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West African CFA franc and its influence on the development of relations between France and the Member States of the West African Economic and Monetary Union
Mikulková, Kristýna ; Romancov, Michael (advisor) ; Parízek, Michal (referee)
This bachelor's thesis focuses on the CFA franc and its influence on Franco-African relations. The thesis deals with the historical context, the origin and gradual development of the CFA franc. As well as the role of the CFA franc in the context of mutual relations between France and the member states of the West African Economic and Monetary Union. The thesis presents two main narratives connected with this issue, the neo-colonial point of view (which perceives the CFA franc as a neo-colonial weapon of France), as well as the opposite, anti- neo-colonial point of view (which perceives the CFA franc only as a currency without all of its negative connotations resulting from its history). In the research part of this thesis the method of a SWOT analysis was used and applied on both the neo-colonial and anti-neo- colonial narratives. As a result, it was possible to identify the strengths and weaknesses, opportunities and threats associated with both narratives. The interpretation of the results allowed me to answer the main research question: Did the CFA franc play the role of a neo- colonial weapon of France in relation to the West African Economic and Monetary Union member countries?. The final result is ambiguous, it confirms that the CFA franc is often considered as a neo-colonial weapon of...
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The Trade Policy Review Mechanism: Shedding light on non-compliance?
Rosendorf, Ondřej ; Parízek, Michal (advisor) ; Karlas, Jan (referee)
This thesis examines the notion of monitoring mechanisms and their ability to identify non-compliance. The Trade Policy Review Mechanism (TPRM) of the World Trade Organization constitutes the main focus of analysis. The purpose of the thesis is to improve the current empirical account of the functioning of the mechanism, and to examine the extent to which the mechanism is able to detect rule violations before they are taken up to the court, as well as factors affecting this ability. From theoretical standpoint, the thesis draws mainly upon rational institutionalism and other approaches related to notions of transparency and compliance. In particular, the thesis focuses on the concept of the so called information systems in international regimes. As regards methodology, the thesis relies on the method of content analysis the purpose of which is to procure empirical evidence of occurrence of matters related to non-compliance in trade policy reviews. Thus procured empirical evidence is then subjected to statistical analysis, including logistic regression. The thesis finds that TPRM covers surprisingly large number of matters that later become subjects of judicially confirmed rule-violations at the WTO. As much as 72% of the matters that are eventually taken up to court are mentioned in trade policy...
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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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Value of Sustainable Development in Community Projects
Špičanová, Jitka ; Pařízek, Michal (advisor) ; Šťastná, Jaroslava (referee)
The target of the graduate work is to try to find a value of sustainable development in community projects. The work is based on local and foreign literature, technical articles and discussion with members of selected community projects. Graduate work defines terms community, community work and sustainable development, furthermore is trying to find a connection between those terms and their mutual importance. It also describes a connection of a sustainable development with social work itself and how this could be useful for society. Graduate work develops the idea of sustainability in terms such as participation and empowerment and which we can find in community projects. In the practical part is work dedicated to selected community projects which chose sustainable development as one of their main target and tries to find principles of sustainable development in practice. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Ecclesiastical Roots of Fair Trade
Jindrová, Martina ; Jandejsek, Petr (advisor) ; Pařízek, Michal (referee)
This bachelor work concentrates on origins of the idea of fair trade religious environment. It introduces the goals and principles of fair trade and it lists organisations fulfilling these goals in reality. This work also describes the Christian denomination of Mennonites, which is closely linked to fair trade. Edna Ruth Byler is one of the volunteers coming from this denomination and she is also the founder of the fair trade organisation Ten Thousand Villages. Even in the Czech Republic Christian denominations and religious societies are involved in fair trade. This work includes an interview with one of the main founders of fair trade in the Czech Republic and an active Christian Věra Lukášová. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Influence school legislation from 2016 to process Primary School Práčská
Gregarová, Jana ; Pařízek, Michal (advisor) ; Ortová, Marie (referee)
This bachelor work deals with problematics of Czech modern education. It describes a new scholastic legislation and its influence on the operation of a primary school, established along §16 par. 9 Education Act. This work acquaints with history and development of special education. It work highlights an important role of school advisory institutions, which have a fundamental importance for assessment of support measures and placing pupils to educational institutions. The bachelor work describes the most common diagnoses of pupils with special educational needs and the most important points of the current scholastic legislation. The practical part of the bachelor work introduces the primary school Práčská, on which the research was made. I used a method of document analysis, for which was used a technique of long-term report, and a method of qualitative research with a technique of semi-structured interview. The final part of this work is dedicated to evaluation of the new scholastic legislation's influence and its impact on the primary school Práčská.
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International Monetary Fund: Trends in the Scope of Activity in 1989-2014
Szabo, Jakub ; Parízek, Michal (advisor) ; Kučerová, Irah (referee)
The main goal of this bachelor thesis is to evaluate possible ideological changes inside the IMF in the time period from 1989 to 2014. This goal is achieved by examining annual reports published by the IMF, with attention on the most important tools of the IMF. Issues discussed through the IMF's surveillance and conditionality are the main indicator of possible reforms and changes. Based on the existent literature and example of the reform of the World Bank four hypotheses are formulated. Those hypotheses are dedicated to monitoring changes in perceived importance of welfare state, small government, good governance and fiscal policy. Firstly, current literature is presented with definition of the main concepts used in this thesis. Secondly, important tools of the IMF are described. Thirdly, collected data is described and this thesis concludes with data evaluation. With application of the methods of descriptive statistics and content analysis this thesis concludes with statement, that important shift from emphasis on weak state to strong state occurred and good governance became important theme of IMF's interest. However importance of the theme fiscal policy persisted.
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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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Experiencing the Body and Self-Concept in People with Acquired Physical Disability
Ištoková, Lucie ; Pařízek, Michal (advisor) ; Preclíková, Andrea (referee)
The bachelor thesis "Experiencing the body and self-concept in people with acquired physical disability" tries to reveal how people with acquired physical disability perceive their physical body and how changes in physical experience and self-concept are intertwined. The work draws primarily from literature dealing with the philosophy of the body, the health consequences of paralysis and self- concepts within the range of social psychology. The second source is six interviews conducted with people after spinal cord injury in which I ask the circumstances of paralysis and the physical and psychological experiencing of paralysis. Based on literature review and interviews it is not possible to say that the change of the body is the primary trigger for changes in self-perception, however, the paralyzed body gets extra attention. It includes the lowered height position, health complications, the consequences arising from the loss of sensation in the affected parts or the need for increased care for physical fitness. People with such injury face a different view of the society, transformation in the partnership's role, insecurity in self-confidence and other facts, which are generally reflected in their self- concept. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Networks of Interest Groups - Interest Groups, their Positions and Relations in EU Legislative Process
Bubeníčková, Veronika ; Karlas, Jan (advisor) ; Parízek, Michal (referee)
This diploma thesis examines networking of interest groups. It presents potentional entrance points for influencing legislative processes in the EU. The thesis focuses mainly on European Commission's public consultations. It tries to answer the question whether the interest groups cooperate strategically or whether they try to reach their goals on their own. This thesis is grounded in the framework of the network theory and uses the method of graphic modeling. For the research we have selected three areas of European Commission's consultations. The participating interest groups were chosen based on their characteristics and the consultations they took part in. We have found out that among the interest groups gathered around European Commission there is no close collaboration taking place. Furthermore, the interest groups act rather spontaneously as they are generally only taking part in individual consultations. Only 12.3% of them participated in more than one consultation and they were mainly registered organizations.
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