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Monetary reform 1953 and its reflection in Czech society
Ďoubalová, Iva ; Jakubec, Ivan (referee) ; Jančík, Drahomír (advisor)
This text deals to the topic of monetary reform which took place in Czechoslovakia in 1st June 1953, which was closely associated with cancellation of fixed market. Except chapters about economical reasons, preparation and rules of monetary reform author mainly describes reactions of people to it and social effects which reform meant. Due to information from partial studies about this theme and data from National archive in Prague author made image about ways of protests against monetary reform and its range. Strikes and demonstrations were the most widespread ones. They broke out in almost all bigger cities. It was the first opened protest in the country east of so called iron curtain. However, it is important to mention that discontent was economically motivated, political demands were only rare. Monetary reform meant also social change for most of the people in Czechoslovakia. Its rules were disadvantageous mostly for certain social groups: private farmers and tradesmen (so called "capitalistic elements"). It was another way how they were forced to join socialistic economic sector. But workers were also negatively affected by monetary reform, although they were most important pillar of the regime. Whole society was affected by this upheaval for several years. Principal aim of this work is to show all...
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A new beginning: radio free europe/radio liberty moving to Prague
Voleská, Dita ; Končelík, Jakub (advisor) ; Lütke Notarp, Ulrike (referee)
The presented text is concerned with the development of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) in the period from the late 1980s to mid-1990s. The main aspiration of this Diploma Thesis is the introduction of these specific radio projects in a new era with new missions. RFE/RL gained great popularity during the Cold War period as they were powerful tools in the fight against communist regimes in Europe and the Soviet Union. However, with the fall of Iron Curtain, it was generally anticipated that their tasks were complete. Both Services had to fight against these general assumptions and prove that their mission had yet more functions. Thus, they focused on promoting ideas and principles of democratic and liberal societies. This type of educational broadcasting proved to be very much needed in the post-communist countries which sought to implement the norms of the Western world. This paper describes the overall, somewhat complicated story of RFE/RL, its mission and further developments in broadcasting, which were fundamentally influenced by plans for budget cuts and resulted in the relocation of RFE/RL's operations from Munich to Prague. For more thorough understanding of these issues, the paper also draws on broader historical context of RFE/RL's development from the very beginning of its operations in...
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The Hero of Totalitarian Media: The Comparative Analysis of Emil Zátopek's Olympic Victories (1948, 1952)
Dušek, Petr ; Bednařík, Petr (advisor) ; Kraus, Jiří (referee)
Rigorous thesis "The Hero of Totalitarian Media: The Comparative Analysis of Emil Zátopek's Olympic Victories (1948, 1952)" deals with propaganda in the sports journalism. Its aim is to evaluate how the Czechoslovak press reported about successes of one of the best domestic athlet Emil Zatopek at the Olympic Games in London and Helsinki. I defined a hypothesis, based on specialized literature and observation, that journalists exploited Zatopek's triumphs for propagandistic reasons, and presented the successful athlet as a socialist hero. I verified this hypothesis by means of quantitative content analysis of the journals Rude pravo and Lidova demokracie. I defined two secondary hypothesis as well: The news coverage of the Olympic Games in 1952 was more propagandistically damaged than the Olympic Games in 1948, and the news coverage by Rude pravo of both Olympic Games was more propagandistically damaged than by Lidova demokracie. In the analysis I measure the propagandistic damage of the articles, the photos and the representations of Emil Zatopek. The whole research has a deep theoretical background, which includes a definition of propaganda, an outline of the cultural policy 1948-1952, and a definition of the "hero" concept based on different conceptions from both sides of the Iron Curtain.
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European Security and Defence Policy
Havelka, Ladislav ; Grmelová, Nicole (advisor) ; Korecki, Zbyšek (referee)
The aim of the thesis is to assess integration efforts in the field of European security and consider to what extent the Lisbon Treaty (effective from December 2009) will affect the future of the Common (European) Security and Defence Policy. The first part is focused on the history of security cooperation in the Western Europe during the Cold War. The second part deals with the evolution of security integration after the fall of the Iron Curtain, which has started convergency of European countries and gave rise to the European Union (EU). Changes induced by the Lisbon Treaty are mentioned in the third part, which decribes the ESDP/CSDP and crisis management. This part also describes the EU's response to the ongoing crisis in the Libya and outlines possible solutions to the crisis.
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Creating the Image of State in the Cold War Period
Matoušková, Martina ; Peterková, Jana (advisor) ; Cibulková, Petra (referee)
The thesis compares Western and Soviet approaches to creating the image of state in the Cold War period. Terms public diplomacy, propaganda and agitation are explained and the Cold War period is covered in the first section. Second chapter depicts American and British approach to the public diplomacy after WW2 and deals with Western methods and tools used to create the image of state abroad. Third section describes Soviet propaganda and its machine of the stated period and the fourth section compares and judges Western and Eastern approaches. It seems that although the differences of democratic and totalitarian form of state are relevant, the structure and institutions used to creating the image of state during the Cold War were similar on both sides of the iron curtain.
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Economic situation in Slovakia before and after euro adoption and comparation with the Czech Republic
Dočekalová, Veronika ; Štěpánek, Pavel (advisor) ; Ševčíková, Michaela (referee)
The thesis deals with economical changes in the Slovak Republic since the breakup of the Iron Curtain to the adoption of the common European currency in 2009. There are discussed social and economic reforms, which significantly contributed to meet the nominal convergence criteria. In the practical part are monitored various macroeconomic indicators, which are helpful to find the right way of Slovakia. Slovakia has a better economic situation after euro adoption. The thesis also watching the situation in the Czech Republic and evaluating whether the Czech Republic should adopt the euro or not.
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The hero of totalitarian media : the comparative analysis of Emil Zatopek's Olympic victories (1948, 1952)
Dušek, Petr ; Maršík, Josef (advisor) ; Šoltys, Otakar (referee)
Diploma thesis "The Hero of Totalitarian Media: The Comparative Analysis of Emil Zátopek's Olympic Victories (1948, 1952)" deals with propaganda in the sports journalism. Its aim is to evaluate how the Czechoslovak press reported about successes of one of the best domestic athlet Emil Zatopek at the Olympic Games in London and Helsinki. I defined a hypothesis, based on specialized literature and observation, that journalists exploited Zatopek's triumphs for propagandistic reasons, and presented the successful athlet as a socialist hero. I verified this hypothesis by means of quantitative content analysis of the journals Rude pravo and Lidova demokracie. I defined two secondary hypothesis as well: The news coverage of the Olympic Games in 1952 was more propagandistically damaged than the Olympic Games in 1948, and the news coverage by Rude pravo of both Olympic Games was more propagandistically damaged than by Lidova demokracie. In the analysis I measure the propagandistic damage of the articles, the photos and the representations of Emil Zatopek. The whole research has a deep theoretical background, which includes a definition of propaganda, an outline of the cultural policy 1948-1952, and a definition of the "hero" concept based on different conceptions from both sides of the Iron Curtain.
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Czechoslovak-Spanish relations 1945-1975
Vurm, Filip ; Opatrný, Josef (referee) ; Nálevka, Vladimír (advisor)
This study deals with the history of spanish - czechoslovak relations in 1945 - 1975. In this period both countries were on the others sides of Iron curtain which separes two ideological blocks created after WWII. Czechoslovakia, where the soviet influence was strong since 1945, became a communist state after coup in February 1948. Franco's regime in Spain was legitimased with the victory in the civil war over the coalition of republicans, which was dominated by the Communist party of Spain (PCE). Anticommunism was an important part of ideology of Franco' s regime and was used at the beginning of Co Id war for improving the image, which was damaged by colaboration with Axis powers during the WWII. For this reason Spain started to be asylium for exiled anticommunists from Eastem block and enabled them to lead political activities. It was also the case of Czech Zdeněk Formánek and Slovak Jozef Cieker. These two men represented different exile organization and had different points of view about Czechoslovakia. Formánek was defending democratic system of Czechoslovak 1. republic. Cieker was slovak nationalist, who wanted to destroy Czechoslovakia, to create independent Slovakia. This is why they were adversaries. They both died in the 60. when anticommunist exile m Spain had much less importace then before. In...
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Globalization in the contemporary Dutch novel
Sedláčková, Lucie ; Krol, Ellen Jacoba (advisor) ; Praamstra, Olf (referee) ; Grüttemeier, Ralf (referee)
Mgr. Lucie Sedláčková Dissertation Globalization in the Contemporary Dutch Novel Abstract in English This dissertation deals with representations of different aspects of globalization in the contemporary Dutch novel. The main questions are: 1. Which representations of the aspects of globalization can be found in the contemporary Dutch novels analyzed in this dissertation? 2. Are there relations between the knowledge of this phenomenon in specialist literature and in the fiction analyzed in this dissertation? 3. Which points of view do literary texts take with respect to globalization? The research method is based on the theory of cultural representation, but the traditional instruments of literary theory are also employed. The goal of the dissertation is to survey discourse about globalization in the analyzed fiction; the terminology is derived from the specialist, especially sociological, literature on this phenomenon from 1990 on. Globalization is considered a complex process which was accelerated mainly after 1989 by communication technology, the development of the world economy and politics (especially the fall of the Iron Curtain). The survey of literary discourse is divided into three domains: cosmopolitanism (i.e. the conceptual and cultural aspect), consumption and consumerism (the economical...
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