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WTO as a Negotiation Forum between the USA and Brazil
Chmelíková, Julie ; Raška, Francis (advisor) ; Kozák, Kryštof (referee)
This master's thesis is concerned with the settlement of particular WTO disputes between Brazil and the United States. The aim of the thesis is to explain the importance of the Dispute Settlement Mechanism (DSM) for Brazilian trade strategy. To demonstrate the use of the mechanism the focus is placed on two specific disputes involving the United States and Brazil. These disputes, regarding patent protection and cotton subsidies, are analyzed using case-study methodology. Moreover, quantitative research based on WTO disputes data is included in the introductory chapter. The study of the disputes shows that Brazil has been one of the most active users of the DSM and that it has initiated cases predominantly against developed countries, the United States being the most frequent target. This strategy enables Brazil to pursue cases that are likely to have systemic implications and thus could have an impact on the international trade order. The two case studies are examples of disputes of potential systemic importance. They further reveal the complexity of disputes in terms such as the increasing role of NGOs, the concept of retaliatory suits, and the significance of timing and political pressure. The exposed dynamics of the settlement of disputes is useful for understanding other WTO cases as well.
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Causes of significant income inequalities in Brazil and possible solutions
Levina, Alena ; Sejkora, Jiří (advisor) ; Hasík, Gabriel (referee)
The subject of this bachelor thesis is the analysis of causes of income inequality in Brazil. The thesis is dedicated to examining the origins of income inequality, identifying factors that have the greatest impact on income inequality in Brazil, and the proposal of possible solutions. The first part of the thesis represents the definition of income inequality from a theoretical point of view and a description of various causes of this phenomenon. In the second part, the thesis focuses on research of historical assumptions and revelation of causes that could lead to current income disparities in Brazil. The last part summarizes the possibilities for solving this problem.
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Emigration from Czech territory to Brazil
Němečková, Klára ; Zemanová, Štěpánka (advisor) ; Novotná, Markéta (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the emigration from Czech territory to Brazil since the 20th century to the present. The thesis is based on the analysis of push and pull factors which led to emigration in both the domestic and receiving countries. In the first chapter, there are presented theoretical factors which could possibly lead to emigration and in the second chapter these factors are directly applied on the historical background in both countries. In the last chapter, the presence of these factors is analyzed in particular human testimonies which were found out by the author of this thesis via structured dialogues with Czech emigrants. The aim of this thesis is to identify push and pull factors of emigration and to present them in those testimonies. The aim is thus not to generalize these motives on a large scale but likely to analyze through the push and pull factors the circumstances and particular stories of emigration at eight enquired respondents. The reports of the structured dialogues are part of the attachment of the thesis.
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Brazil´s oil market
Kužmová, Anna ; Gullová, Soňa (advisor) ; Horáková, Helena (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to analyze the position of Brazil in the global oil market. The first chapter is focused on the basic characteristics of oil and trading with it. The second chapter deals with the current situation on the global oil market and clarifies the current development of its basic indicators. The third chapter deals with the change in Brazil's position on the global market, the impact of the oil industry on the domestic economy and the analysis of the current state of the Brazilian oil market.
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Adolf Němec, missionary
JAROŠOVÁ, Magdaléna
This bachelor thesis describes the time context and the life of Adolf Němec. It presents the situation before his life to put his life into the historical context. The period he lived in was not easy - the time after the First World War, the economic crisis and then the Second World War and finally the rise of communism after the war. His risky escape across the border could have cost him his life if it had not been succesful. Adolf Němec was a brave man. He was not afraid to leave his family he never saw again. He did not hasitate to go to a foreign country where people spoke a language he almost didn´t know, practically off into the wilderness, where he faced death.
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Brazilian Foreign Policy in the second half of 20th Century
Pelant, Matyáš ; Binková, Simona (advisor) ; Barteček, Ivo (referee) ; Skřivan, Aleš (referee)
This thesis analyzes Brazilian Foreign Policy in the second half of twentieth century. The case study on relations between Czechoslovakia and Brazil during the Cold War is the core of the dissertation. The study is based on unpublished materials from Czech archives. The case study is preceded by two sections: first one deals with tradition and development of Brazilian foreign policy, describes the forming of Brazil-US special relationship and the positions of Brazil in the international politics. Second chapter defines key milestones of the Brazilian Foreign Policy in the second half of 20th century for the purposes of the case study and for better understanding of the context. It focuses on relationship with Eastern Bloc, United States and Western Europe. The chapter is divided into six periods. Same periodization is then used for the case study. A chapter on the tradition of relations between Czechoslovakia and Brazil before 1945 and a chapter on the Czechoslovak intelligence service activities in Brazil are added to the case study. The case study primarily deals with political and trade relations. The case study shows us that the trade was crucial for upholding the relations. Both countries not only stood against each other in the Cold War setting, but Czechoslovakia actively supported the opposition...
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Brazil seen by the traveller František Čech-Vyšata
Tkadlečková, Věra ; Binková, Simona (advisor) ; Opatrný, Josef (referee)
František Čech-Vyšata (1881-1942) was a Czech traveller and publicist. During his journeys to South America, he realized between years 1914-1917 and 1927-1937 two long-term stays in Brazil. He described his first stay in this country in travelogue V žáru pamp (1927) and another travelogue Středem Jižní Ameriky (1936) he dedicated to his second stay. Particularly in his second travellogue he also gives evidence about Czech compatriot communities in Brazil in between two World wars. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès: Where The Tigers Are At Home a contemporary baroque novel?
Petríčková, Lucie ; Voldřichová - Beránková, Eva (advisor) ; Jamek, Václav (referee)
(in English): The goal of this dissertation is to demonstrate that the novel Where Tigers Are at Home from the French author Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès belongs to baroque aesthetics. The main terms are explained in the first part and also the formal side of the novel is described there. In the second part then is briefly mentioned the life of the author Jean-Marie Blas de Roblès and the plot of the novel. Chapters concerning the individual baroque characteristics are found in the third part. At the beginning we can find the chapter treating the typification of the characters, following are the chapters about inconstancy, theatre of the world, women in the novel, morbidity and brutality, baroque blending of passion and faith, chapters discussing intertextuality and symbolism and at the end is the chapter dealing with the blending of the author with the novels characters. A specific feature that is found in baroque literature is treated in each chapter and then applied on the text of the novel. After considering all of these baroque features I clearly proved with this dissertation that the novel shows such an amount of baroque features that it belongs to the baroque aesthetics.
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