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Polish Politics and its Polarization after Smolensk
Harzer, Filip ; Koubek, Jiří (advisor) ; Doubek, Vratislav (referee)
This bachelor thesis analyzes influence of the Smolensk aircraft catastrophe on Polish politics. Work is based on the analysis of internal political development and changes in the political language of the relevant actors and it identifies sources of polarization of Polish politics after 2010. Theoretical framework is an attempt of Tomasz Zarycki to synthesise Rokkan's and Lipset's theory of cleavages with Kitschelt's concept of political conflict. The main part is an analysis of the language of political actors which includes selected events in the period between the catastrophy and the end of 2011. Key words Polarization, cleavages, centre, periphery, Smolensk, Poland, Civic Platform, Law and Justice, Kaczyński, Tusk
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The Current Position of Scotland within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Manišová, Petra ; Soukup, Jaromír (advisor) ; Říchová, Blanka (referee)
Bachelor thesis "The Current Position of Scotland within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland" deals with a relationship of Scotland within the Great Britain. The main feature of Scottish politics is nationalism, which characterizes the Scots the most. Although Scotland exists as a part of Great Britain since 1707 within the parliamentary union, the separatist tendencies are intensified in past few decades. I am going to show the historical evolution of Scotland from the establishment of the Crown Union to the current Scottish policy in my thesis. The biggest political event in past four centuries was the creation of Scottish Parliament, seated in Holyrood, Edinburgh. Very important was a creation of Scottish National Party in 1934. It developed from an unpopular political party into one of the most popular parties in Scotland. I will focus on the upcoming referendum on Scottish independence which takes place on September 18 2014. I will also focus on both positive and negative consequences the positive result of referendum may bring.
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Motive of the City in Bohumil Hrabal's Selected Prose
Tvrdíková, Linda ; Špirit, Michael (advisor) ; Merhaut, Luboš (referee)
in English The work aims to determine the basic characteristic of the motive of the city and its variation in selected works by Bohumil Hrabal. Research areas are some proses from short story collection Pearls of the Deep, An Advertisement for the House I Don't Want to Live in Anymore and novels Gentle Barbarian and Too Loud a Solitude. Theoretical basis of this thesis consists of publications dealing in general with space in literary works or specifically with the motive of the city. The thesis focuses only on the analysis of texts whose events are located in a metropolitan environment (specifically Prague). Those texts whose events is a smaller town (Nymburk, or Lysa nad Labem) are left aside. Proses are analyzed by date of the first edition and the short stories in their respective order in the short story collection. First, there is a detailed analysis of specific forms of the motive of the city in particular works. On the basis of this analysis the common elements of these forms are eventually determined, and thus the complete characteristic of the motive of the city in the work of Bohumil Hrabal.
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The concept of referendums in democracy: a comparison of the Scottish and Catalan models
Dudycha, Petr ; Říchová, Blanka (advisor) ; Brunclík, Miloš (referee)
The diploma thesis called 'the concept of referendums in democracy: a comparison of the Scottish and Catalan models', deals with the question of referendum in democracy which is an instrument for countries to become independent. The referendum is correctly known as a constitutional referendum. This thesis also deals with the application of a constitutional referendum in the cases of Scotland and Catalonia. The main purpose of this research is to analyse the conduct of the Scottish and Catalan referendums for independence, both of which were held in the autumn of 2014. The paper looks to identify the similarities and differences between these two examples. Both cases are based on seven variables in the research of referendums: 1) constitutional framework for holding a referendum of independence, 2) identification of the basic political process leading to a referendum, 3) organizational-administrative regulation of a referendum, 4) issues during the referendum campaign, 5) opinion polls for the referendum, 6) results of the referendum and 7) predicted consequences of the referendum. The final purpose of this thesis is to assess how these two models reflect on the current constitutional practice in a democratic society.
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Development of socio-spatial differentiation in region Severovýchod using the results of census 1980 - 2011
Komárek, Marek ; Netrdová, Pavlína (advisor) ; Semian, Michal (referee)
Bachelor's thesis covers the development of socio-spatial differentiation in region NUTS II Severovýchod at the base of the data from the last four nationwide census. Monitoring is executed at the local level represented by municipalities. The region is also introduced in the Czech and European context. Quantitative research confirmed the expected trends. The concentration of core and peripheral areas has increased from the census in 1991 (the first census after the fall of socialism) regardless the population size of municipalities. Also the concentration of the population often exceeds the boundaries of municipalities with extended sphere of action. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Space of Zakarpattia in the Czech Literature
Krabsová, Veronika ; Peterka, Josef (advisor) ; Klumparová, Štěpánka (referee)
This thesis deals with the phenomenon of Carpathian Ruthenia, or Zakarpattia, which is one of the most discussed issues in Czech literature. It expands the traditional view of the issue with a chronological survey of works by Czech authors who were inspired by Carpathian Ruthenia, and maps their writings created from the end of the 19th century to the beginning of the 21st century. It focuses on their interpretation, with particular reference to the topology. The first chapter presents the terminological problems associated with the territory of the Transcarpathian region. The next chapter submits an account of the exceptional nature of this area (its contrasts, periphery, regionalism, myths, exoticism, idylls and adventures), and attempts to characterize its uniqueness (backwardness, belief in superstitions, Jews, alcoholism, poachers, enchanting countryside and outlaws). Carpathian Ruthenia appears to be a place of secrecy, where hypothetical characters grow. The topology of the mountain is also an important element. The following chapter, the longest, presents most of the works by the Czech authors who were inspired by this region. The first of these authors came to Carpathian Ruthenia during the 1920s as government workers or tourists. Their works are arranged within the chapter according to the...
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Aesthetics of Periphery and Border (To Selected Aspects of Periphery and Border Phenomenon in Slovak Literature of the 20th Century in Central European Context).
Passia, Radoslav ; Chmel, Rudolf (advisor) ; Barborík, Vladimír (referee) ; Káša, Peter (referee)
Radoslav P a s s i a Aesthetics of Periphery and Border (To Selected Aspects of Periphery and Border Phenomenon in Slovak Literature of the 20th Century in Central European Context) Abstract The dissertation deals with selected aspects of periphery and border phenomenon in Slovak literature of the 20th century in Central European context. In the preliminary chapter Border the author focuses particularly on selected texts by Central European writers which are thematically set in the Eastern Carpathians. This radically multiethnic region is considered to be one of the relatively independent cultural areas of Central Europe by the author. Narrative perspectives of a stranger, outcast, migrant in combination with the themes of border and conflict between vernacular and alien are characteristic for the literary image of the Eastern Carpathian border area in the 20th century. The author looks at the way the literary appearance of this area is ideologically deformed in the works of individual authors. The writers (mainly Czech and Polish) who do not come from the Eastern Carpathian border area use characters of strangers to reflect on the relationship between the modern and the traditional. Autochthonous authors often make use of the stranger characters to depict the area's self-colonial efforts in relation to the...
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Landscape changes in border areas of selected military bases in Bohemia since the second half of the 19th century
Hájek, Filip ; Chromý, Pavel (advisor) ; Jančák, Vít (referee)
This thesis deals with the long-term changes in the landscape of border areas of selected military bases in Bohemia Brdy and Hradiště. Specifically, in these areas it is focused on land use changes since half of the 19th century to the present. Its main objective is to identify whether and to what extent military bases affect character and intensity of land use changes beyond their borders. The first part of the thesis is devoted to general solutions relating to the key topics/concepts representing thematic base for further work (landscape, spatial polarization and military bases). The methodology of this part is based on research and discussions of literature and other sources. In the second part of the thesis the focus is on the spatial definition and characteristics of both areas of our interest. The third part is based on the knowledge of the previous two parts, and is engaged in the land use changes research in both areas. This research has a quantitative nature and is based on the use of statistical data provided by the LUCC Czechia database, which were further processed and evaluated. Final part of the thesis is based on the results of the third part and discusses the possible impact of the military bases to changes in land use in the close border areas. Key words: landscape landscape...
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Tripoint. Motive of the city in the Daniela Hodrová's and Michal Ajvaz's novel.
Špádová, Barbora ; Činátlová, Blanka (advisor) ; Heczková, Libuše (referee)
This thesis deals with the motive of the city in the Daniela Hodrova trilogy (Tryznive mesto - The Doleful City) and in the Michal Ajvaz novel (Druhe mesto - The Other City). It focuses on differences and details in the motive treatment, follows the topological line of the concrete sujets, notices the role of the centre, the periphery, the border and the trace in both books. Author of the thesis inspects the notion of 'the inner city' - not only the 'inner place' within the motive of the city, but also the 'house vs. home' opposition. Large space is given to the poetic of city myths in both authors.
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The Architecture of the Virtual
Halinár, Matej ; ArtD, Vít Halada, (referee) ; Kristek,, Jan (advisor)
Architecture Jail Escape It is a specific device for futuroptimist people based on the philosophy of posthumanism and transhumanism, a version of their own faith in endless life on the net. It is a belief in the possibility of technological transformation of humanity that will allow us to overcome our physical and biological limits. Clause 2.0 is architecture for pioneers - the protagonist of this transformation - enabling the longest and most complete stay in virtual reality. This avant-garde is anxious 2.0. Escapist personalities of digital age soldiers are looking for a haven and their own version of the world in the cyberspace. They create a vision of paradise and colonize (cyber) space without the political consequences of the finiteness of the physical world and the exhaustion of natural resources. They live on the frontier of the being, and they want to unburden themselves and merge with the world they understand more. They fight with their own brain and body that cannot break away from the world. The endlessness of the virtual space has the limits of body and senses. Long-term stay in a cyberspace is a loss of sense of time and space. This monastic life in clause 2.0 is able to keep them in shape, by observing the ritual, the physical performance of walking that they must undergo so that they can exist every day in their version of the digital monastery. These versions are infinite, and they can be ritually traced among them. Clause geometry isolates them from one another. The clause is a monastic concept that allows the people to live hermetically, as well as the physical world. The gateway to the virtual space is a "zero architecture" - a room, a cell, a cube on a 4x4 meter plan, rid of any visual architectural site. It provides only a flat floor as the reflection point for an endless virtual world and four walls and a ceiling with a corresponding thickness for a sufficient separation from the outside world. The world of infinite freedom opens behind this "zero architecture". It seems that not through "architectural innovation and political subversion" a modern architect's dream of architecture will be realized as machines for the liberation of man but through the abandonment of physical architecture as such. The prospect of "zero architecture" opens up a space where the new architecture will no longer be "luxuries and good homes, not the architecture of separation and imprisonment, but it will ultimately be the architecture of freedom.
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