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Democratic Legitimacy of Global Economic Institutions (World Bank, IMF, WTO)
Krajník, Jan ; Parízek, Michal (advisor) ; Romancov, Michael (referee)
This paper addresses democratic legitimacy of the global economic institutions - The International Monetary Fund, The World Bank and The World Trade Organization. Considering formal aspects one of the main differences among them is the way of decision making. The WTO voting is based on country one, one vote principle whereas the IMF and the Bank represents weighted voting derived from the economic power. It is generally considered, that the egalitarian principle of the WTO is more democratic and brings better legitimacy. There are used three models of democracy to conceptualize what is meant by democracy a how is legitimacy gained. These are classical Athens democracy, Schumpeter's model competition of elites and modern concept of cosmopolitan democracy. With growing importance of these international organizations dealing with issues of monetary stability, economic development and international trade it is necessary to focus on them from the perspective of an individual citizen. For this reason, the Banzhaf index of power for each country related to its population is used to measure influence of individual citizen in these organizations. And from this perspective the WTO voting yields bigger disparities among citizens of different countries. Nevertheless different types of voting are not the key...
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Application of Game Theory on Decision Making in UN Security Council
Rozsypal, Jakub ; Parízek, Michal (advisor) ; Halás, Matúš (referee)
Bachelor thesis Application of Game Theory on Decision Making in the UN Security Council quantitatively examines decisions of permanent Security Council members in the period between 1985 and February 2011. In the first part, theoretical framework of game theory as such is described. In the second part, formal functioning of the Security Council is explained with emphasis on vetoing. In the third part, the model itself is formulated. It is based especially on the model of Two-Level Games of J.Putnam and also the Strategic Perspective. Permanent members of the Security Council are categorized according to their degree of democracy/autocracy into three types. These types are then assigned to corresponding states. A mechanism is then developed that accounts for both gains on the domestic level as well as international level. The thesis postulates that because states have different mechanisms of acquiring utility, the trends in Security Council voting will be different. Statistical analysis of the data follows and shows a considerable dependence between type of the actor and usage of the veto. Democratic type is more likely to use the veto power than the other types. This persists even if accounted for uneven distribution of different types in the Security Council.
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Global governance and an analogy with domestic political systems - the impact of income inequality in a society on governance quality
Pašek, Roman ; Parízek, Michal (advisor) ; Dopita, Tomáš (referee)
This paper discusses the issue of global governance, in particular the possibility of the establishment of an institutionalized form of a global government, whose field of action would be determined by global and supranational problems of today's world. One of the obstructions of a quality functioning of such world government could be the measure of income inequality in the world. Hence the submitted paper ponders the question, whether a high measure of income inequality would necessarily thwart the establishment of a global government and it's quality functioning, on the basis of a research of a representative sample of states and the impact of such inequality on the quality of functioning of these domestic systems. Implications for the possible establishment of a global government are then analogically deduced from the conclusions of the aformentioned analysis. These conclusions will help us find out, whether income inequality has a negative or a positive impact on governance quality, or whether there is such a clearly demonstrable connection between these variables at all. The analysis of these variables is possible thanks to the quantifiability of the data that this paper works with and their availability thanks to the research activity of renowned international organizations. Hence the first part of...
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Route Mapping for Wheelchair Users in Protected Landscape Area Broumovsko
Gürtlerová, Jana ; Ortová, Marie (advisor) ; Pařízek, Michal (referee)
This work deals with accessibility of nature sites for the handicapped people, particularly wheelchair users. It informs about the accessibility of protected landscape areas and national parks in the Czech Republic. The legislative frame of the system of tourism for wheelchair users is still insufficient. Thanks to a few organizations and individuals, several handicapped-accessible nature trails were developed. The aim of this work is to map current possibilities of visiting the Protected Landscape Area Broumovsko on a wheelchair. Although the terrain of the area is rather difficult to acces, it was possible to create six new trails through this countryside. The tracks are suitable for wheelchair users in mechanical wheelchair with company. Five of these tracks lead through the area of Broumov's rocks and last track shows a part of the Adršpach Rock Town. The trails vary from three to six kilometers of length and they mostly covered with tarmac. One of the aims of the thesis is to produce an information leaflet monitoring routes for wheelchair users. In addition, it provides a detailed description of the routes on web sites of the Local Authority of CHKO Broumovsko and a few wheelchair users' organisations. The text of a leaflet containts information about accommodation and refreshment facilities for...
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The Body and Fleshliness in Olivier Clément, Louis-Marie Chauver and Jürgen Moltmann
Pařízek, Michal ; Noble, Ivana (advisor) ; Jandejsek, Petr (referee)
The bachelor thesis focuses on the development of the relationship of the Western society towards body and corporeality by means of short insights. The insights focus on the ages of the Old Testament, Ancient Greece, the time of the first centuries and Patristics. The last two chapters of the introduction to the topic explain the approaches towards body and corporeality in Thomas Aquinas and René Descartes. The main part of the bachelor thesis interprets the views on body and corporeality in O. Clément, L. M. Chauvet and J. Moltmann. The conclusion points at a few similar approaches towards body and corporeality among the three theologians. The three approaches are also questioned and tried with respect to lives of ordinary Christians. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Preparation and Realization of the Two-Day course, whose conducting is Based on Pedagogy of Experience, for the Group of Boys in the Frame of the Project Called "The Days of Orientation"
Říhová, Alena ; Roth, Martin (advisor) ; Pařízek, Michal (referee)
A methodic work which, in the first theoretic part, concerning the subject of adventure pedagogy as a means for education of young people. The aim of the theoretic part is to introduce a reader with a creation of courses whose conducting is based on pedagogy of adventure. That is why it describes the preparation of courses (needs, choice of activities, possible ways of conducting, possible hazardous factors which can influence running of course). The outcome of thesis is to apply this theoretical knowledge in practical way. To concrete it: the preparation and the execution of the two-day course in the frame of the project "The Days of Orientation". In the second part - practical, there is a description of the execution of the course with its reflection and with its feedback. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Educational and Social Format in Training of Rhytmic Gymnastic
Rypáčková, Lucie ; Pařízek, Michal (advisor) ; Holá, Iveta (referee)
The aim of the thesis is to show educational and social format in training of rhythmic gymnastic. The first part describes rhythmic gymnastic in general and its historical evolution. The theoretical part also includes some ways of preparation before starting training, also pointing at possible difficulties. The most important part of this bachelor thesis is in the following chapter, where there are represented all educational methods and didactic principles used in rhythmic gymnastic training. Those methods are also described in chapter 9. "Vlastní praxe" ("My Own Experience") dealing with my home gymnastic club where I coach girls starting with this sport and girls in grammar school. These principles are showed in specific training programs of the girls by practical examples. One of the most important factors influencing the performance in gymnastics is the relationship between the gymnast and her coach, which is described in the following chapter. This chapter also suggests the characteristics of an ideal coach. Rhythmic gymnastics is trained in sport club and therefore I describe its structure, relationships and specifics of group routines. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Mentally Affected People and the Importance of Physical Movement in their Life
Šmídová, Marie ; Pařízek, Michal (advisor) ; Silberhornová, Eliška (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the problametics of phycical movement in the life of mentally affected people. The first part is focused on the general description of this problem and shows what and how has changed the accession of the society to the people with this handicap. Next part maps the opportunities for excercising and also present two main organisations which deals with the sport of mentally affected athletes. Last part shows thanks to the author's experience and the questionnaire how important part plays exercise in mentally affected people's lifes. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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How the UN will be able to resolve international conflicts under the current international system?
Khayat, Mohammed ; Drulák, Petr (advisor) ; Parízek, Michal (referee)
This research will generally deal with the international order, its relations and interaction on the UN efforts to find out what is the capability of the UN to solve international conflicts in the future under the changing order. Examples will be presented from the period of the Cold War when the UN was not able to solve some conflicts. The research will be explicitly concentrated on the UN's efforts exerted in the field of maintaining world peace by speaking about the fighting against the Afghani government of Taliban against the international community before and after 2001. Then we will present another example - Iraq after 2001 - as it was suspected be a potential threat to world peace and security because of widespread doubts about its probable arsenal of weapons of mass destruction Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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