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On diglossia as a subject of political and journalistic discourse in the German-speaking cantons of Switzerland
Röschlová, Lucie ; Vachková, Marie (referee) ; Dovalil, Vít (advisor)
Every reader will understand my passion for language situation in German speaking cantons of Switzerland after reading the preface of this work (the one about an occurence at one little Swiss station). That uncertainty which you have after talking to a German speaking Swiss. Switzerland is supposed to be one of the German-speaking countries so why is it such a problem to make yourself understood if you speak German? The topic of diglossia as the subject of political and publicistic discourse in Swiss German-speaking cantons offers many other themes which might be assigned to this work. Everything is realated to everything else and this work proves this saying. My research is divided into six areas that also chronologically follow my work. At the beginning the methodology of my work is discourse and its analysis. Therefore the first chapter is devoted to metadiscourse and a study of a discourse conception in philosophy followed by its conception in linguistic. I cannot forget to mention there M. Foucault, J. Habermas or S. Jäger as their works inspire me to find my way to understand the discourse, yet more helped me the studies for which discours as a methodology really works e.g. Oliver Stenschke's study (2005). Then my work comes to an analysis of discourse, which explore to what degree can something what...
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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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The Effects of Cold War Speech in the Post-Cold War World: Identification of the Enemy in the War on Terror
Hays II, George Waight Secrest ; Drulák, Petr (advisor) ; Beneš, Vít (referee)
This work is a discursive analysis exploring the effects of US presidential Cold War speech on the identification of the "Enemy." It examines the usage of metaphors in key speeches from Truman, Eisenhower, Reagan, and G.H.W. Bush in order to determine the composition and evolution of the identity of the Cold War "Enemy." This identity is then compared and contrasted to that created by the usage of metaphors concerning the War on Terror by G.W. Bush. The theory of discursive analysis used in this work stems from beginnings in philosophy several decades old. Over time, the theory of discursive analysis was honed towards many different schools and areas of study. The specific branch which this work springs from holds that language shapes political and physical reality. Coming out of this theory, this work aims to explore whether or not exposure to Cold War rhetoric had an impact over time between different administrations as well as between different conflicts. The method of analysis is an adaptation of previous methods of metaphorical analysis. Eight general conceptual metaphors are chosen as a guiding structure throughout all of the speeches. Corresponding metaphorical expressions are then gathered according to the conceptual metaphor being analyzed. The frequency of metaphorical expressions, and the...
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Foreign Policy of Great Britain before the First World War (1901-1914)
Krupka, František ; Soukup, Jaromír (advisor) ; Hokovský, Radko (referee)
Bachelor thesis Zahraniční politika Velké Británie před první světovou válkou (1901-1914) analyzes the position of the British Empire in the international system in the years before the First World War. It focuses on the circumstances that forced Britain to withdraw from the isolation and re-focus its foreign policy on European affairs. Maps steps of British diplomacy, as depending on the internal political establishment, so depending on the concept of "Balance of Power" and tense development on the continent. The aim is to explain reason of the British intervention in the beginning of the World War I. and to prove that British foreign policy had a share on the escalation of conflict.
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Sweden - the Welfare State
Cmíral, Lukáš ; Steinmetzová, Dana (advisor) ; Popovová, Marie (referee)
This bachelor thesis analysis the development of the swedish social politics. The first chapter explains the meaning of social politics and the main approaches to it. The specifics of the social politics of the scandinavian states are mentioned in this chapter too. The second chapter investigates the development of the swedish welfare state from the beginning of the 20th century till presence. The period of crisis between 1991 and 1993 is expanded. The third chapter describes the development of the swedish pension system.
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Comparation of electoral programs of ODS and ČSSD in the domain of economic and social policy
Kříhová, Dominika ; Prorok, Vladimír (advisor) ; Šabatka, Michal (referee)
This thesis is a comparative study of electoral programs of the two most powerful czech political parties ODS (Civic Democratic Party) and ČSSD (Czech Social Democratic Party) namely in the domain of their economic and social policies. The main aim of this work is solely the comparation thus the research of similar and different points which ODS and ČSSD seek to promote in the long term. A secondary objective is an attempt to determine whether the frequent disputes between these parties stems from ideological differences, or whether it is rather a pragmatic concern. Comparison is in the same time synchronous and diachronic (comparison of two programs of political parties in the time frame from the beginning of 90's until these days), such a comparison allows to identify the consistency and continuity in the programs of ODS and ČSSD and their overall development. The first part introduces the ideological foundations of the ODS and ČSSD, the most important milestones in their development and their position in the czech party system. The second part is a comparison of the electoral programs of these parties in the mentioned area, according to various themes. The third part examines whether the dissents between the parties are rather ideological or pragmatic, mentioned is the role of opposition in the political process and the centripetalism of modern political parties.
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Marketing Strategy of Siemens s.r.o.
Kubová, Věra ; Halík, Jaroslav (advisor)
Firts chapter describes general characteristics of the controlling company Siemens AG. Second chapter describes the beginning and characteristics of the company Siemens s.r.o. in the Czech Republic. Third chapter describes communication of the Czech company in dependence on the controlling company. Fourth chapter is concerned with the Corporate Responsibility questions and with the environmental politics. The last chapter illustrates the materiality portfolio with the stakeholders' expectations and business impact in the area of corporate responsibility.
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Pension reform in the Czech Republic and its impact on the consumer
Lorenc, Tomáš ; Drozen, František (advisor) ; Šípek, Ladislav (referee)
This thesis considers the pension reform in the Czech Republic and its impact on the consumer. At the beginning it sums up the possibilities of financing the life in retiremnt age and familiarizes the reader with evolution and current level of the pension system in the Czech Republic. It introduces different suggestions of political parties and in analytical part are specified the reasons for change. Then are presented the basic steps for high-quality reform of pension system. In the last chapters is shown the impact on consumer and presented own suggestion for pension reform.
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Incompatibilities: the possibility of engagement in contemporary literary theory
Černovský, Pavel ; Procházka, Martin (referee) ; Armand, Louis (advisor)
To relate question of literature, or art in general, to any notion of engagement represents a number of problems. Probably the first is the problem, manifested in the development of the avant-garde, that engagement no matter how openly defined would nevertheless end in a subordination of art to politics, accompanied by politics usurping the right to define what is art. As Theda Shapiro in her account of the relation between politics and avant-garde art points out, at the beginning: "Many artists tacitly and somewhat naively assumed that, since art has been revolutionary before the Revolution, avant-garde artists would intuitively understand what was now needed and respond to the new economic and social situation."l However, this did not prove to be the case. To a certain surprise, the initial belief that "The fine phrase 'free, unpolitical art' is not meant for you"2 has not lead to a natural and spontaneous co-operation of artists and politicians. Instead, the claim of art being necessarily part of politics in a very wide sense was soon seen to be seized by the increasingly bureaucratic apparatus pursuing "ideological needs of the moment,"3 only to be in the end transformed into a doctrine by the "1932 proclamation of 'socialist realism' as the only officially accepted art form."4 To relate literature to...
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Registered partnership and its potential property consequences
Kutálek, Karel ; Frintová, Dita (referee) ; Hendrychová, Michaela (advisor)
59 Summary Registered Partnership and Its Potential Property Consequences I have chosen this particular topic for my thesis because according to my opinion the institute of registered partnership is still quite new and unknown to many people in the Czech Republic and the Czech legal theory concerning this topic is not much rich so far. The aim of my thesis is to look at the issue of registered partnership more deeply, not only from the position of the questions of from where, how and why registered partnership actually came to the Czech Republic. This analysis focuses on the legal consequences of registration for partners and among themselves, especially in comparison with the two main variants of cohabitation - marriage and unmarried cohabitation. To this end, the work is divided into three main chapters, which are further subdivided into subchapters and these are eventually further subdivided into smaller parts. The thesis begins with the Introduction where the intended aims and goals of this work are described. Followed by the First Chapter which presents the topic of the work by its basic question "What the homosexuality actually is". This chapter discusses the concept of homosexuality and its development, looks closer at the term "coming out" and the number of homosexuals in the society and in the end...
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