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Democracy or Stability in the Maghreb? : Security Policy of the EU towards the Region between 2005 and 2010
Holík, Jiří ; Karásek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Střítecký, Vít (referee)
This PhDr. thesis analyses the EU security policy towards the Maghreb between 2005 and 2010. It does so in order to ascertain to what extent the level of practical policy corresponds with the level of declarations. Also, by using the promotion of democratic governance in the Maghreb countries under the ENP as s case study, the thesis means to challenge the proposition that European Union can be described as a 'Normative Power'. First chapter briefly presents the concept of 'Normative Power Europe'. Following section looks at the European Security Strategy and localizes the primary position of the goal of democracy promotion in the document. Third part gives an overview of the European policy towards the Mediterranean under which EU relations with the Maghreb have been framed. Most attention is paid to the European Neighbourhood Policy. Next chapter examines the level of practical EU policy. It consists of three separate case studies of European policy towards Tunisia, Morocco and Libya between 2005 and 2010. The fifth and final part qualitatively analyses the way four factors (trade, energy, migration and terrorism) contributed to the structuring of relations of Tunisia, Morocco and Libya with Spain, France and Italy. The thesis arrives at the conclusion that while at the declaratory level the EU...
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European Union - A Normative Power? Testing European Neighbourhood Policy in the Mediterranean
Strýčková, Katarína ; Weiss, Tomáš (advisor) ; Najšlová, Lucia (referee)
Normative Power Europe theory presented by Ian Manners defines the European Union as a normative actor in international relations. According to him, EU's ability to change what passes for "normal" in international relations originates from its internal set-up which the EU uses to shape its environment and international norms in its own image. After first studying Manner's tripartite analysis and defining normative goals, means and impact of the normative policy, the thesis then proceeds to test normative theory in the European neighbourhood, particularly in the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, by analysing EU's democracy and human rights promotion in Tunisia. It identifies discrepancy between EU's goals and means and discovers that on the one side, Euro-Mediterranean cooperation improves socio-economic development, however on the other it impedes the political one. This finding reflects incoherence and inconsistency of the EU's policies in the Mediterranean and arrives to the conclusion that EU is not a normative power in its neighbourhood policy.
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Security Policy of the EU towards the Maghreb: Promoting Democracy or Stability?
Holík, Jiří ; Karásek, Tomáš (advisor) ; Střítecký, Vít (referee)
This graduate thesis analyses the EU security policy towards the Maghreb between 2005 and 2010. It does so in order to ascertain to what extent the level of practical policy corresponds with the level of declarations. Also, by using the promotion of democratic governance in the Maghreb countries under the ENP as s case study, the thesis means to challenge the proposition that European Union can be described as a 'Normative Power'. First chapter briefly presents the concept of 'Normative Power Europe'. Following section looks at the European Security Strategy and localizes the primary position of the goal of democracy promotion in the document. Third part gives an overview of the European policy towards the Mediterranean under which EU relations with the Maghreb have been framed. Most attention is paid to the European Neighbourhood Policy. Next chapter examines the level of practical EU policy. It consists of three separate case studies of European policy towards Tunisia, Morocco and Libya between 2005 and 2010. The fifth and final part qualitatively analyses the way four factors (trade, energy, migration and terrorism) contributed to the structuring of relations of Tunisia, Morocco and Libya with Spain, France and Italy. The thesis arrives at the conclusion that while at the declaratory level the EU strives...
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Leishmania tropica in Mediterranean
Peštová, Jitka ; Votýpka, Jan (advisor) ; Sádlová, Jovana (referee)
In recent years new foci of Leishmania tropica appeared in the Mediterranean states of Northern Africa. While L. tropica was isolated from humans, dogs and sand fly species Phlebotomus sergenti in Morocco and from humans and gerbils (Gerbilus pyramidum floweri) in Egypt; in Tunisia, Algeria and Lybia the parasite was isolated from humans only. In the last three mentioned states, only L. tropica referred as Leishmania killicki is present. In most of the L. tropica foci in the Mediterranean countries of Northern Africa transmission mode was not determined. It is unknown whether the cycle of L. tropica is anthroponotic or zoonotic and what is reservoir and vector. In Morocco and Egypt, the most probable vector is P. sergenti only, while in Tunisia, Algeria and Lybia the vectors could be also P. (Paraphlebotomus) riouxi, P. (Paraphlebotomus) chabaudi, P. (Paraphlebotomus) alexandri or P. (Larroussius) perniciosus. Considering the rural distribution and sporadic occurence of L. killicki cases, the parasite is presumed to have a zoonotic cycle and its reservoir host could possibly be Ctenodactylus gundi, which is relatively abundant in L. kilicki foci.
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Tunisia as a tourist destination
Naxerová, Nikola ; Abrhám, Josef (advisor) ; Brůžková, Pavla (referee)
The Bachelor´s thesis represents Tunisia as one of the most attractive tourist destinations. The aim of this thesis is to analyze tourism and its factors in the country and expected development strategy till the year 2016. A survey via questionnaire was carried out on the Island of Djerba (by the author). The island is briefly described and the tourism on the island is analyzed from the perspective of Czech clients. This thesis also covers the theory of tourism and includes a brief description of Tunisia plus SWOT analysis, which was influenced by the terrorist´s attacks in 2015. To discuss these problems the following sources were consulted: the analysis of the economic impact issued by the World Council of Travel and Tourism, data issued by UNWTO, data from the World Bank and the World Economic Forum websites and auxiliary materials obtained from the Tunisian National Tourism Authority for the Czech Republic. The results of this study assess the situation in the Tunisian tourism market and provide information about which type of clientele prefer the Island of Djerba and the reasons why.
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European Neighbourhood Policy towards Tunisia
Nekvindová, Martina ; Dubský, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Kuchařová, Alžběta (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the topic of the European neighbourhood policy towards Tunisia, with main focus on the impact of the European Neighbourhood Policy before 2011. The first part concentrates on the European Neighbourhood Policy in general. It analyses reasons of its emergence as well as mechanisms of its operations and funding. The second part researches the relationship of the EU and Tunisia, with particular attention to the European Neighbourhood Policy. It evaluates the impact of the cooperation on Tunisia and examines the changes of the policy that happened after the Tunisian Revolution and the Arab spring.
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Arab Spring 2011 - regime change. Case study of Tunisia, Egypt, Syria.
Kyzivát, Jan ; Novotná, Yvona (advisor) ; Knotková, Vladimíra (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the regime change in the context of the Arab Spring 2011 with focus on Tunisia, Egypt and Syria. The aim of the thesis is to determine factors causing different progress towards political reforms in each country. Theoretical framework is provided by characteristics of undemocratic regimes, transitions to democracy and democracy itself. Each country is introduced from the historical point of view with focus on the 20th century, especially current methods of the governance. Several conclusions are made based on analytical -- synthetical method of reviewing historical, political and socioeconomical factors determining the domestic situation in compared countries and explaining their influence on different transition progress towards the new political system.
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Francophony in Tunisia
MÁŠA, Josef
The thesis deals with the issue of French speech in Tunisia. It focuses on the French language since its introduction in the country until the present day, on the status of this language among other languages used in this Arab country and on the relationship of the locals to the language of the former colonizers. It is a sociolinguistic study, with the theoretical part showing the situation of the geography, history, culture and politics. As for the linguistic-theoretical part, it studies the French language in various areas of the social life and finally there is an assessment of specific examples of the use of French in the practical part. Within the theoretical part, we are evaluating the involvement of the International Francophone Organization in Tunisia.
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The Arab Spring in Tunisia
Tamchynová, Kristýna ; Kochan, Jan (advisor) ; Kočišíková, Viera (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the topic of the Tunisian revolution. The Tunisian revolution was part of the so called Arab Spring, which in the end affected the whole region of the Middle East and North Africa. These events started in Tunisia. The aim of the thesis is to identify the causes of revolution in Tunisia and to analyze, if the revolution was really so unexpected as it appeared at the first sight. It was a spontaneous popular uprising and it caused change not only of the government, but of the political system as such. That is why the first chapter of the thesis deals with the problematic of legitimacy of the regime. The second and the third part of the thesis deal with economic and political development in the country and also other possible causes of the revolution are mentioned. The last fourth chapter describes the revolution and draws a short summary of current situation in the country.
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The position of France in the Mediterranean and North Africa
Lorková, Aneta ; Nechvátal, Martin (advisor) ; Novotná, Yvona (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to introduce the Maghreb countries and the historical background and current events to clarify the common issues between the two shores of the Mediterranean Sea. Specifically, this thesis introduces the relations between Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Mauritania, Libya with their former colonial power, France. Although Libya differs in many aspects from the other Maghreb countries, it cannot be isolated in the region. Thus this thesis, with the emphasis to the differences, takes Libya also in account. This thesis also aims to define the current foreign policy of France towards the Maghreb countries and outlines the strengths and weaknesses of current and future mutual cooperation.
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