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The Concept of Jewishness in Howard Jacobson's The Finkler Question
Votýpková, Barbora ; Chalupský, Petr (advisor) ; Ženíšek, Jakub (referee)
This thesis focuses on the contemporary Anglo-Jewish Literature and its recent revival. Its main aim is to explain the concept of Jewishness as it is described by Howard Jacobson in his novel The Finkler Question. It consists of two parts, theoretical and practical. The first part provides background information on the history of the Jewish minority in Britain and its current position within the British society, it also describes the two basic Jewish literary types which occurs in the works of non-Jewish authors and compares Jewish literatures in Britain and America. The second part analyses the text itself. It focuses on the perspective which the author uses to show his view on the question of Jewish identity, compares the point of view of the Jewish and the non-Jewish characters. It also describes how Jacobson works with stereotypes, what role Judaism plays in the novel and what anti-Semitic issues are mentioned in the book.
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Integration programmes for immigrant children in the Czech Republic and Great Britain
Tůmová, Lenka ; Ženíšek, Jakub (advisor) ; Farrell, Mark Robert (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with immigration integration politics and programmes of the Czech Republic and the Great Britain, with the main focus on the integration of immigrant children into the society and education system. The work is divided into two parts: each one gives information about Czech and British immigration history and development, integration policies, and the main issues that each of the country is dealing with. All the information and data used in the text come from the latest research and from updated source documents.
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Civic Integration of Immigrants in France between 2002-2012
Simbartlová, Anna ; Tomalová, Eliška (advisor) ; Bauer, Paul (referee)
The Master thesis "Civic Integration of Immigrants in France between 2002-2012" deals with a new integration model of civic integration which the European immigration countries have begun to enforce since the turn of the millennium. An interesting feature of this model is that it is employed by countries whose approch to the integration of immigrants significantly differed till the end of the 20th century. The goal of the thesis is to discover what character shows the civic integration as a new integration model of immigrants in Europe in the integration policies applied in France between 2002-2012. The main hypothesis is based on the theory of the return of assimilation. Its author R. Brubaker claims that in the current integration policies of (not only) European states, the assimilationist tendencies return - however, not in the original concept of assimilation, but in a new transformed concept in between assimilation and multiculturalism. The thesis applies this theory conclusion to the contemporary civic integration policies, so the research verifies its assimilationist character. According to the method specially compiled for this research, the results prove that the integration measures accepted in France between 2002-2012 show a development from a moderate to considerable assimilationist...
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Language of Romania Czech Reemigrants - the Current State
Tůmová, Markéta ; Janovec, Ladislav (advisor) ; Hájková, Eva (referee)
The process of re-emigration of Czech countrymen from the roma Banat to their homeland, which happened in several historical waves and is continuing till the present, has to adapt to new conditions. Social, cultural and language barriers are among the many problems these countrymen face when adapting to their new environment. This work looks at the adaptation from a language perspective. We will compare previous researches by S. Utěšen and K. Haider and define specific effects of Banat Czech and the trend of its development. The recency of this research will be verified in interviews with re-emigrants. By conducting recordings of the interviews we found out that phonetical effects differ from the Czech codification. We further judge the influence of the Banat language environment and the process of equalizing the differences of contemporary and Banat Czech.
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Comparison of immigrant integration policies in Australia and New Zealand
Svetlíková, Monika ; Šánová, Lucie (advisor) ; Bernard Thompson Mikes, Antonin (referee)
The Master's thesis Comparison of immigrant integration policies in Australia and New Zealand aims to analyse and compare institutional framework and official state policies of Australia and New Zealand towards immigrants with focus on the post 1945 period. Second, it offers a comparison of the objectives of these policies versus the outcomes/practices. Last but not least, it looks at the policies of both Pacific countries in the context of the 'clash of multiculturalism' debates. It is divided into three major parts. The first one serves as an introduction of the topics and consists also of the clarification of the theoretical concepts utilized as well as it offer the explanation of the methodology. Second part includes the case studies of immigration Australia and New Zealand, respectively. The third and last part provides the comparison of both cases and additional findings and notes related to the topic. Keywords Immigration policies, integration policies, assimilation, multiculturalism, indigenous population, Australia, New Zealand
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Immigration and City: Integration Policies in Berlin and Vienna 1971-2011
Dimitrov, Michal ; Pešek, Jiří (advisor) ; Klípa, Ondřej (referee) ; Zimmermann, Volker (referee)
The doctoral thesis compares and interprets the development of local integration policies of (West) Berlin and Vienna in 1971-2011 on the background of the transformation of Germany and Austria from ethnically homogenous to multicultural countries. Both metropolises first balanced between refusing the permanent integration of immigrants ("temporary integration") and selection of foreigners suitable for integration, later searched for a balance between the traditional concept of assimilation and the more modern multicultural approach; in the last decade they favoured the diversity policy, in more or less close connection to the concept of interculturalism. Although both cities represent essentially similar cases, this development was not straightforward and simultaneous, especially in the first phase before the migration crisis at the turn of the 1980s and 1990s. The research study focuses mainly on two questions: why the development of local integration policy in West Berlin started significantly earlier than in Vienna and why both cities started to support diversity policy at the beginning of the new century. The comparative framework derived from the "contrast of contexts" method interprets the development of local integration policies in the context of the national and transnational political...
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The Image of Eastern Jew in 20th Century Czech Jewish Journals (till 1938)
Fottová, Magdalena ; Holý, Jiří (advisor) ; Šedinová, Jiřina (referee)
This thesis focuses on the image of an Eastern Jew in Czech-Jewish and Zionist journals from 1910 to 1925 and its position in the identity of these groups. The analysis is based on fictional texts (both translations and originally Czech ones) with Eastern Jewish characters, which (considering their placement in official journals of the Czech-Jewish and Zionist institutions) presented a fictional world acceptable for the movement's ideology and co-created the image of Eastern Jew in their followers' collective memory. A description of the most frequent features of Eastern Jewish characters is supplemented by historical context and the journals' non-literary articles. Key words Eastern Jew, 1st World War, Jewish identity, assimilation, Zionism, Jewish journals, stereotypes, characters.
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The Imigrants and their Adaptation in the Czech Republic after 1989
Matulová, Monika ; Pargač, Jan (advisor) ; Tomandl, Miloš (referee)
and key words Content of this bachelor thesis is based on a written professional case study of an immigrant group, concentrated on expatriates in the Czech Republic after the year 1989. It is an elaboration of data and detailed analysis of immigrants called expatriates, in other words immigrants in our country. Work is conceived on read literature, fieldwork and with the support of lectures at the Institute of Ethnology at the Faculty of Arts of Charlese University in Prague. The project deals mainly with issues of migration, immigration and its development from the year 1989 till today's date. Therefore it is retrospective view on a given subject and reflects the situation in our country. Offers theoretical framework, definitions and explanations of significant aspects in the area of international migration to the Czech Republic and its development.
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U.S. Immigration Policy
Richterová, Tereza ; Kotábová, Věra (advisor) ; Levrincová, Petra (referee)
Diploma thesis characterizes developments and fundamental principles of U. S. Immigration Policy. The era since 1965, when the legislation was liberalized, to current times is specially emphasized. Since the adoption of this law the structure of new immigrants to the USA had changed from mainly European newcomers to immigrants originating from Asia and Latin America. The thesis also analyses the distinction of Mexican immigration to the USA and outlines possible immigration reform proposals.
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