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Rapprochement of France and Britain as a condition of British membership of the EEC: Franco-British relations 1967-1972
Brožová, Lucie ; Váška, Jan (advisor) ; Tomalová, Eliška (referee)
Bachelor's thesis "Franco-British relations 1967-1972: Rapprochement of France and Britain as a condition of British membership of the EEC" deals with development of franco- british relations at the time when Britain sought to join EC and France opposed to it. Study concerns a period which starts in 1967 when Charles de Gaulle vetoed the british application for the second, and which terminate in 1972 when was successfully signed the treaty of association. During the first part of this era the realationship of these both states was worsening which was demonstrated by affair called Soames Affair. In the next part they reached an enexpected agreement and they started to callaborate. It was one of the factors which enabled EC to enlarged the first time. Text refers to historical background of the events and then it indentify a change of the relationships in the three differnt areas. First it analyzes personal changes. The most importantly it was Geroges Pompidou who became french president after de Gaulle had resigned and Edward Heath who was elected british Prime Minister. The following chapter describes french and british foreign policy and their political-strategic goal. The final passage outlines the events and processes which were going on in the rest of world and which had impact on the two...
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Polish immigrants in the United Kindom after 2004
Prouzová, Marie ; Kasáková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Klípa, Ondřej (referee)
Bachelor dissertation "Polish Immigrants in the United Kingdom after 2004" deals with one of the most important current migration flows within the European Union and its effects. The time limit of this dissertation is from the EU enlargement of 2004 to 2010, when the Labour government of that era lost the UK general election. The number of Polish immigrants who came after the enlargement of 2004 increased the existing Polish diaspora several times over. Nationals of newly accessed countries were allowed to work in Britain (in contrast to most major countries) without any additional work permits. That was one of the reasons why many more immigrants came into this country compared to predictions. The dissertation deals with types of employment of Polish immigrants in the UK labour market and whether these immigrants have had a positive or negative impact on British economy. It examines the social context of this migration including the socio-demographic profile of the immigrants. Further it looks at perception of this migration flow by the British population and the integration of Poles within British society.
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Media and Space: Influence of the Colonial Past on Cotemporary Media Coverage of France and Britain
Brádková, Hana ; Havlíček, Tomáš (advisor) ; Nováček, Aleš (referee)
This thesis examines the influence of the colonial past on contemporary media coverage of France and Britain. It focuses on selected colonies and the frequency of their references on two websites - Skynews.com and France24.fr. Thus the thesis tries to answer the question whether or not the colonial past is still a strong determinant which governs the media's priorities. Imperial history has always been very vivid in these countries, where vast colonial land was possessed. Consequently they must now deal with the impact of their incursions. A strong relationship with former colonies exists and still be seen through the media. In addition, the fact that news media still prefers those states to the information about different former colonies, proves the existence of very strong bonds after the end of decolonial processes. The thesis is divided into two main sections. The first section considers the theoretical frame of analyzed notions (e.g. the geography of communication, colonialism or postcolonialism etc.), colonial history and pursuits the basic facts from media studies. Subsequently, the second section focuses on research results, whereby the principal aim is to confirm the assumption that British and French media prefers to inform more about their own former colonies than colonies of the second great...
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Economic Development of Hong Kong in the Context of Its Special Position in the Sino-British Relations between 1949-1978
Malaniuk, Bohdan ; Váška, Jan (advisor) ; Sehnálková, Jana (referee)
This bachelor thesis analyses the economic development of Hong Kong in the context of its unique position between Britain and China between 1949 and 1978 that means in the time of maoist anti- Western approach in China. It tries to identify the particular economic bonds between Hong Kong and Britain sand then between Hong Kong and China. It binds these linkages with the international political situation of that time. In the end I try to evaluate the influence of the existing bonds with Britain and China on the economic development of the colony. The thesis is divided into four main chapters with partial subchapters. The first chapter focuses on the development of the international political environment of the period - that means in particular the evolution of the Sino-British relations and the role the issue of Hong Kong played in them. The second chapter describes generally the economic development of the colony and identifies particular factors that determined it. Next two chapters offer a closer look on those factors that had its origin in the existence of the specific economic bonds between Hong Kong and the two mentioned countries. These specific bonds are analysed in the context of their emergence and after that their influence on the general form of the economic development of Hong Kong. In...
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Forming and development of towns in Romain Britain in 2. and 3. century
Petrášová, Lucia ; Musil, Jiří (advisor) ; Bouzek, Jan (referee)
This work deals with the Roman civilian settlements which began to emerge in the province of Britannia following its establishment in mid-first century. In the introduction the work describes the characteristic features of these settlements and their functions. The first chapter gives an overview of the different types of towns and their administrative establishment. In following chapters, the work deals with the town defences, private and public buildings and amenities, including religious buildings which were part of the towns. The work describes their type, design and development in general and also examples of these structures in most important locations.
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British policy towards Malaysia and its decolonization, 1945-1971
Hladíková, Kristýna ; Váška, Jan (advisor) ; Pečenka, Marek (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the British policy towards Malaya and its decolonisation between 1945 and 1971. It aims to learn and describe how British cabinet approached to Malaya in the chosen time period, and to define goals of the monarchy for this country. The goals were being often changed or modified. The thesis follows also the circumstances (Malayan national demands, bad domestic economic situation, decreasing position in international politics, growing imperial commitments, the Cold War and special relationship with the US), which led to changes in British plans. It takes all the questions above impeach when appraising if Britain really attained her goals and which means she used to reach them. On these grouns it tries to assess if Britain was successful and if decolonisation in Malaya was an achievement, or not.
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British Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament in Its Prime
Langmajerová, Barbora ; Váška, Jan (advisor) ; Smetana, Vít (referee)
Since 1958 the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament was the best known British organisation opposing nuclear weapons. They organized the greatest protest activities mainly in two critical periods of the Cold War: 1958-1963 and 1979-1987. The intent of my thesis is to compare the work of the Campaign in these two historical eras. In connection with the functioning of the anti-nuclear protest movement the paper focuses on several issues: (1) the circumstances of the establishment and resurfacing of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, (2) its main activities, (3) the reasons why the protests faded away, (4) changes of the membership, (5) affiliated groups and international cooperation, (6) relationship between the campaigners and the Labour Party, (7) reactions of the British governments and (8) of general public. In addition to the analysis of the Campaign's work the paper tries to explain the political and historical context as well. A chapter describing the 1960s and 1970s was included for better continuity of the text. At that time the British population wasn't that interested in the nuclear armament and the activities of the Campaign were considerably limited. My thesis should explain the main changes in the perception of the nuclear threat during the Cold War and find the most important...
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Language and etnicity in the Balkans and in Britain
Blažek, Jan ; Uherek, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Soukup, Martin (referee) ; Brouček, Stanislav (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to contribute to the understanding of ethnic consciousness in the territories of the Balkans and of Great Britain by focusing on the tendencies towards ethnical inclusion (crossing of ethnical boundaries) and ethnical exclusion (strengthening of the above mentioned). Inspired by B. Anderson's definition of nation (nation = imagined community), the author has chosen the languages of the investigated areas as the actual subject of his research. In three chapters he has studied first the structural and lexicological aspect of the language, then the terminological one (study of ethnonyms) and finally the textual one (study of national myths and the language used to their description). The conclusion of the research described above clearly shows, that whereas English is being perceived as a highly inclusive language (also due to its grammatical straightforwardness and lexicological richness) by speakers of other native languages in Britain (be it the autochthon minorities or migrants), in the Balkans, on the other hand, languages are being perceived as an exclusive propriety of the given ethnic group, which may even lead to artificial differences being introduced in them. The approach prevailing in Great Britain is clearly the one fostering better inter-ethnic cohabitation....
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