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Instruments of the EU external relations: European Neighbourhood Policy
Tetřev, Matti ; Dubský, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Veselý, Zdeněk (referee)
The main topic of this master thesis is instruments of the EU external representation specifically in case of the European Neighborhood Policy. As the theoretical part this thesis uses forming the external united position of the European countries after the World War II through the key documents adopted in the framework of the European integration, ending with the adoption of the Lisbon Treaty that creates the contemporary instruments for the external representation of the EU. The research question of this thesis is whether in the context of the European Neighborhood Policy is the united position of the EU Member States. The case study of the European Neighborhood Policy combines elements of both quantitative and qualitative research.
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Comparison of public budgets in various political cycles in Czech republic between years 1993 - 2015
Masařík, Jan ; Zajíček, Miroslav (advisor) ; Maule, Petr (referee)
The aim of the thesis is to examine possible connections between economic results of public budgets, especially the most important part-state budget, and the course of the political cycle in Czech republic between years 1993 and 2015. The theoretical part is based on the Public choice theory, Theory of public finance and Political-business cycle theory. The practital part focuses on analysis of political situation in each political cycle and then on association with public and state budgets revenues and expenditures, their growth rate and the business cycle. Results of the analysis show that deficits of state budget are predominantly structural based. Moreover, a tendency to influence election results through released fiscal policy is also noticeable in some political cycles, which is consistent with the political-business cycle theory.
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Reflection of “otherness” in international relations
Kvašňák, Daniel ; Rolenc, Jan Martin (advisor) ; Doležal, Tomáš (referee)
The current migration crisis has put significant strain on the European Union and its member states. Immigration has always been a contentious issue in societies, most often facing significant opposition. By drawing on postmodern theories of international relations and Discourse Theory, this paper analyses how immigration is being increasingly securitized by the European Union and its member states along with what makes securitization the hegemonic discourse. This is done primarily with reference to identity construction through the framing of the Other, in this case the migrant, as an unwanted and externalized element. Furthermore, the paper details how the framing of the migrant as a threat to the internal security of a country strenghtend identity politics across Europe. Finally, using the Brexit campaign in the UK, the paper analyzes how the rise in identity politics in turn raises the possibility of a successful fusion of the anti-immigration discourse with the anti-EU discourse through the exploiting of societal unease.
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Autonomy of Man and the Narrative Understanding of Bioethics
Šípová, Karolína ; Ovečka, Libor (advisor) ; Lorman, Jaroslav (referee)
My work is a critical view of a modern principle of personal autonomy and an idea of autonomous man, which stems from philosophy of liberalism. The practice of personal autonomy in bioetics, which takes over the features of this political concept and does not comprise a metaphysical question about a man seems to empty a concept of humanity. My work tries to turn attentation to this problem and show the difficulties of personal autonomy when presented from the secular point of view. I want to offer then the concept of narrative ethics as a vision of supplementing the concept of modern principal bioetics.
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Development of the Bolivian economy in the context of government policy and foreign trade
Dudzich, Viktar ; Šíma, Ondřej (advisor) ; Gevorgyan, Kristine (referee)
This thesis analyzes the development of the Bolivian economy during the presidency of Evo Morales and especially the effects of state legislative measures on different sectors of the economy in Bolivia. The influence of historical, political and social factors on the economic development of Bolivia is examined in this thesis. There are descriptions of the industrial and financial sectors, foreign trade, state social policy, key risks and forecasts about the development of the Bolivian economy. Emphasis is also placed on the interconnections between politics, economy and social sphere.
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The Economic Policy of Angola during the Civil War
Osičková, Martina ; Pavlík, Petr (advisor) ; Šaroch, Stanislav (referee)
The following Bachelor's thesis deals with the analysis of the politics of Angola in the period of the civil war and after its end. The thesis unravels issues related to the outbreak of internal conflicts both theoretically and through the case study of Angola. Furthermore it deals with economic policy during the war and describes the political developement since achievement of independence until the end of the war and various political orientations which were present in the country. In detail the thesis focuses on the policy of oil industry. It tackles a question of its impact on economy of the country and dependency of Angola's economy on this industry. Moreover the thesis explains the situation in agriculture and Angola's agricultural policy. An important chapter is that which refers to corruption in Angola. The corruption is expressed by figures and illustrated with an example of a particular corruption affair. The last chapter mentions some basic economic data which illustrate the development of Angola since the beginning of the civil war until present.
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Inconsistencies in Norwegian foreign policy
Olšiak, Matúš ; Rolenc, Jan Martin (advisor) ; Sršeň, Radim (referee)
Norwegian foreign policy can seem full of inconsistencies to an outside observer. In the field of integration and security policy, the country has been holding on to its own, unique way for a long time. It persistently refuses to enter the EU while at the same time seeking the closest possible relations with this institution. Also, In the field of security policy, a certain discord between traditional peacefulness and NATO membership can be felt. Closer analysis reveals, that the inconsistencies in Norway's relations with the EU are caused by the different stances of the political elites and the public towards the EU. At the same time, the seemingly contradictory aspects of the Norwegian security policy can be explained by a change of the traditional understanding of security into the so-called "comprehensive security" approach after the Cold War.
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Possibilities of Neoclassical Geopolitics: Systemic Approach
Kofroň, Jan ; Dostál, Petr (advisor) ; Ištok, Robert (referee) ; Romancov, Michael (referee)
The submitted dissertation tries to introduce neoclassical geopolitics as a viable approach to the study of international politics from geographical perspective. The dissertation is a compact of six already published articles and a common introduction highlighting main points of the articles and further discussing some issues which were (i) eliminated due to space constrains, or (ii) their significance is rather contextual, in the sense that they set the articles into broader discussions. The first part of the thesis (supported by two articles) deals with a current stage of political geography and geopolitics. The main result is that geopolitics is today a divided (sub)discipline, as geographers are mainly engaged in critical geopolitics and scholars of the International Relations continue in classical geopolitical reasoning (namely those who subscribe themselves under the label of neorealism). The main difference is that geographers consider space as an inter-subjective entity - socially constructed, whereas IR scholars tend to see space as an objective factor. In the combination with other epistemological differences, this different consideration of space has produced an exorbitant barrier between these two fields. One factor dividing the two approaches looms especially large - it is an arduous...
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Role of the EU in conflict resolution in South Ossetia and Abkhazia
Garbarčík, Marek ; Dubský, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Knotková, Vladimíra (referee)
This thesis deals with role of the European Union in the ethnic conflicts of South Caucasus, notably in South Ossetia and Abkhazia. In the first part, the author concentrates on the evolution of situation in South Ossetia and Abkhazia as well as on the role of international actors in these territories, before the outbreak of war between Russia and Georgia in August 2008. The master thesis continues with the analysis of the EU's engagement in break-away territories where author focuses on the evaluation of specific policies and instruments used by the EU towards the two ethnic territories and Georgia. The final section assesses the EU's responsiveness during the Russian-Georgian war and also the steps taken in the period after the violence. Therefore, the aim of this thesis is to evaluate the Union's policies in South Ossetia and Abkhazia before, during and after the breakthrough war in August 2008. In this context, the author concludes that EU policies have failed because of unability to prevent a renewed outbreak of violence. Failure depended on the EU's reluctance to get involved in political and security issues and also on Russia's influence on decision-making process of the EU member states.
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The protection of the economic competition-the aplication of the economic theories into the practice
Poprac, Aleš ; Chytilová, Helena (advisor) ; Potužák, Pavel (referee)
The main goal of this bachelor thesis is to advance the protection of the economic competition in the European Union and in the USA. After the analysis of the historical progress from the beginning of this politic till the present, there will be a closer analysis, which will consider the key differences of the European and American protection of the economic competition. This thesis is based on the theoretic analysis, which goes out from the progress of the economic schools like liberal and interventional way of economics. These theoretical results will be applied to the analytic part of the thesis. The thesis considers many controversial processes, which were solved in the history of antimonopoly law. The author will discuss these processes in the equation of the theory of economic schools. There we will see a lot of mistakes in the rule formulations of the policy of economic competition. In the last part, I would like to focus on the protection of the economic competition in the Slovak Republic. We will discuss the curious process of the antimonopoly policy in this part too.
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