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Narrative Development of Swedish Neutrality during Second World War
Pajerová, Anna ; Svobodný, Petr (advisor) ; Smetana, Vít (referee)
The Bachelor thesis is primary focused on the narrative development of Swedish neutral policy during Second World War. This thesis is a discourse analysis which compare different interpretations of Swedish national history of neutrality in the three main periods in the second half of the 20th century - during the Second World War, during the Cold War and during the post-Communist period. Each of this epoch was characterised by different discourses and mentality of the society which have been influenced by the timing, but also by the ideological view and policy of the Kingdom of Sweden as well as the whole world. The aim of this research is to answer not just the way the narrative of Swedish neutrality was developed during the second half of the 20th century, but also to find out which materials and sources the narrative was achieved - the academic papers, books, cinematography, etc. This research of narrative development of Swedish neutral policy was concentrained on the influences and factors which could have affected each discourses in the each period less or more. The discussion that was not miss out by this research is also the role of determination by the interior or exterior policy, by economical or sociological factors, etc.
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Swedish education system and education of immigrants
Vosejpková, Tereza ; Svobodný, Petr (advisor) ; Young, Mitchell (referee)
Due to open immigration policy Sweden is often target destination of non-European immigrants. Because of that Sweden has to force high share number of immigrants in composition of inhabitants and try to make as homogeneous population as possible, which can be noticeably supported by compulsory education. By way of analysis of education system and its documents as well as insight into contemporary situation, this study should help to understand not only the basic ideas of immigrant education, but also consequences, which are brought by dissimilar education of pupils without knowledge of Swedish language, and consider whether all components of that education are of integration or not.
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The Greenlandic Journey towards Sovereignty: the Role of the European Union in this Process
Novotný, Dominik ; Váška, Jan (advisor) ; Svobodný, Petr (referee)
This thesis researches the role of the European Union in the Greenlandic journey towards economic self-sufficiency and political sovereignty. The main goal of the thesis is to interpret the position of EU as a foreign partner of Nuuk. The author concentrates on three main areas. The first one is fishery, the sector which is currently of the greatest importance to the country's economy and on the grounds of which Greenland left the structures of the European integration. This area was also fundamental for the shaping of the original form of the EU- Greenlandic relations. The second area is the extraction of Greenlandic natural resources, which in future might be the potential source of Greenlandic economic self-sufficiency; however this will not be possible without foreign investments. The third area is the political framework of sovereignty-seeking efforts within the country, the entire Danish realm and in the global context. This paper is a compilation thesis supplemented by author's interpretations of primary sources. In the thesis the author confirms his hypothesis that the EU even after Greenland left the EEC represents a fundamental aspect for the development of Greenland toward full independence.
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The Neutrality and Foreign Policy of the Kindom of Sweden during the Second World War
Ladecký, Štefan ; Svobodný, Petr (advisor) ; Švec, Luboš (referee)
Bachelor thesis "The Neutrality and Foreign Policy of the Kingdom of Sweden during the Second World War" deals with the development of neutrality of Kingdom of Sweden during the Second World War depending on international development of affairs and foreign policy from Stockholm. Events are situated to the duration of conflict but it also contains historical excursion to inter-war period which is important for argumentation and further development of topic. Analysis of Hague Convention of 1907 is also included and it is compared with deviations of war-time foreign policy. Thesis deals not only with development of foreign policy but also with economic and trade potencial of Sweden and with ability of armed defence. Further it describes relations with billigerent powers in immidiate imminence and their effect on foreign policy. Based on argumets I had stated, policy of neutrality is evaluated in the end of thesis.
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"As if a Part of Us Was Left Somewhere There in Sweden." - The Evacuation of Finnish "War Children" to Sweden during the Second World War
Fremrová, Květa ; Švec, Luboš (advisor) ; Svobodný, Petr (referee)
The largest evacuation of children in history took place in Finland during the World War II. Approximately 70,000 children were evacuated to the safety in Sweden (some of them also to Denmark and Norway) during several waves of evacuation that to a large extent followed the on-goings on the front. However, this episode was despite its magnitude until recently one of the forgotten chapters of the Finnish history. This thesis focuses on historical circumstances that led to the final decision to evacuate children, describes how the transports were organized and executed. It also mentions the time that the children spent in Sweden and difficulties with which they had to cope after their return to Finland. Since the 1990's, the "war children" have gained more public attention. In the second part of my thesis, I try to explain how the children experiences found their way to the public awareness, explain the previous lack of interest as well as the sudden wave of attention paid to these children. It seems that this was caused by the combination of political factors and development in the personal lives of the children. During the previous decades, the children had to cope with the denial of their experiences on two levels - by the state and by their own family. During the Cold War, the conflict with the...
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Comparison of employment policy in Denmark and Norway
Šmídová, Michaela ; Svobodný, Petr (advisor) ; Hořejšová, Tereza (referee)
My bachelor's thesis deals with the issue "Comparison of employment policy in Denmark and Norway". Firstly, I will talk about history of the welfare state, typologies and theories of its origin. Secondly, I will make an analysis of the employment situation in the case of youthful, persons close to retirement age and women in each of the both countries. Furthermore, I will make the comparison of the situation in both countries. Finally, I will talk about the politics of employment and access public organizations for unemployed persons and trying to help them in the job search. The main goal of my thesis is to answer the question, what is the approach of Denmark and Norway to employment policy and to explore if approach of these countries is different or identical. The additional objective of this thesis was a comparison of unemployment rate in three selected population and determine the differences between these two countries. In my work I mainly talk about progression during the last years. I use official employment and unemployment statistics, specialized publications and articles about theory of the welfare state.
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Åland Islands - autonomy and the road to it
Juhás, Tomáš ; Švec, Luboš (advisor) ; Svobodný, Petr (referee)
Åland Islands - autonomy and the road to it Tomáš Juhás 2013 Abstract The thesis focuses on the so-called Åland Question, the Finnish-Swedish conflict over Åland islands in the period of the post-first-world-war years, which was ultimately solved through the League of Nations in the way that the Islands were confirmed to belong to Finland, under the condition of being granted autonomy and of their neutral status being confirmed. The goal of the thesis is to conclude why the conflict was solved precisely in the way it was, this being based on the analysis of motivations of the main states party to the conflict. The thesis regards this conflict as a dual one. The first part of the conflict is military- strategic and concerns the neutrality of the Islands. From a Baltic point of view, the Åland islands are a very strategically important area in case of a war. For this reason the Islands were neutralized as of 1856 and all states party to the conflict wanted them to stay so. The second part of the conflict is an ethnic one and concerns the question to which state the Islands should belong. The inhabitants of the Ålands speak Swedish and they made themselves heard that they wanted their land to belong to Sweden. However, Finland was not willing to let the Islands go. Backstage negotiations took a long time until...
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Problematic Identification with the EU - analysis of Danish euroscepticism
Hořejšová, Tereza ; Šlosarčík, Ivo (advisor) ; Svobodný, Petr (referee) ; Zemanová, Štěpánka (referee)
The dissertation thesis analyses factors which are characteristic for Danish euroscepticism. It seeks an aswer to a question whether certain national specifics pre-determine "the Danish" version of euroscepticism. In previous research, it has not been very common to analyse national versions of public euroscepticism but the current academic knowledge about euroscepticism is still not satisfactory and in particular does not take into account the tender nuances in demonstration and origins of euroscepticism of each member state. However, as this thesis hypotheses, it is necessary to take the national eurosceptic specifics into account while designing the communication policy on EU issues. The thesis concludes that in the case of Denmark, the national specifics which have been identified as strong perception of national identity, referenda, EU opt-outs, specific political system and a formalised co- ordination system of EU affairs, serve as roots, i.e. not as a consequence, of Danish euroscepticism. Keywords European Union; Denmark; Euroscepticism; opt-outs; identity; public opinion; communication policy.
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The first world war in the wiew of czech military doctors
Matějček, Petr ; Šedivý, Ivan (advisor) ; Svobodný, Petr (referee)
Main themes of the thesis are the Czech medics in the First World War and their war experience. The thesis is divided into four chapters. The first chapter focuses on the medical service and status of a medic in Austro- Hungarian army up to the 1918. The second chapter targets the start of the First World War and time and circumstances of the mobilization of the Czech medics. The Third chapter is dedicated to the issue of medics' stay in the area of battlefront. The fourth chapter is focused on the Czech medics' view on themselves and the First World War. It also points out other combatants' view on the Czech medics.
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The activity of protest movements in 1956-1977 in Denmark and Sweden
Kučerová, Markéta ; Hořejšová, Tereza (advisor) ; Svobodný, Petr (referee)
Bachelor thesis "The Activity of Protest Movements in 1956-1977 in Denmark and Sweden" deals with the activities of social movements that originated in the territory of Denmark and Sweden in connection with the Western wave of protest activism and the overall radicalization of youth in the 1960s and the 1970s. It was especially a movement against nuclear weapons and the war in Vietnam and the student revolt of 1968. The paper analyzes the circumstances, the protest actions and subsequent consequences of activity of these movements in both countries and its objective is a complex comparison of the Danish and the Swedish cases. This comparison subsequently highlights the differences between the protest movements of Denmark and Sweden in various aspects, which are described in the text. One of them is the development of left-wing movement after 1956 and the emergence of new intellectual currents that influenced the direction of the protest movements. Other parts are devoted to the course and the extent of demonstrations of particular movements and their content, goals and expressions, for example through alternative culture. The thesis also provides the characteristics of the socio-political situation in Denmark and Sweden in the given period, which imply the specifics of the development of protest...
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