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Sport and the Olympic movement in Visegrad Countries and their Transformation in Post-communist Era
Jakubcová, Kristina ; Waic, Marek (advisor) ; Sekot, Aleš (referee) ; Kocian, Jiří (referee)
The thesis analyzes the development and status of the Olympic Movement in the Visegrad countries and makes the mutual comparison of it in these countries. History of development of modern sport since its inception, including interest in the nascent Olympic Movement in these countries, has similar features. Especially after the onset of communism the Czech and Slovak Republics, Hungary and Poland, went, not only in sport, through similar developments. This area was "united" and its management has pursued state organization, which claimed to control all branches of sport. After the fall of the communist regime awaited new challenges for sport. Sport had to at least partially replace state funding for alternative sources, build it's own structures, set up relationships between subjects of sports scene, establish the place in these relations and structures of the Olympic Committee or influence the legislative framework for their own effect. During the research it became clear that understanding the development of sport and the Olympic Movement after the fall of communism is not possible without a thorough description of the situation in the region after the Second World War and the emergence of communist regimes in the countries of the future Visegrad Four. Therefore, the original intention, working primarily...
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Comparison of program and politics of Czechoslovakian national socialist party and Czechoslovakian social democratic party in years 1945-1948
Pravda, Petr ; Kocian, Jiří (advisor) ; Doubek, Vratislav (referee)
This text is focused on the Czechoslovak National Socialist Party and the Czechoslovak Social Democracy in the period of the Third Republic. The objective is to find out why these two socialist parties did not cooperate with each other during that era. The thesis is divided in four chapters. The first chapter describes how those two parties dealt with the Munich Agreement and their activity during the Second World War. The second chapter refers to their restoration after the liberation. The third chapter deals with the election in 1946, how its relults influenced the activity of those parties. The last chapter analyses the reasons, why the socialist parties did not manage to face together the arrival of the Communists at the absolute power.
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Czechoslovakia 1968. Attempt at Socialism with Human Faces
Švarc, Zdeněk ; Tůma, Oldřich (advisor) ; Kocian, Jiří (referee)
This work considers questions, why the prevention of attempt to socialism with a human face in Czechoslovakia took place in 1968. The work sequentially makes a statement on then political mentality in that era as well as it considers the outer influences that led to an army intervention of Warsaw Pact's lands into Czechoslovakia in August 1968. The work should answer the following question, why the break of sub political progress came true that consequently aimed at the normalization orientation.
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Union of Journalists 1945 - 1948
Cebe, Jan ; Köpplová, Barbara (advisor) ; Jiroušek, Bohumil (referee) ; Kocian, Jiří (referee)
This work titled Union of Journalists in 1945-1948 is trying to capture the period of reconstruction and building of journalistic community life since the end of Nazi occupation till the communist coup in February 1948. Although it captures only a very short period of time from the rich history of the Czech journalist associations, we believe that this is a crucial period. The work is divided into nine chapters. The introductory chapter focuses on the preparation of the establishment of a new journalistic organization. The second chapter deals with the process of "cleansing" in which journalists organization examined journalists and punish their activities during the Nazi occupation. The third chapter describes the process of creating of post-war media legislation, particularly the role that a journalistic organization played in this process. The fourth chapter focuses on the most important moments of internal community life. The fifth chapter is devoted to the Association of imprisoned journalists. The sixth chapter deals with the renewed activity of journalistic organizations in the international forum. It focuses in particular on the International Organization of Journalists (IOJ) in Prague in 1947. The seventh chapter examines the financial situation, and especially union activities in acquiring real...
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Collectivization of Agriculture in the district of Nymburk 1948 - 1953
Rajlová, Lucie ; Kocian, Jiří (advisor) ; Cuhra, Jaroslav (referee)
This diploma work entitled Collectivization of Nymburk district 1948 - 1953 is primarily treated as a brief preview of the beginning of collectivization in the Nymburk district, between1948 and1953. The first part is devoted to describing agriculture in Czechoslovakia and its development after World War II. I will remind the reader of some assumptions on which the cooperative farming, Hradecky program and Ïuriša agricultural laws were based. Part of the text is devoted to circumstances of the post-war ban of the Republican party consisting of agricultural and farming people, formerly Agrarian party - in the postwar political reconstruction. There were many farmers in the ranks of the pre-war Agrarian party. Among them were many of those who were affected most during the years of collectivization practices. The thesis deals with the formation and activities of JZD (collective farms) in selected villages of the Nymburk district during that period. The last section is devoted to the most famous Political processes with Nymburk district farmers and their influence on the atmosphere at the time. The annexes attached to the diploma work contain tables and contemporary propaganda materials. The central part of the work has been developed based on the study of the materials from the State District Archives...
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Struggle for Czechoslovak Social Democracy in the Second Half of 1947
Brož, Jan ; Kocian, Jiří (advisor) ; Tůma, Oldřich (referee)
This bachelor thesis is devoted to the Czechoslovak Social Democracy and its relations with the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia and the Czechoslovak National Socialist Party in the second half of 1947. The text mentions important changes in these relations which occurred in this very period and gives an account of tensions within the Social Democracy as well. The main issue which was discussed inside the Social Democratic Party was the question of cooperation between Social Democrats and Communists. These intraparty tensions distinctively showed up in two events. One was the pact of Communist and Social Democratic solidarity, which was signed in September during negotiations on the Millionaires' Tax, the other was the Brno congress of the Social Democratic Party in November, 1947. This thesis also informs about the Communists' view on intraparty feuding within the Social Democratic Party and tactics which they used in approach to the Czechoslovak Social Democracy. Finally, this text also notifies of the National Socialists' thoughts on cooperation with the Social Democracy.
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Ion Iliescu and his role in the forming of the modern romanian democracy
Kocian, Jiří ; Tejchman, Miroslav (advisor) ; Šístek, František (referee)
The problematic of Romanian transition to democracy after the year 1989 was by its major part determined by the form of previous regime. Because of the extreme pressure and control exercised on the opposition and personal dictatorship of the regime of Nicolae Ceaușescu, no major dissent groups or centers existed, bearing the potential to take part in the overthrow of the regime. In the swift and still unclear events of December 1989, National Salvation Front rose to hold the power, being directed by Ion Iliescu. As a formerly top positioned communist apparatchik, who had been swept out from status and power after several conflicts with Ceausescu, he transferred almost complete communist structure to the newly formed regime, including Securitate, the secret service. Deconstruction of the former regime was actually performed by the execution of the former president and his wife and by trials of several Securitate generals. Iliescu concentrated most of the power around NSF and in contradiction with the original proclamation postponed transition to democracy. The new regime, which was led by Ion Iliescu demonstrated in its ideological presentation and exercise of power apparent similarities with the era of communist rule, nevertheless, it worked under formal democratic framework. Because of this fact,...
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Corruption of Democratic System of ‚2nd Republic' and Radicalization of Political Conditions Presented on Case of National Unity Party and National Labour Party
Jetmar, Jakub ; Kocian, Jiří (advisor) ; Rak, Jiří (referee)
The thesis "Corruption of Democratic System of ‚2nd Republic' and Radicalization of Political Conditions Presented on Case of National Unity Party and National Labour Party" deals mainly with deformation of the parliamentary system, with growth of anti-Semitism, and generally even with an aimed destruction of democracy which had accompanied development of Czech political parties in so called Czech-Slovakia of that period. The introduction chapters are focusing to outline the political situation in the period having been succeeded The Munich Agreement. The following parts are focused on the changes that afflicted not only the interior structure of above mentioned political parties but led also to a decline or even to an entire denial of former ideas, inherent to the previous period of ‚1st Republic', of which these parties had been integral elements.Based on interpretation of both the contemporary and present day publications and periodicals, this thesis aims to be one of tributes revealing the period of ‚2nd Republic',which has not been frequently treated by Czech historiography. This thesis makes an effort to reply questions of these sorts, e.g.: Has that period influenced the historical memory of Czech people? Was that régime a product of a pressure of totalitarian great power, with regard to the...
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Prokop Drtina (1900-1980). The life of a Czech democrat
Koutek, Ondřej ; Kuklík, Jan (advisor) ; Rychlík, Jan (referee) ; Kocian, Jiří (referee)
This dissertation is dedicated to a very important Czech official and later politician Prokop Drtina, whose life was closely linked with the development of democracy in Czechoslovakia. The main objective of this thesis is to draw the attention to this unique person and to illustrate the history of Czechoslovakia on his life story. He was bom on 13 April 1900 into a prominent Czech family. His father, František Drtina, was a famous philosopher and a close collaborator of Professor Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk. Drtina's childhood was very inspiring because he grew up surrounded by then Czech intellectual elite. Y oung Prokop Drtina was conducted by his interest in history and politics to a study of the law faculty in Prague. After studying law, Prokop Drtina started his professional career in the Czech Tax Directorate and his public activities date back to the same time. In 1925, he joined the newly established National Labour Party which, however, totally failed and was disbanded after five years of activity. In 1928, he left it and joined the Czechoslovak National Socialist Party where he stayed to the end of his political career. Prokop Drtina also played an important role in the activities of the prestigious debating club "The Present" ("Přítomnost"). After that, he was also one of the editors of "Democratic...
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