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Higher Cicrcles in Defence Sector and Corruption in Defence Materiel Procurement in the Czech Republic
Pernica, Bohuslav ; Frič, Pavol (advisor) ; Langr, Ivan (referee)
The thesis Higher Cicrcles in Defence Sector and Corruption in Defence Materiel Procurement in the Czech Republic deals with the question of presence of military-industrial complex (MIC) in the Czech society and economy after than more 65 years its constitution in Czechoslovakia by communist defence minister A. Čepička. His effort was initiated by a confidential wish expressed by J. V. Stalin in 1951 within a political meeting with defence ministers newly established people's republics in East Europa. Due to fact that MIC is usually linked with corruption, the thesis deals with the issue of corruption in acquisition of defence materiel; in particular, after 1994 when the first design of building-up the Czech military power was adapted as well as the first acquisition plan of military materiel was introduced for the next 10 years. So, the aim of the thesis is to verify the theory MIC's presence in the Czech Republic and to diagnose the stage of corruption in acquisition of military materiel at the Ministry of Defence. Author scrutinised the validity of two hypotheses: (H1) the MIC is in the Czech Republic omnipresent and (H2) the corruption in acquisition of military materiel at the Ministry of Defence is the stage of systemic corruption. With application of comparative analysis comparing the Czech...
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Dilemma of combined army build-up on case of Czech republic
Fridrich, Rostislav ; Pernica, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Střítecký, Vít (referee)
The Czech Armed Forces (CAF) constitutes the most important element within defense system of Czech republic. Primary role of CAF is to defend country against foreign invasion to which purpose should its build-up and structure correspond. From the perspective of military theory defined by Carl von Clausewitz, there is pivotal component in case of composition of CAF which is porportion of individual arms and services. Proportion of military occupations matching these arms and services as well as combat and support parts of CAF is of primary concern in this work. This relationship is also compared with composition of United States Armed Forces due to fact that these are the most important and the most effective armed forces in the contemporary world. Based on this comparison, there can arise some of generally valid principles and procedures for developing the armed forces which can be also applied in case of CAF. Geopolitical position of Czech republic and its historical context is also taken into consideration in this work.
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Volunteering and armed forces
Komedová, Kateřina ; Pernica, Bohuslav (advisor) ; Stejskal, Libor (referee)
The MA thesis "Volunteering in Armed Forces" focuses on describing and analysing the phenomenon of volunteering in relation to the voluntary service in the reserves of the armed forces. This topic is highly relevant in the Czech context, as there are long-term efforts made by the Czech Armed Forces to strengthen and enhance this specific component of national defense. In 2012 a new concept of reserves, the Active Reserve Concept (Koncepce aktivní zálohy) was finally approved by the Czech government. The first objective of this thesis is to shed some light on the general motivation of the volunteers to join the reserves and to show whether the incentives are mainly economic, socio-psychological or whether other factors are at play. In order to do this, the volunteering as such must first be defined as a phenomenon influencing the entire society. Then it is also necessary to show how volunteering related to national defense differs from other forms of volunteering. Next, the thesis illustrates how the system of active reserves works in a number of selected countries (Denmark, Germany, the United Kingdom, the United States), where this model is applied for a long period of time and became widely accepted. The author points out the differences in national characteristics and other differences from the...
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