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The Future of Western Sahara
Juklová, Jana ; Kváča, Vladimír (advisor) ; Kochan, Jan (referee)
The thesis deals with the international law situation of Western Sahara. It analyses the historical development of Western Sahara, in particular its decolonization, and by means of the analysis of the proposed solutions it tries to reach the actual status of the area and outlines some possibilities of the future development. The right of self-determination of Saharawi people is the key issue and appears in many resolutions of the United Nations dealing with Western Sahara. This territory is the topic of long-lasting disputes between Morocco and the Front Polisario. Attempts to solve the problem have lasted for many years but there has been almost no advance because of the different attitudes of the parties. Not only neighbouring countries but also other states with the special interests in the region interfere in the negotiations. Since 1991, when the ceasefire came into effect after many years of the military conflict, the proposals of solution have been refused.
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Left shift in LA and its cultural and historical context - the example of Bolivia
Novák, Ondřej ; Kochan, Jan (advisor) ; Jeníčková, Martina (referee)
During the period of 2005/2006 Latin America found itself in a situation historically unprecedented. Presidential election was held in twelve Latin American states as well as parliamentary elections in most of them. The left-wind parties and candidates won in most of the states. This result forces us to think about it. The subject and the goal of this bachelor thesis is hence the analysis of some factors which could have contributed to this left shift. The thesis is focused predominantly on the past and tries to elaborate historical and cultural aspects of factors concerned and put them in context with current development in Latin America. Although it deals primarily with the representative example of Bolivia, it equally relates the factors analysed to the region as a whole. This is in accordance with the division of factors in internal and external with the focus on internal factors. The policy of current bolivian government with president Evo Morales is described briefly as well because it reflects to some extent the historic and cultural facts under examination.
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Political Situation in Zimbabwe
Rovňáková, Dana ; Volenec, Otakar (advisor) ; Kochan, Jan (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to analyse the political situation in south-african Zimbabwe and its reasons and consequences. It is focused on the governance of president Robert Mugabe,his ruling party, ZANU-PF, and their influence on miserable economic situation in the country that suffers from the highest infaliton rate in the world.
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The Zapatista Rebellion in Mexican Chiapas: political - historical context
Švehlová, Eva ; Kochan, Jan (advisor) ; Doležal, Tomáš (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the Zapatista rebellion in Mexican Chiapas from the year 1994 and its main aim is to evaluate the achievements of the whole rebellion. Firstly, the thesis concentrates on the bases for the formation of the rebellion by studying crucial events from Mexican history. Furthermore, it describes the course of the rebellion in chronological sequence and it lays stress on the armed actions of the Zapatista, their non-military activities and peace negotiations with the government. In the last chapter, the thesis presents a deeper analysis of different aspects of the rebellion by the means of the analysis of structure, origin and members; the analysis of ideology, demands and aims and finally the analysis of means of struggle where the role of media is highlighted above all. The final evaluation of the achievements is devided into Mexican, global and theoretical level.
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The development of Somalia since 1990 and the issue of piracy
Šimon, Ondřej ; Kváča, Vladimír (advisor) ; Kochan, Jan (referee)
This paper deals with the development of Somalia since the decay of the dictatorship in the early 1990s and further analyses the attempts to reestablish the somali national state and why any of them did not succeed. Focus on the various sides of the contlict, which is among the goals, sheds light on their performance in the somali failed state, lacking any effective central government. The theoretical part of the paper is dedicated to the phenomenon of failed state, which is being discussed a lot in the post-bipolar period, pursuing the need to solve problems related to failed and failing states. Somalia has become one of them.
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Relations between France and its (former) colonies in Sub-Saharan Africa
Jakabovičová, Lucia ; Kváča, Vladimír (advisor) ; Kochan, Jan (referee)
The paper aims to provide basic characteristics and describe specific features of relations between France and its colonized territories in Sub-Saharan Africa or sovereign states formed in their place. Various aspects of these relations are evaluated along with their development and transformations during three periods: the period of colonial dominion, transition towards the independence of colonies, and immediately following the declaration of independence. Together with particular forms of political, economic, and cultural cooperation, motivations of parties for maintaining this cooperation and actual benefits for individual parties are considered. The paper provides comprehensive overview of the problem implying that French political interests in Sub-Saharan Africa were not diminished by the loss of colonies; the assertion of these interests merely adopted less ostensible but equally effective forms.
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Authoritarianism in Latin America on example of Hugo Chávez
Procházka, Michal ; Kochan, Jan (advisor) ; Němec, Jan (referee)
The main part of the thesis is analyzing the political system of Venezuelan government of Hugo Chávez and its classification between democratic, totalitarian political systems and authoritarianism. On the basis of an analysis of the changes in the country's political, economic and social structures between the years 1998 and 2009 and by using of an overview of the historical circumstances of the Latin American authoritarianism the thesis is trying to decide if the present Venezuelan political system could be classified as an authoritarianism or not. The thesis also includes the brief history of Latin America with accent on the time period of authoritarianism and the reasons for its numerous appearance, the rise of Hugo Chávez and the Venezuelan history before his election.
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Chile and Integration of the Latin America
Netuka, Petr ; Volenec, Otakar (advisor) ; Kochan, Jan (referee)
Thesis briefly mentions history of Chile and introduces three efforts for regional integration - Free Trade Area of the Americas, Andean Community of Nations and Mercosur. In next chapters, bilateral relations of Chile to four other countries are described, namely relations to its neighbours (Argentina, Bolivia and Peru) and to Brazil as a largest economy of the Latin America. The goal of the work is to analyse an effort of Chile for regional integration.
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