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Invasion of Iraq - Just War?
Raiser, Jaroslav ; Kučera, Rudolf (advisor) ; Střítecký, Vít (referee)
The bachelor thesis "Invasion of Iraq - just war?" explores the just war theory, mainly jus ad bellum criteria which are applied on the case of invasion of Iraq, a war which took place in 2003, in the second part of the thesis. It examines a development of the theory through the history and the main thinkers of the theory from ancient times to the present day. Subsequently, the text explores the theoretical framework of jus ad bellum in detail. Its criteria are: just cause, competent authority, right intention, reasonable hope of success, proportionality and war as a last resort. The main aim of the thesis is to analyse justifiability of the invasion of 2003, but in order to understand the context of the invasion the history of Iraq since 1979 with special regard to the Iraqi weapon program and to the reaction of the international community to this program is examined first. Afterwards, the jus ad bellum criteria are applied to the invasion. While these criteria being examined, the public statements of the political leaders of the United States, and information and facts which were available to those leaders or to the intelligence agencies of the coalition states at that time, are taken into consideration.
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Christian democratic political parties in Lutheran "Baltoscandia": a comparison in light of the secularization thesis
Hejzlar, Štěpán ; Mlejnek, Josef (advisor) ; Kučera, Rudolf (referee)
The submitted diploma thesis deals with Christian Democratic political parties in the political systems of Scandinavian and Baltic countries of Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Estonia and Latvia. These parties form a unique "Nordic" branch of European political Protestantism; and structurally and functionally distinctive, but to a great degree homogenous, subgroup of Christian democracy. A major theoretical tradition to be applied is the Rokkanian party system analysis. Contrary to its counterparts on the continent, the Nordic branch grew not from a church-based defence stance against a secular state, but from both territorial and religious dissent on the periphery. The "cultural periphery" analysis relies heavily on history and geography of religion of the Nordic countries. However, other theoretical perspectives are taken as well in order to compare different aspects of the parties' affiliations and policies, such as their cabinet policies, ideology or EC/EU attitudes. In another chapter, possibilities and limits of Christian democracy in the Lutheran environment of Latvia and Estonia are examined. Is Scandinavian experience portable? Or are there other ways of Christian political mobilization used in the public spheres of the two Baltic countries? A similar theoretical framework is applied,...
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Anthropological reflection of Woman in the Second Half of the 19th Century
Vlčková, Lenka ; Kučera, Rudolf (referee)
The diploma thesis deals with the transformation of self-intimate feminity in the second half of the 19th century. The primary subject matter of the thesis focuses on the transformation of the female subjectivity in the contrast with the prejudiced and culturally influenced role of a female. The thesis focuses on the biological determination of a female from the masculine perspective in the discourse of the 19th century and on the influence of socializing factors on the change of understanding of the female subjectivity. The primary subject is the role of a mother as a non concept-provider of specific information about the matrimonial cohabitation. The methodology of the thesis concerns historical, culturally - anthropological, sociological survey and the gender and a culturally and socially created construct. The framework is: the biological determination of feminity, female psyche, juvenescence, and enlightenment of church, female readiness for matrimony, bachelor mother. In emphasizes the anomalous demands of female and feminity. A female had been traditionally brought up to the housekeeping, to the role of a mother without being provided with the information about conception and other aspects of intimate cohabitation of spouse. The nuance in the transformation of the feminity during the 19th century is...
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CDU - Conservative Party? Analysis of the debate on CDU's policies and idea program
Pešeková, Mária ; Mlejnek, Josef (advisor) ; Kučera, Rudolf (referee)
Diploma thesis CDU Conservative Party? Analysis of the debate on CDU's policies and idea program deals with Christian Democratic Union as a catch-all party and with its currently idea course since the leading by Angela Merkel. The thesis analyses the history of CDU and their position in the German party system. This topic is focused in the last part where the relation between CDU and church, as a traditional partner, is described as well the questions connected with bioethics, family policy, integration of immigrants, national identity, cancelling of military duty and energy (power plant) policy. CDU after melting of catholic milieu meets problems which are concluded from the society secularization and therefore with decreasing of voters support. The liberalization tendency in the society affects also the CDU party which follows this trend and leaves the originally ideas. This program change and drifting the party to the left of the centre of political spectrum causes some movement critical to CDU, initiated by actual as well former party members. According them the party lost the conservative identity and leaves one of the pillars of the own policy which is formally declared. This creates an insoluble situation in which the traditional voters are not satisfied, on the other hand the party is not...
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Democratization of Portugal and Romania: is it possible to study transitions to democracy by unified models?
Kasper, Petr ; Kučera, Rudolf (advisor) ; Šušlíková, Lada (referee)
In my paper, I will attempt to answer the question "Is it possible to study transitions to democracy by unified models?" I will seek for an answer using cases of Romania and Portugal, the two states where authoritarian rule had the form of personal dictatorship and was overthrown without government cooperation. My assumption is that studying by unified model is not possible and I will try to find evidence for this statement. In my paper I use theoretical work of Samuel P. Huntington, Vladimíra Dvořáková and Jiří Kunc who study types of transitions to democracy. Dvořáková and Kunc also describe phases of these transitions. From work of Adam Przeworski I use the view of democratization causes. Using these theoretical concepts I will study specific cases of democratization in Romania and Portugal. I will use works of Miroslav Tejchman, Kurt W. Treptow and Jiří Kocian in case of Romania and Jan Klíma, Simona Binková, Zuzana Budinová and Kenneth Maxwell in case of Portugal.
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Analysis of Israeli-Palestinian conflict in Gaza Strip
Mičovská, Natália ; Kučera, Rudolf (advisor) ; Kubátová, Hana (referee)
The bachelor thesis analyzes the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It is considered through one of the most important Palestinian parties- Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas). In the introduction the thesis provides the explanation of the concept of Islamic fundamentalism, as it is understood throughout the work. It continuous with explanation of the historical background of the movement - the forefather, the Muslim Brotherhood and it culminates with the formation of Hamas during the First Intifada. The other chapters talk about the movement itself and its impact on the conflict. There is also a deep analysis of four important documents - Charter from the year 1988, the Election program, Program of the National united government, and the Political platform of the one-colored government of Hamas from 2006. These documents, statements and activities of its members as well, are important to see the evolution of movement's philosophy and its future impact on the conflict. Thesis is focused mostly on the period since the First Intifada till nowadays. It is oriented on the territory of Gaza Strip, where Hamas has governed since 2006. The last chapter concerns the points of view on Hamas among the states and experts.
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Religious Political Parties in Israel
Nejedlá, Iveta ; Kučera, Rudolf (advisor) ; Kubátová, Hana (referee)
Thesis is focused on Israeli religious political parties and the question of their increasing influence. Furthermore, it is focused also on potential increase of the Israeli state's religiosity. Religious parties are classified according to three determining factors. These are: (i) attitude towards Zionism, (ii) number of Sephardi Jews in the party, i.e. whether it is an Ashkenazi or a Sephardi party, and (iii) position towards Arabs (Palestinians). The initial part of the Thesis describes historical evolution which led to the establishment of Israel as a state. Primarily to introduce the situation, and the moods, that was preceding the state's establishment, but also to provide better understanding of relations between the Jews and the Arabs. The level of Israel's religiosity is analyzed based on influence of the key religious institutions on the state affairs. Besides the Ministry of Religious Services these are mainly the Rabbinical Courts, the Chief Rabbinate of Israel and local religious councils. To better assess the religious nature of the state the Thesis moreover analyzes and describes the status quo as regards the relationship of the state and the religion.
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Relationship between the Czechoslovak fascistoid and fascist parties during the period of the First Republic
Maňkoš, Petr ; Charvát, Jan (advisor) ; Kučera, Rudolf (referee)
The dissertation called "The Relationship between the Czechoslovak fascist and fascistoid Parties during in the Period of the First Republic" goes back to the period of the so called First Republic that is generally understood to be the Czechoslovak Republic from 28th October 1918 till 29th September 1938. The dissertation aspires to give the reader an outline of the relationship between the National Fascist Community and other parties having fascist tendencies. On the one hand, the dissertation will present the National Fascist Community as the main representative of the Czech fascism. On the other hand, it will focus on the National League of Jiří Stříbrný and also on the radical parts of the Czechoslovak National Democratic Party. Mutual relations in the Czech fascism were created mainly from this triangle. And other parties show themselves as well in these relations - the National Unity and the National Front. The dissertation will also take account of the personal relationships between Radola Gajda and Jiří Stříbrný. Their personal relationships had a strong influence on the fascism of the period of the First Republic. It will also be important to show how these two persons got to the Czech fascism. Radola Gajda was an outstanding general in Siberia in the First World War. Jiří Stříbrný was...
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Democracy and Islam
Bláhová, Pavlína ; Kučera, Rudolf (advisor) ; Dopita, Tomáš (referee)
The bachelor thesis Democracy and Islam explores the compatibility of democracy and political Islam in its current and historical context. The main object of the study is to identify crucial principles, which are shared by both, democracy and Islam and also on the contrary, identify main principles of these two systems which exclude one another. The variables, which I examine in order to compare democracy and Islam, are following: political systems in democratic and Islam countries, which includes electoral system, sources of political authority, attitude toward the political opposition etc. Other elements that need to be examined are sources of law and compatibility of Islamic law Shari'a with the basic principles of human rights. Human rights are other important article that describes relationship between democracy and Islam. The comparison of theoretical Islam and democracy creates a first part of the study. The second part is dedicated to the implementing of democracy into the Islamic system in praxis. The first case shows Turkey's approach to the democracy, advantages and traps that transfer to the democracy can bring. Democratization of Turkey is then compared to Iran and its historical development toward the democracy. The two cases also show the difference between ideal, theoretical Islam...
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