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The EU in the eyes of the Australian elite 2016-2019: perceptions in the context of Brexit
Baker, Thomas Andrew ; Weiss, Tomáš (advisor) ; Karagiannis, Yannis (referee)
Brexit represents arguably the most dramatic development in the history of the European Union (EU). For a third country such as Australia, the United Kingdom (UK) with whom it shares a Commonwealth connection, has generally been perceived as serving as a bridge between Australia and the EU. Thus, Brexit represents a conundrum for Australia in its grappling of how to approach its relations with the EU into the future. Perceptions of the EU from the Asia- Pacific region have been regularly studied since the early 2000s. However, there has been a shortcoming in specific focus of Australian perceptions of the EU since 2008, and specifically Australian elite perceptions. Brexit presents an opportunity to update the existing body of literature, thus this research analyses how the Australian elite perceive the EU following the UK's departure. This research utilises a two-tiered methodological approach in order to ascertain what the Australian elite perception of the EU is since the Brexit referendum in June 2016. The methods include a critical content analysis of Australian think tank outputs, and semi-structured interviews with Australian elite figures identified as having extensive knowledge of the EU. The research tests the notion of the UK's centrality to Australia-EU relations and finds that there...
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Imperial Nostalgia? The Presence of Imperial Past in the Conservatives' Discourse on Global Britain
Stoláriková, Lenka ; Váška, Jan (advisor) ; Kasáková, Zuzana (referee)
This master's thesis deals with the British political Conservative discourse on Global Britain in the years 2016-2020 and the United Kingdom's place in the post-Brexit world. After the unexpected results of the EU referendum, the British government introduced the concept of Global Britain as their new foreign policy orientation. This paper assumes that the idea of the UK opened to the whole world and embracing old friends and new allies alike is built upon the imperial nostalgia and the idealisation of their past. It focuses on the various ways in which nostalgia manifests itself in the Conservative discourse of 2016-2020, specifically in the public speeches of its key representatives and election programs. In the theoretical part, this paper explores the academic debate on Global Britain and the role of history in the post-Brexit world. It uses the memory studies and operationalisation of the concept of nostalgia as a framework for the source analysis. The empirical chapter presents the research results in two ways - based on the thematic categories and individual speakers. The former follows the various ways in which the nostalgic manifestations are used to create a vision of a post-Brexit global Britain, while the latter focuses on the individual approaches in the efforts to communicate that image.
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Komparace úspěšnosti integračních modelů na vybraných zemích EU
Jakubec, Petr
The goal of the submitted thesis: "Comparison of the success of integration models in selected EU countries" is the analysis of the results of the different integration policies of Germany, France and the United Kingdom based on secondary data analysis using the composite indicator method. The first part of the thesis contains conceptualization of concepts and theoretical analysis and the practical part is focused on answering research questions and recommendations to the studied states.
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Ekonomické dopady BREXITU na zahraniční obchod Spojeného království Velké Británie a Severního Irska.
Filipová, Andrea
Filipová, A. Economic Impact of BREXIT on Foreign Trade in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Diploma thesis. Brno: Mendel University, 2018. This diploma thesis deals with economic impacts on the foreign trade of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. First, the individual studies that have already been developed on the topic of Brexit will be described. In addition, the work focuses on designing a model that could analyze the economic impacts on UK foreign trade in the future. Subsequently, scenarios describing the possible arrangement of business relations with the EU and other non-EU countries are also outlined.
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Percepce očekávaných dopadů Brexitu na budoucnost leteckého spojení mezi Brnem a Spojeným královstvím Velké Británie a Severního Irska
Odložilová, Tereza
Odložilová, T. Brexit and its future impacts on air connection between Brno and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. Brno, 2019. Bachelor thesis. Mendel University in Brno. This bachelor thesis is focused on future impacts on air connection between Brno and London Stansted. The main goal of thesis is based on literary research and questionnaire survey which will identify possible impacts of brexit on traveling between Brno and London Stansted. According to result of questionnaire survey will be suggested solutions that can reduce the impacts of air connection between Brno and London Stansted.
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Bipolarization of the society? Analysing online media debate on immigration
Hrdina, Jakub ; Karásek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Kuľková, Miroslava (referee)
This thesis explores the UK's media environment and aims to decide whether the media show bipolar trends in reporting about immigration during the infamous EU immigration crisis. It utilizes the Natural Language Processing AI to assess a dataset of five major publishers in the UK - The Sun, The Daily Mail, The Guardian, The Independent and The Daily Telegraph - through the years 2015, 2016 and 2017. The focus of the analysis are the dynamics of the media space in general as well as specifics of reporting of separate publishers. The applied method is a novelty to quantitative assessment of qualitative aspects of given texts and the thesis serves as an example of successful utilization of such approach. In comparison to the previous researches conducted on similar topics, the main benefits of utilization of the AI includes the ability to assess huge datasets, assured consistency and huge innovative potential. Being able to analyze a dataset of 1813 articles quantitatively, the method is as important as the study itself.
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