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The Anglo-American "Special Relationship" in the Period of Gordon Brown's Government: the Case Study of Finding Solutions to Financial Crisis
Bábiková, Jana ; Váška, Jan (advisor) ; Raška, Francis (referee)
The central theme of the bachelor thesis is the phenomenon of the "special relationship" between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America. The "special relationship" that is most often associated with cooperation in military and security, is applied on the field of economic diplomacy during the time of financial crisis and finding a solution to it. At first, the thesis argued whether it was possible to claim the "special relationship" in economic cooperation. Then it continued to argue, to what extend could the "special relationship" influence crisis-solution finding. Thesis used the examples of economic diplomacy before and during G20 leaders' summits as the most obvious manifestation of the role of the "special relationship". Another focus of the thesis is the period of Gordon Brown's government. Besides summarizing the events leading to finding crisis solution, thesis also describes the main events that happened and shaped the evolution of the "special relationship" during the period of Gordon Brown's government. Most of the thesis is, however, centered on the role of Brown and Anglo-American diplomacy in finding solution to financial crisis.
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The impact of the first oil crisis on the United States of America
Nováková, Markéta ; Bečka, Jan (advisor) ; Svoboda, Karel (referee)
The Bachelor's thesis investigates the impact of the first oil crisis, which meant an end of era of cheap oil. Because of the energy crisis at the beginning of the 1970s, when oil supply almost did not suffice to high demand, producing countries associated in Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries had for the first time a favorable position in negotiating with oil companies. In October 1973 representatives of the producing countries reduced drilling of oil and imposed embargo on the United States of America as retaliation for american support to Israel during Jom Kippur war. Thus they abused dangerous situation to cause shortage in oil market. Rising prize of oil should have compensated growing inflation and compel the United States to change its policy toward Israel. Other argument of OPEC countries was that until oil is cheap, this non-renewable source will be wasted. The aim of this thesis is to find an answer to the question, how much the first oil crisis influenced the United States and compare whether the greatest changes happened in the field of oil trade and oil market, politics or in economy. After brief introduction of the first oil crisis, the thesis is subdivided into three main chapters, which deal with changes in oil trade and oil market, politics and in economy In the...
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The Question of Race in the American Women's Suffrage Movement and the Works of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony
Géryk, Jan ; Gelnarová, Jitka (advisor) ; Kubátová, Hana (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the question of race in the discourse of representatives of the woman suffrage movement in the USA. Its goal is to find out how was the theme of race used in the effort of women to achieve the right to vote, where the main focus is on the discourse of Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Susan B. Anthony as the leading figures of white middle class American feminism and suffragism. The thesis uses the method of critical discourse analysis and tries to find out how were black men, black women, or white women themselves (in order to compare themselves with other groups of people) presented by the authors during the campaign for the voting rights. Very important for the thesis is the relation text-context, the relation between speeches or articles of the authors and social conditions of the period. That is why this thesis deals with the wider context of authors' discourse, especially with the history of voting rights in the USA and the history of woman rights movement. The description in the thesis starts before the American Civil War, then it goes through the Reconstruction period, when the important constitutional amendments were passed, through 1870s and 1880s, to the end of the 19th century, when the Southern states introduced new limitations of the voting rights. The aim of...
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Creation of the US Foreign Policy, 1945-1949
Malý, Ondřej ; Horčička, Václav (advisor) ; Koura, Jan (referee)
(in English): This bachelor thesis is dealing with the development of the United States of America foreign policy towards the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics in the era of president Truman's first administration. The period of time covered here is marked by the era between Truman's accession to his office and the blocade of Berlin. Primarily, the thesis concentrates on the United States Department of State and the creators of its strategy. An emphasis is also given to the president and his collaborators. The thesis is divided into two parts. The first one works with the term of office of the secretary of state James F. Byrnes. The second one works with is successor Georg C. Marshall. The final part resumes the data arising from the research of creation the foreign policy of the United States.
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Přístup Bushovy administrativy k otázce iránského jaderného programu: od teorie k praxi
Štěpánková, Jitka ; Bečka, Jan (advisor) ; Raška, Francis (referee)
Iranian nuclear program has presented a problem for many years. Even though the regime in Tehran has not formally announced its quest to develop nuclear weapons and has actually denied such accusations, the international community concluded from the actions of the regime that the development of nuclear weapons is the ultimate goal of Tehran. The United States reacted to the course of events and tried to limit the program or stop it altogether. The Bush Administration was not an exception in this regard. Even though the attitude towards Iran changed during 2001 - 2009, the nuclear program progressed further and still presents a great danger. Not only politicians but also academics, experts and analytics were trying to answer the question how to curb the program most effectively. This thesis analyzes and compares concepts of scholars with the actual policy practiced by the Bush Administration and finds out that both approaches vary quite significantly. While the majority of scholars recommended the administration to limit the economic sanctions and refrain from aggressive rhetoric concerning the possibility of military action, the American government tightened the sanctions and sustained the option of intervention. Since Iran still continues with its nuclear program, it can be asserted that the...
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Commented translation: La La La Through a New Lens: Music Talks to America (In: John McWhorter: Doing Our Own Thing: Degradation of Language and Music in America, and Why We Should, Like, Care. Gotham Books: New York City, 2004. ISBN 1-592-40084-1,
Tichá, Veronika ; Josek, Jiří (advisor) ; Šťastná, Zuzana (referee)
The aim of my thesis was to translate into Czech the first twenty standard pages from the chapter La la la Through a New Lens: Music Talks to America by John McWhorter, and provide the translation with a commentary. The commentary comprises four parts: The first part is a translation analysis, presenting extra- and intratextual factors of the source text, and outlining conception of the translation; the second part contents typology of problems and challenges, consisting in expression and word non-equivalence, cultural non-equivalence, and translation of specific features of the source text; the third part summarizes the types of shifts occuring in the translation, and the last part describes the translation method. Keywords: commented translation, translation analysis, grammar, syntax, lexis, stylistics, expression and word non-equivalence, cultural non-equivalence, America, The United States of America, music
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The British- U.S. Relations, 1923-1929
Kyselka, Michal ; Horčička, Václav (advisor) ; Koura, Jan (referee)
This paper desbrices development of policy of Great Britain and the United States of America towards Germany during the presidency of Calvin Coolidge. It concentrates on analyzing said policy, its development and at last but not least, its consequences. It is focused,primarily, on the political aspect of said policy, in which Great Britain was, to some level, more active. But economical question is being dealt with as well. Also because of the fact that precisely during resolving the economical issues regarding the German question, the role of the United States was more active. In this work, there is chronologically described changing status of Germany. This proces took also place due to the policy( often mutual) of Great Britain and the United States. The author focused mostly on British or American view of said problemacy and tried to explain reasons that laid to policy, which was, in its time, critical.
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The Role of the Atomic Weapon in the Foreign Policy of the United States during the Korean War
Štěpánková, Jitka ; Bečka, Jan (advisor) ; Calda, Miloš (referee)
Atomic bomb has had a profound impact on the international relations after the end of the Second World War. It became not only an effective military weapon, but as the American statesmen hoped, it could also served as an instrument of foreign policy and become a political and diplomatic asset. The United States wanted to use the atomic weapon to obtain concessions from the USSR and in general, to deter the enemy. This thesis analyzes the role of the atomic bomb in the first "hot" conflict of the Cold War - the Korean War. The atomic bomb, according to American military planners, should have played a crucial role in the US military plans, but in a limited war, which the Korean conflict turned out to be, their concepts proved to be inapplicable and as a result, the nuclear weapon was not used in combat operations. The atomic bomb was thus used in the Korean War not as a military weapon, but as a political instrument. President Eisenhower and his Secretary of State John F. Dulles, for example, believed that the nuclear threats which they had addressed to their communist adversaries, led to the armistice in Korea 1953. By analyzing the steps made by the American politicians as well as the theoretical studies focusing on the nuclear weapons as a deterrent in foreign policy, however, it can be argued that the...
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Cuba, The United States of America, media, Granma, The Washington Post, Cuban-American relations, ideology
Kadlecová, Gabriela ; Němcová Tejkalová, Alice (advisor) ; Šmíd, Milan (referee)
This bachelor thesis compares how American media, particularly The Washington Post, informed about important world events with the information published in the Cuban daily newspaper Granma. Observed time range is June 21 to July 21 2009. The Cuban daily newspaper Granma comes out worse in this comparison because ideology of the Cuban Communist Party is clear in the majority of its articles. Even tough the newspaper regularly published articles not burdened by ideology, for example about sports or culture, in many texts that appeared in the political section in the followed period, ideology was clear and they were not written in an objective way. Most tinted articles were published in connection with the "Cuban Five" and the coup d'état in Honduras. However, neither was The Washington Post fully objective: too much space was dedicated to some topics, which proves for example the death of Michael Jackson. A similar case represents the economic situation, to which even several articles a day were dedicated. In addition, it obviously gave priority to the United States of America and overlooked events in the rest of the world.
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The social responsibility of media on the example of Edward R. Murrow
Mráz, Jan ; Jirák, Jan (advisor) ; Cirkl, Petr (referee)
The master's thesis "The Social Responsibility of Media in the Example of Edward R.Murrow" describes the development of social responsibility of media in the American radio and television broadcasting in the 20's - 50's of the 19th century and it demonstrates that in the examples of a CBS's reporter and anchorman, Edward R. Murrow. The thesis inquires the historical context in which the responsibilities of broadcasters came about describing the key events, regulatory authorities and the inception of the socially responsible media concept and its development trends. Firstly, the text focuses on the development of radio broadcasting, new demand for some level of control, and on the gaining dominance of commercial broadcasting media on the broadcasting market of the late 30's. Furthermore, the thesis analyzes the origins of television broadcasting of the late 40's and its progress in the 50's. The instances of social responsibility are demonstrated in the examples of Murrow's London radio broadcasts during the WWII and his latter TV show 'See It Now' in the McCarthyism era of the early 50's. Moreover, the thesis scrutinizes some of Murrow's TV and radio shows and looks at his activities in CBS from the late 30's up to his retirement in the early 60's.
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