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The Czech vegetarianism within the cultural contexts
Hanková, Marie ; Krupková, Jaroslava (referee) ; Štěpánová, Irena (advisor)
The purpose of this dissertation is to create a certain overview of the Czech vegetarianism development further to its development in the world within different cultural contexts. The vegetarianism is a subject extending into many scientific areas to which the used literature and materials refer. The first part contains an introduction to the questions of vegetarianism. What follows is the development in the world related to different religious and spiritual movements (Hinduism, Buddhism, Pythagoreans, Stoics, Christianity, Islam, Judaism etc.) or to some particular individuals. Also, the attitude to the consumption of meat in the historico-cultural periods up to the first attempts to promote vegetarianism is briefly described. The following part describes the development of the Czech vegetarianism since the second half of the 19th century - the personalities, the literature, the associations, the activities etc. The period literature analysis is confronted with the contemporary specialized literature and is also compared with the attitudes of the present-day propagators and supporters of the vegetarianism. The last part of this work comprises of a questionnaire survey, which was used for specifying the initial motivation in becoming a vegetarian or vegan, for determining potential problems, for learning...
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The position of Norway in the European integration process
Vencovská, Kateřina ; Němcová, Ingeborg (advisor) ; Tunkrová, Věra (referee)
This bachelor thesis describes what the position of Norway is in the European integration process. Thesis deals with both the current situation and the development of relationship between Norway and the EU since the end of the World War II. There is characterized Norwegian economy and its development. It discusses the current problem of the global economic crisis and the internal political situation after the parliamentary election in September 2009. There is is also a survey of position of Norway to European integration in my bachelor thesis. The emphasis is put primarily on the development of relations with the EU. It is given a summary of how Norway participates in the international division of labour in relation to the EU. Most of Norway's cooperation with the EU goes through the EFTA, which is also mentioned. Part of this work is determination of integration potential of Norway and the answer to the question of what would complete integration into the EU bring to Norway.
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Impacts of drug trade in select states of Latin America
Kmetíková, Nina ; Písař, Pavel (advisor) ; Lipka, David (referee)
In the introduction of my thesis, devoted to the drug trade in select states of Latin America, I will address the topic of cocaine and its history. This is important for understanding the significance of the drug in the world, and -- especially in Latin America -- for comprehending that in these countries cocaine has such a strong tradition that attempts to prevent the cultivation of coca and subsequent trade with the drug will probably never succeed. I will further examine the economic and social situations in countries of Latin America and emphasize the fact that people there often have no other alternative than to engage in criminal activities, again for the most part related to cocaine. I will evaluate anti-drug policies in select Latin American countries and their effectiveness -- or rather ineffectiveness -- and conversely attempt to describe how great an influence the narco-mafia has on the economics and politics of given states and on their representatives. I intend to focus my thesis primarily on three Latin American states: Colombia, as the largest supplier of cocaine; Mexico, which is the primary transit country, through which drugs travel from Colombia to the United States, and Brazil, where children's gangs connected with drugs form.
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Analysis of export promotion provided by Czech Export Bank
Potácelová, Věra ; Janda, Karel (advisor) ; Tuček, Miroslav (referee)
Export promotion via officially supported export credits and insurance is relatively widespread around the world. The thesis describes activity of Czech Export Bank (CEB) and mentions also its legal framework in Czech system of export promotion. Text contains pros and cons of export promotion. The main part of the thesis is panel data analysis using gravity equation. This panel data involves 130 countries in period of 1996 -- 2008 with data on export, export promotion, GDP, political risk and other variables. There is investigated impact of activities of CEB on Czech export using 2 gravity models (static and dynamic). In these models export promotion is significant factor with positive impact on Czech export.
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Development of the European Security and Defence Identity (Perspectives of Cooperation between EU and NATO)
Šibík, Milan ; Dubský, Zbyněk (advisor) ; Matějka, Zdeněk (referee)
This master thesis deals with the topic of the European security and examines its development from the end of the Second World War. Single development stages are analyzed, with an increased attention paid to the Western European Union in the first part. Further the thesis explains the formation of the Common Foreign and Security policy, its development in particular primary documents on the EU, its major actors and tools and than the gradual emergence of the European security and defence policy. The recent EU operations are described as well. The entire thesis reflects the relations between the European Union and the North Atlantic Treaty. Various legal, political and practical conflicts and difficulties arising from these relations are analyzed in detail. A significant part of this thesis focuses on the national positions of the selected countries regarding the European security.
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Chechnya as Russia's dangerous frontier: On the Nature of Suicide Terrorism
Loginova, Karyna ; Valková, Irena (advisor) ; Ditrych, Ondřej (referee)
Ever since World War II up to the 80`s the world had not witnessed any form of suicide terrorism. Since then the rate of such attacks have been growing on a global level. Nowadays, suicide terrorism is one of the most researched and still not fully explained syndromes that imposes threat to nations, societies, individuals, groups, governments and other parties. Many studies and analyses focus on determining the reasons and the motives for such acts, including the damages that suicide terrorism causes on global level. There have been multiple variables determined as key factors influencing suicide terrorism, including religion, political occupation, nationalism and many others, yet there is no single answer as to why organizations and/or individuals decide on such radical tactic. Thus, as a modern phenomenon, suicide terrorism triggers the analysis from several perspectives of the individual, organizational and psychological background. This master thesis deals with the case study of Chechen suicide terrorism and its implications in the studies of suicide terrorism. The main focus of the research is on determining main motives and reasons of Chechnya to use suicide bombing against Russia. The analysis uses the Robert Pape's theory on suicide terrorism and done by using qualitative research, with...
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Economic regionalism on the example of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation
Ponomarenko, Anastasia ; Riegl, Martin (advisor) ; Romancov, Michael (referee)
In the work on the example of Shanghai Cooperative Organization we try to discover what impact execute globalization and regional integration on the world policy, how such associations promote the economic environment of the involved countries and what benefits could be obtained through such cooperation in the view of safety. Region of Central Asia has its peculiarities because of the differences in culture, mentality and economic development that should be taken into consideration at planning of the joint activities. The potential of SCO is defined, first of all, by participation in it of such countries as Russia and China. Both of these states are interested in stable political and economic development of the Eurasian region, and ensuring its safety.
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Reforma penzijního systému: v zájmu všech nebo jen některých?
Ságl, Jan ; Kollár, Miroslav (advisor) ; Bartoň, Petr (referee)
The topic of this bachelor's work is the problem of pension reform based on mandatory funded pension system. Right on the beginning is the reader introduced to the options how to realize these reforms. The stress is put on examination of the reform's variety, which is based on mandatory funded pillar. There are presented advantages, which are proposed by majority of financial institutions including World Bank. On the other hand we can see certain economic and political risks mainly in the form of rent seeking. In the second part of this work is as a starting point of the analysis chosen the study of J.E. Stiglitz and P.R. Orszag. This study points out myths about social security systems. The aim of this work is to answer the question, whether the implementation of mandatory funded pillar has a real benefit for all economic subjects or only for some of them. The aim is also to provide some recommendations for incoming pension reform in Czech Republic.
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