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Does reform work?: an aconometric examination of the reform-growth puzzle
Babetskii, Ian ; Campos, Nauro F.
This paper, using data from 43 econometric studies, shows that one third of the coefficients (of reform on growth) are positive and significant, another third are negative and significant, and the final third are not statistically significant. In trying to understand this remarkable variation, writers find that the measurement of reform and controlling for institutions and initial conditions are the main factors in decreasing the probability of reporting a significant and positive effect of reform on growth.
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Democracy and the System of International Relations
Ducháč, Martin ; Lehmannová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Rolenc, Jan Martin (referee)
This master thesis focuses on Fukuyama's End of History thesis and the Theory of Democratic Peace. Broader theoretical framework is the liberal-idealist tradition of international relations. The basis for analysis is liberalism which is presented as a scientific research program. Liberal theory is chosen also due to the fact that it provides better explanation of contemporary complex and interconnected world. The analysis focuses on theoretical foundations of both theories and follows their main supporting arguments. Liberal-democratic system is interpreted as an emergent property and the consequence of spontaneous order (societal self-organization based on voluntary co-operation), i.e. as an outcome of an evolutionary process in a complex system with feedback. The consequence for the international system is that it can be no longer considered as mainly anarchical environment.
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Hayek vs. Keynes: Coauses and solutions of the Great Depression and the application of their methods to the current crisis
Nikodym, Tomáš ; Dočkal, Dalibor (advisor) ; Czesaný, Slavoj (referee)
The controversy about the effectiveness of government interventions in the economy exists perhaps from time immemorial. Especially at a time when the economy is in crisis, this topic is always more popular. Essay returns to the dispute of two economists, which related to state intervention and its impact on the economy and of course, causes and solutions of the Great Depression. The first privy to this controversy is a representative of the liberal economics Friedrich August von Hayek and the second competitor is John Maynard Keynes, a supporter of government interventionism. Both, of course, saw the causes of the crisis elsewhere and both had different solutions. The aim of this paper is to examine the real causes of depression and to compare them with theories of these two economists. The goal is also investigate proposed measures against depression, their analysis and selection of effective solution. Due to the popularity of both economists in these days, the paper applies ideas of liberals and Keynesians on the current economic crisis, and verifies the validity and effectiveness of their theories.
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Political vision of Vaclav Klaus
Binar, Martin ; Rataj, Jan (advisor) ; Prorok, Vladimír (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with opinions of Vaclav Klaus, which are compared with teoretical basics of liberalism and conservatism. The main goal is to point out Klaus'es values according to both ideologies. First part of thesis describes main values of liberalism and conservatism in theoretical way, which are then compared with Klaus'es opinions in main events of his political career. Second part describe those events. To 2003 was Klas in institutional function as finance minister and prime minister, so this event are from this point of view. In 2003 was Klaus elected to the highest institutional function - president of Czech republic. So th third part describes his opinion of European union and global worming as president.
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Michael Novak and his Project of Theology of Democratic Capitalism
MÍČKA, Roman
This dissertation deals with the American Catholic theologian and social thinker Michael Novak, as well as his work, which is a principal and influential contribution to Catholic social teaching. Novak is the main representative of American Catholic Neoconservatism, a stream in Catholic thought, which springs from the specific context of the experience of the American political, economical and cultural arrangement and which started to develop in the USA in connection with the American conservative revolution. Catholic Neoconservatism aims to connect Christian and liberal traditions, and it also tries to rehabilitate the system of Democratic Capitalism newly based on Christian values. Its goal is to influence all areas of Catholic social thought, which, according to Novak, needs to be developed and enriched by non-Europeans, especially from the American experience. He claims that Catholic social thought is inspired too much by Socialism and the one-hundredyear-old tradition of Papal Encyclicas has been significantly marked by a limited Eurocontinental horizon. This dissertation aims to contribute, at least partly, to the Catholic historical revision of values of classical liberalism in light of this American experience. Also Novak´s usage of theological doctrines on behalf of the democratic capitalism is interesting and not forgetable experiment in the area of the theology of terrestrial realities, despite some of its exceptions. Novak is not a great theologian, but he is especially a political scientist and economist. Therefore his theology of Democratic Capitalism should be further developed and enriched by other theologians.
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Theologian - polemist Antonin Lenz (1829-1901). The Beginnings of Theological Anthropology in Bohemian Countries.
VEBER, Tomáš
Tomáš Veber´s dissertation thesis is recording the beginnings of theological anthropology in Bohemian countries. These are reflected at Antonín Lenz writings. Antonín Lenz (1829 ? 1901) was the professor of theology in České Budějovice, later the residentiary and the prior on Vyšehrad. He entered his name in history, as a pioneer of neotomism. He wrote and thought in spirit of neotomistic theology long time before the publishing of the papal encyclical Aeterni patris (1879), written by Leo XIII. The author is introducing Antonín Lenz not only as theologian, but also as important polemist, arguing against the liberals, and as critic of turbulent progress too. This thesis is presenting some new reports to history of theology, as well as Church history and history of 19th century in general.
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K.H.Borovský – Politician and Journalist
Matiášková, Lenka ; Rataj, Jan (advisor) ; Martínek, Miloslav (referee)
The bachelor work concerns on the evolution of Czech political scene in the half of 19th century with the special focus on the person of K.H. Borovský. K. H. Borovský is a co-founder of the first political program of austroslavism and the supporter of the liberal political movement. The first chapter describes his activities in "Pražské noviny" newspaper where gradually a new political program was born. The second part of work is concentrated on the revolution period 1848 -- 1849 which brought Borovský a posibility to found his own "Národní noviny" newspaper, but also the first persecution, press confiscation and the first trial. The third chapter includes political delimination of Havlíček's liberal magazine "Slovan" published in Kutná Hora and the conservative "Vídeňský deník" newspaper. Last chapter is about the second press trial and his well-known irregular deportation to Brixen.
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New Regionalism in Turkish Foreign Policy
Kodrazi, Linda ; Hnát, Pavel (advisor) ; Šaroch, Stanislav (referee)
The thesis is divided into 2 chapters which are subdivided into 3 smaller chapters. The aim of the first chapter is to describe the turkish foreign trade based on statistics. Its purpose is to describe in detail the turkish short and long term foreign trade statistics, to describe the tuskish position in Euro-Mediterranean region as well as to describe its position out of this region. The second chapter is aimed to deal with the institutional basis of turkish free zones. The subchapters are divided in the same phylosophy as those of the first chapter -- it means they are divided into Euro-Mediterranean region and the rest of the world. The first part of this chapter is based mainly on The Process of Barcelona, the second part decsribes mainly the relations with member states of BSEC and ECO, and the last part is devoted to the relations with the EU.
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