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White
Rosinová, Liana
The identity of modern architecture seems inseparable from the whiteness of its surfaces. But why white? Why do we surround ourselves with white walls? The doctoral thesis deals with the phenomenon of white as a framework for portraying the social and cultural development of whiteness throughout history. It outlines a new critical interpretation of the privileging of the colour white in architecture, which distorts the image of white as the peak of purity, morality, evolution, sublime, silence, etc. The main body of the text is devoted to the ideas and performances of selected historical facts and figures like asceticism of J. J. Winckelmann, Le Corbusier´s Law of Ripolin, elimination of ornament of A. Loos, white supremacy of A. Ozenfant, or B. Mussolini´s bleached Rome that address the issue of white. The task continues on the academic research which examines the social construction of the „white race“ as possessing a privileged social status in reference to race, gender, sexual orientation, class, and to a fact, that modern architecture was never simply white. Overleaf, white is somewhere between. It is connected to birth and death at the same time. White looks like the deadlock after erasing of all degenerated, and sometimes as a stimulus for imagination and more sensitive perception. In such a dichotomy of white we have created a presumption of looking at the white from assertoric or aletheic gaze. It means the narrow, intolerant, and dogmatic attitude on the one hand, and contextual, incorporated, and democratic on the other hand. The text also takes some viewpoints on the topic of whiteness to gauge the current understanding of white. The aim is to explore cultural-historical-social preference of white, and depending on the results of research to formulate the meaning of white.
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The impact of family policy on labour market efficiency
Schneider, Jan ; Filipová, Alena (advisor) ; Marksová, Michaela (referee)
The thesis called "The impact of family policy on labour market efficiency" deals with the relation between family policy and the labour market, specifically with the economic gender inequality and the impact of parenthood on the economic status of families. While analyzing this relation it describes the historical development and the current situation of the labour market in the Czech Republic, with specific attention dedicated to the position of women and the possibilities of harmonizing work and motherhood. The situation in the Czech Republic is not only compared to the Visegrad countries and Germany, but general trends in other EU and OECD countries as well. The thesis clarifies the development of family policy in the Czech Republic and describes the current family-specific policy measures. It looks closely at the area of childcare services, which has strong impact on the position of parents, specifically mothers, in the labour market. In the last part of the thesis, the author evaluates the currently proposed and discussed family policy changes based on the acquired information, and analyses them as far as their impact and relation to the labour market are concerned. The author then provides additional suggestions stemming from both the acquired information and his own experience.
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Equality between Women and Men on the Labour Market of the European Union
Baracová, Michaela ; Legnerová, Kateřina (advisor) ; Palíšková, Marcela (referee)
The bachelor's thesis deals with the topic of achieving the equality between women and men in the labour market of the European Union and the related European Union's policies. The main aim of the work is to describe and evaluate developments in various areas of this subject, which are the economic independence of women, the (un)equal pay and representation of women in decision making. The research is based on selected indicators and available statistical data. The secondary objective is to introduce the Strategy for equality between women and men, which the European Commission issued for the period 2010 to 2015, to evaluate its contribution and to assess the fulfilment of the objectives that the Commission defined in the Strategy. The bachelor's thesis uses mainly the methods of analysis, comparison and induction. The data is processed and analysed from the perspective of the European Union, focusing on the Czech Republic.
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Equal opportunities for men and women in contemporary society
DECARLI, Beata
The work will focus on the status of women in today's Czech society, their perception of discrimination in employment, problems in finding searching for work and their position upon return after maternity leave. How they consider the entry in marriage and subsequent upbringing of children in contrakt to their self-fulfillment and career building. What gender stereotypes, feminism and the compatibility of career, family and maternal roles are.
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