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Regional Distribution of Development Aid in Cambodia
Ficek, František ; Jelen, Libor (advisor) ; Těšinová, Michaela (referee)
Regional distribution of development aid in Cambodia Abstract This bachelor thesis, examines development aid distribution in Cambodia, specifically focused on the distribution and allocation of development projects that target reproductive health and education. Within the introduction, the history and current situation in Cambodia is presented, followed by a discussion of current approaches to development aid. The reproductive health and education issues will also be examined as well as the continuing discourse of development aid allocation. The research analyses the relationship between development interventions and reproductive health or education indicators on provincial level. The main outcome in Cambodia's development aid only highlights the distribution of aid with regard to the level of development in several cases; allocation of aid is mostly influenced by other factors rather than recipient need. Key words: Cambodia, development aid, allocation, distribution, reproductive health, education, official development assistance, non-governmental organizations
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Symptoms of banal nationalism in the process of ethno-political contestation in the British Isles
Bořil, Vít ; Lepič, Martin (advisor) ; Jelen, Libor (referee)
Symptoms of banal nationalism in the process of ethno-political contestation in the British Isles Abstract This thesis deals with the concept of banal nationalism (Billig 1995) and it's symptoms in Scotland and Wales. The aim of this thesis is to create theoretical and conceptual framework which is necessary for introduction to the study of banal nationalism. This is achieved by systemic review of the relevant literature. A broad spectrum of components of banal nationalism has been identified in Scotland and Wales. The review has found that banal nationalism is most commonly reproduced by the media, such as the daily press. It is also embedded in the landscape and manifests itself in the people's day-to-day lives. The thesis points out ways to identify banal nationalism in political documents, banknotes and postcards. It shows how individual manifestations vary in every region: For example, in Scotland, they tend to come from institutions much more often than in Wales. In Scotland, targeted guerrilla campaigns, which do occur in Wales, are not seen. Key words: banal nationalism, sub-state nationalism, Scotland, Wales, regional competence, devolution
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Geopolitical aspects of Russian energy policy toward the European Union
Seidlová, Alexandra ; Jelen, Libor (advisor) ; Vogt, David (referee)
The capacity of natural gas which is imported from Russia has a major part in the European energy mix. The over-dependency on Russian supplies invokes fears from potential dangerous geopolitical influence of Russia on states of the European Union (EU). The objective of this work is, by the method of critical recherché, to analyze principal geopolitical aspects than geoeconomical aspects of the Russian energy policy in stance to the EU and even to states in the region of Caspian Sea on the examples of the chosen European and Russian pipeline projects. The attention is also devoted on outer actors in the form of energetic companies, which enter in to Russian-European energy chess field. In the end of this work the possible diversification bases and the guess of the future development of energy policy is being discussed.
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The effect of the fairtrade system on coffee growing - regional case studies
Jodas, Jan ; Jelen, Libor (advisor) ; Eretová, Veronika (referee)
Coffee growing is an important part of economy for many countries. It often is their only source of economic income. Global market price instability can highly influence their economic situation. Fair Trade organizations are trying to preclude this trend by guaranteeing stable purchase prices. Nicaragua, Guatemala, Papua New Guinea, Uganda and Malawi have been chosen for regional case studies, which analyze the work and the impact of the Fair Trade organizations on coffee growing and overall agriculture production of these countries.
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Russian geopolitics - constants and changes after the split of the USSR
Vosátková, Veronika ; Tomeš, Jiří (advisor) ; Jelen, Libor (referee)
As the diploma's thesis it was chosen the theoretical analysis of the geopolitical position of Russia. The primary objective of this study is the evaluation of current geopolitics of the Russian Federation after the collapse of Soviet Union and outlines its future development. This work tries to answer a few basic questions. What is the current geopolitical situation in Russia, in what direction it develops, and whether we can declare a major shift to any direction. The work is divided into several main parts. Introduction is followed by a theoretical grasp of key concepts and the main actors involved in geopolitics. The other two parts contain an analysis of the relationship of Russia to key actors such as the US and NATO, the EU, China, the near neighborhood in Central Asia and the Transcaucasia and geopolitics of oil and natural gas. The last is practical part, in which the information from the previous sections are applied to specific examples in Russian foreign policy. Keywords: Geopolitics, Russia, eurasianism, foreign policy, the US, the EU, China, Central Assia, NATO, energy policy, oil, natural gas
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Geographical and Socioeconomic Aspects of Separatism in Spain - a Case Study of Catalonia and the Basque Country
Lepič, Martin ; Tomeš, Jiří (advisor) ; Jelen, Libor (referee)
The subject of research of this presented diploma thesis is the evaluation of the factors that influence the genesis of nationalist aspirations and separatist tendencies on two scale levels: the level of Spanish Autonomous Communities, and between comarcas in the Basque Country and Catalonia. Emphasis is placed primarily on the differentiation between the influence of economic aspirations and ethno-national identity. On the theoretical level, the thesis discusses approaches to nationalism, its typology, resources and activation, as well as the development of social organization and the asymmetrical division of powers in Spain. For the purposes of analysis, two indicators of intensity of expressed nationalism are used - constitutional preference and voting behavior - and then each are tested in relation to socio-economic characteristics, ethno-cultural manifestations, or relevant demographic characteristics. The thesis also evaluates the system of set fiscal redistribution between regions and central government.
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The ethnopolitical mobilization in Caucasus a its regional differentiation
Jelen, Libor
The research is trying to extend a discussion about the causes and the course of the ethno-political mobilization leading to conflicts in the consideration of Caucasian events. The research has set two main targets : (1) the analysis of geographical, historical, demographical and social factors contributed to ethno-political mobilization and conflicts in the Caucasus in the late 80's. (2) the searching regional diferencies which should explain various mobilization intensity between the Caucasian ethnics. Three methodologicaly different parts shape this research. First part deals with historical analysis of events conected with the Russian colonization and subsequent "sovetization" of Caucasus. Secondly, in statistical analysis are proved selected historical, demographical and social factors (variables) through the use of correlation and regression analysis. The results should documented both relationships between the individual independent variables and their influence on dependent variable, i.e. intensity of the ethno-political mobilization. Last research part consists in analysis of geographical distrubution of particular factors in the Caucasian political units. The aim is to reveal regional specificity, which could determinate ethno-political mobilization and political development during the Soviet...
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Powerpoint presentation usage in geography education
Mrázová, Marcela ; Marada, Miroslav (advisor) ; Jelen, Libor (referee)
The thesis studies using PowerPoint presentation in geography teaching, especially for the impact of visualized substance on the effectiveness of teaching. The theoretical part is followed by questionnaire survey to monitor the current situation in Czech schools. Students and teachers of Geography were asked if they are computer users and how are their subjective views and experiences of using PowerPoint in teaching. I also examined the technical background of Czech schools and whether there is even possible to use audio-visual technology in education. I also asked which teaching method was preferred by students and whether they prefered the lessons with PowerPoint presentations. The numer of 62 teachers and 283 students were participants in this survey. Most of them is an ordinary computer user. PowerPoint presentations are often used in Geography. Their opinion of using powerpoint presentations in lessons is rather positive. The most popular method among students is an interpretation, which corresponds with the most common PowerPoint usage. The second part of the thesis includes qualitative research of effectiveness using PowerPoint in Geography lessons. In two parallel classes, there were teached substance, which has been visualized by PowerPoint presentation in one class and by any analog...
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The ethnopolitical mobilization in Caucasus a its regional differentiation
Jelen, Libor ; Dostál, Petr (advisor) ; Anděl, Jiří (referee) ; Baar, Vladimír (referee)
Results and conclusion The process of Caucasian ethno-political mobilization began in the 60's of 20th century (somewhere has been running since the begenning of the Russian colonization), however its acceleration came on in the second of 80's. This period is connected with the Gorbachev's political and economical reforms aiming to multinational empire modernization. Unintended consequent of the reforms became absolute soviet power decline leading to dismantling of Soviet union. The totalitarian system release and the political decentralization are appeared to be key catalysts of the ethnic clashes with roots liying in ethnic trauma of the last century. Ethno- mobilization arised then out of ethnic interactions given by historical reminiscence and asymetric status of particular groups within the federal system defined by the soviet authorities during 20's and 30's of the last century. In its implication, social, economical and cultural discrimination called "internal colonization" occured. On the contrary, the "ethnic competition" about economical and political resource control within given territory happend in cases of a titular group superior status or equal status of two titular groups. Separatism, iredentism or territorial autonomism were final goals of ethno-mobilization efforts in both theoretical...
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