé právo was able to significantly support a cult of personality mainly around Klement Gottwald and J. V. Stalin, when a reader had no opportunity to gain any information than what the governance of communist Czechoslovakia wanted to. Besides the already mentioned cults of personalities the work will deal with propaganda of communism, the Soviet Union and the anti-Americanism which was propagated mainly between 1950 - 1953 in almost every issue of the newspaper. After reading this thesis, the reader should understand the content of Rudé právo and its importance. He should realize that the main aim was to arouse belief of the citizens of Czechoslovakia that "Western world", especially the United States, is an enemy that wants to control the whole world and that its leaders are the aggressors and the enemies of peace. The Soviet Union and its leaders should then be the protection against so-called warmongers from the USA. Due to then lack of information it was very difficult for an average working Czechoslovak reader to know that the reality was quite the opposite.
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World's leading economic powers and their energy dependence
Vomáčková, Anna ; Vošta, Milan (advisor) ; Machytka, Daniel (referee)
The main subject of this paper is the disparity between the regions of production and consumption of energy in the world resulting in energy dependence. In the first chapter, the author characterises existing energy resources and their allocation in the world, then defines the notion of energy dependence itself. In the following four chapters, the focus is made on the four world's leading economic powers -- European Union, United States, Japan and China. These chapters analyse the main features of energy production and consumption as well as the major oil, natural gas and coal trade flows to the treated economies. Using the data, the paper draws the rate of energy dependence or vulnerability of these economies.
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Development of the Nominal Exchange of the Dollar and its Consequences
Černík, Petr ; Dvořák, Pavel (advisor) ; Votava, Libor (referee)
Development and description of the nominal exchange rate of the dollar since 1945. Specification of determinants, which affected dollar exchange rate in the period. Consequences for United states economy and stability of the world fiscal system. Relation between dollar exchange rate and price of gold, relation between dollar exchange rate and price of crude oil. Relation betweén dollar exchange rate and significant financial crisis. Deskripce vývoje nominálního kursu dolaru v období od r. 1945 do současnosti. Určení faktorů, které tento vývoj ovlivňovaly. Důsledky pro ekonomiku USA a stabilitu světového finančního systému. Souvislost vývoje kursu dolaru se změnami cen zlata a ropy. Souvislost s významnějšími finančními krizemi.
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The economic policy of recent U.S. presidents and their impact on transatlantic relations
Szotkowski, Marek ; Němcová, Ingeborg (advisor) ; Neumann, Pavel (referee)
The thesis focuses on changes in economic policy in the United States and on their external economic relations, with emphasis on transatlantic relations in the end of 20th and early 21st century. Against the backdrop of the most important domestic policy and foreign affairs in last two decades, it monitors and compares the economic and political realities of U.S. society while trying to capture significant changes in U.S. economic policy. It does so not only with basic macroeconomic indicators, fiscal and monetary policies, but also in conjunction with the traditionally problematic systems of social and health care. Internal developments are then put into the context of changes in the external relations of the United States with an emphasis on the economic side. On this count, the thesis focuses on transatlantic relations and the emerging strategic partnership between the U.S. and China. Hand, it does not leave even the processes of globalization, the economic crisis of 2007 - 2009, or the position of the U.S. dollar in the global economy.
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Impacts of global financial crisis on the economies of USA, EU and Japan
Slosarčíková, Jana ; Stuchlíková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Antal, Jarolím (referee)
United States, European Union and Japan are the most important centers of the world economy. Each of them took a different path of economic development, each has different strengths and weaknesses and faces a number of specific problems. These problems are multiplied especially in times of an economic crisis and subsequent recession. This work, divided into four chapters, aims to theoretically and practically analyze the main causes and stages of the financial crisis, with emphasis on its development in three major economies. The first chapter, which deals with the theory of financial crises, is followed by the second one, where theoretical knowledge is applied to the development and course of the global financial crisis and provides an overview of specific short-term measures that the economies had to take in order to fight it. The third chapter analyzes the impact of the crisis on the basic macroeconomic indicators of the analyzed centers and the fourth one summarizes lessons that the economist and state representatives should learn from this experience.
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Approaches of energy policy implementations between the European Union and the United States
Willi, Tomáš ; Bič, Josef (advisor) ; Sudliankou, Aliaksandr (referee)
The aim of my bachelor thesis is to compare approaches of energy policy implementations between the European Union and the United States. The thesis is divided into four chapters. The first chapter deals with the energy balance of both centers, with focus on the most significant factors influencing the energy policy making: composition, availability and supply of energy sources. In second and third part the analysis of energy and environmental policies of the United States and the European Union is given. The main objective of these two chapters is to examine the energy-policy priorities, energy legislation, the division of powers between the centre and states, as well as energy-policy instruments. In the last chapter approaches to the implementation of energy policies of both centers are compared. Here the focus is put on four main areas arising from the previous three chapters: primary energy sources and energetic mix, the degree of centralization, instruments of energy policy and promotion of the renewable energy sources.
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U.S.-P.R.C. Relations after 11th September, 2001 and the War on Terror
Sitter, Tomáš ; Krátký, Karel (advisor) ; Knotková, Vladimíra (referee)
In the first chapter the author deals with 11th September, 2001 itself and its consequences (primarily) on American foreign policy. The second chapter analyses factors that influenced the decision-making of the Chinese leadership concerning the cooperation with the United States. The third chapter uses examples to show the extent of the assistance rendered by China to the United States and in some instances deals with the American attitude thereto.
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Taiwan as a factor in the relations of People´s Republic of China and Unites States
Novotná, Jana ; Knotková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Havlová, Radka (referee)
Already for several decades, the relations among the People's Republic of China, the United States of America and Taiwan are in a situation, which is hard to solve. The Taiwan Strait symbolizes a place, where whenever can break out a conflict between the United States and China. Chinese effort to take over Taiwan seems as the most assumed reason of the war, and in this case the USA would support Taiwan by force. The main aim of my work is an analysis of how important role plays the Taiwan question in relationships between China and the United States and how these relations are influenced by this problem. The Bachelor thesis is divided into four parts. The first chapter analyses economic relations between China and the United States. Next three are focused on political and strategic relations between the USA and China. The first two of these deals with the American and Chinese foreign policy. The last chapter analyses the problems of armed forces. The conclusion is focused on a summary of observed facts.
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Freight rail transport in the USA
Bódi, Andrej ; Zelený, Lubomír (advisor) ; Brozman, Dušan (referee)
In this bachelor thesis, I am going to characterize the evolution of rail transport in the USA since the very beginning in the 19th century until nowadays. In particular, I want to write about current trends in freight rail transport, infrastructure, situation on the American market, safety and also about the relationship with environment. In the second party, I am going to analyze two major companies on the market -- Union Pacific and Norfolk Southern. To be more precise, I would like to review their history, portfolio of the commodities they transport, locomotive and car rosters and economic situation. In the final conclusion, I sum up the current situation in the USA, concerning the most significant and typical characteristics of the rail freight transport and the differences between the USA and the Europe.
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