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Party for Freedom and the Immigration Issue in the Netherlands
Brninská, Anna ; Kubát, Michal (advisor) ; Dimitrov, Michal (referee)
This thesis aims to analyze the current vision of the Party for Freedom (PVV) on immigration and its approach to immigrants, with an emphasis on Immigration plan that the party has in its program as one of the most important topics. The purpose of this work is to determine if the negative attitude of PVV against immigration is not just rhetorical matter, but whether this attitude is even used in active political manifestations. Tested hypothesis in this paper is, that in fact this party is not radical in this area, and it is only rhetorical fallacy to expand its electoral base to obtain seats in parliament. Here, in parliament, PVV wants to pursue its goals especially in the area of economy, not in immigration. The final analysis of all sources defines whether the party PVV promoting his election program on immigration in practice. The main sources in this case are statements and arguments of PVV representatives presented at meetings of the Lower House (Tweede Kamer der Staten - Generaal). This thesis also aims to determine whether the positions of the party on the issue of immigration is crucial to its voters and whether they would vote for this party even if PVV would change its approach to this problem. For this research are used results of previously conducted public opinion surveys and...
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Great power relations and hybrid tactics
de Roode, Simone ; Karásek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Hynek, Nikola (referee)
Technology and innovation offer a unique opportunity for an allied small state to influence the United States. The changing security environment and increased great power competition leads the United States to rely more on its allies, which the latter may use to increase their value to defence cooperation with the U.S. and gain influence on security-oriented decision making. Since, a large part of modern defence strategy is aimed at arriving at innovative, technology-based solutions for complex problems, even system-ineffectual states in alliances may be valuable to the United States and can devise an influencing strategy through an established field of defence research and development paired with other unique selling points they might have. This thesis looks at the Netherlands, a small state with a traditionally strong relationship to the United States, with defence industry potential and proven willingness to contribute to acute defence challenges. The fast evolving, widely carried and technology based field of defence selected is that of Integrated Air and Missile defence (IAMD). Through careful analysis of two regional threats within the great power competition framework and the state of the global missile defence infrastructure that the United States is contributor to, this thesis identifies...
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Everyday Life Experiences and Integration Process: A case of the Turkish Minority in the Netherlands
Celikdemir, Ege ; Uherek, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Jelínková, Marie (referee)
This thesis examines the everyday life experiences of Turkish migrants settled in the Netherlands. It analyzes how the Turkish minority perceives their daily lives in the Netherlands in the manner of the identity construction and integration process. The narratives of the migrants are explored in the following ways; media use, language use, attachment to the country of origin, views on identity construction, and integration. Ethnic media use, second language use, and the level of attachment to Turkey are used as indicators for everyday life experiences while integration and identity construction are investigated dependently. Most importantly, this study argues that integration is a two- way process that takes place differently in multiple spheres. For this reason, it analyzes the concept of integration through the voices of the Turkish migrants in the Netherlands rather than focusing solely on the adopted policies. Keywords: Turkish minority, the Netherlands, everyday experiences, integration, identity
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The Srebrenica massacre as Dutch national trauma: Discourse analysis of selected daily newspapers
Ratajová, Klára ; Žíla, Ondřej (advisor) ; Šístek, František (referee)
Although more than 23 years have passed since the event known as the Srebrenica massacre, it is still a live topic in Dutch society. The Dutch troops who served on a UN peace mission in Srebrenica have been blamed for not being able to prevent the death of such a large number of innocent people. Moreover, the survivors of the killed Bosnian Muslims are still suing the Netherlands over compensations. The aim of the thesis is to find out who was blamed for the Srebrenica massacre by the Dutch society - the soldiers who served the mission, their commanders, the Netherlands, the international community or other sides involved. To reach the aim, discourse analysis was applied on articles published over a period of ten years in two influential Dutch newspapers - De Volkskrant and NRC Handelsblad. The time period from June 2007 to June 2017 was selected for the analysis as a number of key court cases took place during this particular period. The cases had a major influence on the development of the discourse of blame, which is studied in the thesis in detail. Apart from the analytical part, the thesis also includes a contextual part where historical events leading to the Srebrenica massacre are dealt with as well as the role of the Dutch peacekeepers.
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Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: Case Study of Norway and the Netherlands
Sudakovová, Natália ; Smetana, Michal (advisor) ; Ludvík, Jan (referee)
Master thesis analyzes two NATO Member States, the Netherlands and Norway, and their approach to the Treaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) which was signed on 7 July 2017. Both countries decided not to support the TPNW by either voting against it or abstaining from the negotiations. Research aims to explain why some countries refuse to ban nuclear weapons and what factors influenced the positions of the States on the TPNW. For this purpose, a model-based approach with three models (security, domestic and norm model) developed by Scott Sagan is being applied in each case. These models reflect three international relations theories: neo-realism, liberal institutionalism and constructivism. The security model takes into consideration the security environment that a state is in, whether regionally or globally. It considers security threats to be the fundamental cause of nuclear proliferation. The second model focuses on the domestic actors who encourage or discourage governments from pursuing the bomb, public society and domestic institutions. The last model examines the norms which prevail in the society and form state identity of the State. Based on these three different levels of analysis, the thesis explains what factors were critical in formulating the Dutch and Norwegian positions on...
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The Cultural Policy of the Netherlands in the United States of America after 1994
Král, Radek ; Tomalová, Eliška (advisor) ; Matějka, Ondřej (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the development of the Dutch international cultural policy in between Wim Kok's, Jan Peter Balkenende's and Mark Rutte's governments. Through the compiling and descriptive approach there is dealt with milestones and key interventions in the international cultural policy structure in the thesis. The pivotal part of the thesis is dedicated to the application of the above mentioned policy model in the United States of America. Metodologically, the thesis' core part consists of three case studies which provide text with an empirical dimension. Apart from the descriptive frame depiction of the Dutch cultural- diplomatic model, there is also paid attention to the Dutch internal political discourse in thesis in the given period of time. The thesis' content may be perceived as a complement to texts which put down the national interests' accomplishments through the culture to research, as a means of desired target of the collective perception from the host country, i. e. where is the cultural dimension of the foreign policy applied. Key words The Netherlands, USA, international cultural policy, government, discourse, approaches
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Using New Technologies in Healthy Lifestyle Interventions Targeted at Children: The Case of the Netherlands
Háša, Marek ; Zezulková, Markéta (advisor) ; Klimeš, David (referee)
New technologies such as social media or mobile games are often listed among the main contributors to the ever-increasing obesity rates among children. Paradoxically, the same technologies also bring potential to enhance the effectivity of healthy lifestyle interventions targeted at children. This thesis investigated the approach of the creators of such interventions towards the use of new technologies. The author devoted his attention to downstream social marketing interventions realised in the Netherlands because of the country's low youth obesity rates and exceptional position in the latest innovation rankings. The central objective of this instrumental multiple case study research was to reveal the benefits and limitations of the researched practice as perceived by the interventions' creators. Studying available documents and conducting four semi-structured interviews with the creators enabled the author to reconstruct the contexts and strategies of four Dutch healthy lifestyle interventions promoting exercise and healthy sleep and nutrition among children. The results indicated that the creators indeed regarded new technologies as a threat to children's physical and mental well-being; nevertheless, they also accepted them as an inevitable part of today's media environment and aimed to...
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European Tax Havens - Case Study
Dendisová, Zuzana ; Hraba, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Dupáková, Lenka (referee)
Diploma thesis "Tax Havens in Europe- Case Study" analyses offshore business in Europe at the turn of years 2017 and 2018 from legal and economic perspective. The first chapter is an introduction to tax havens. The second chapter clarifies legal regulations of offshore business in Europe. The third chapter applies theoretical knowledge from previous chapters in a case study.
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Comparation of pre-primary, primary education and a child's entry to school in the Czech Republic and the Netherlands
Freudenfeldová, Veronika ; Kropáčková, Jana (advisor) ; Poche Kargerová, Jana (referee)
The thesis deals with comparison of pre-school and primary education and child's entry to school in the Czech Republic and the Netherlands. It is devided into two parts, the theoretical part and the practical part. In the theoretical part is summarized pre-school and primary education from both countries. Through the historical overview we come to nowadays school educational systems, ongoing debates and policy trends planned for the future. The practical part deals with child's transfer from second to third grade in the Netherlands. With a use of the record sheets I follow and evaluate the child's development in the last year of preschool in the Czech Republic and in the second grade of Dutch primary school. The aim of the thesis is on to determine how are children in the Czech Republic and the Netherlands prepaired at the age of 5-6 years for entering the school. The question is whether Dutch children are affected and more prepaired from compulsory school attendance than children in the Czech Republic.
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Investment climate of the Netherlands
Fedoranyč, Maria ; Jiránková, Martina (advisor) ; Straková, Eliška (referee)
The aim of this Bachelor thesis is to analyse the investment climate of the Netherlands from the perspective of foreign investors. It contains information on the history of the country, its population, geographic location, environment and above all, its economic sectors: agriculture, industry and services, and foreign trade. The main objective of this thesis is to select the factors and characteristics of the Netherlands that can influence decisions made by foreign investors when considering the market entry in the Netherlands, to clearly structure them into categories and describe them. This objective is achieved by the application of PEST analysis using information obtained predominantly from Dutch and European sources. The related objective is to create a coherent image of the country, a description of its basic characteristics and history and its attractiveness for the reader who has no deeper knowledge of international trade, investment or of the Netherlands itself.
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