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British reaction to the Arab Spring events in the context of United Kingdom's relations with Persian Gulf countries
Fričová, Kateřina ; Váška, Jan (advisor) ; Weiss, Tomáš (referee)
The diploma thesis named British reaction to the Arab Spring events in the context of United Kingdom's relations with Persian Gulf countries is concerned with an impact of the revolutionary events of 2011, known as the Arab Spring, on bilateral cooperation between United Kingdom on one side and Bahrain, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and Oman on the other. While using quantitative analysis approach, it depicts how the Persian Gulf developments were reflected by prominent British representatives and members of the Cameron coalition government. Since the government promised to approach foreign policy matters through a liberal-conservative lens and also planned to further deepen its relations with Persian Gulf countries, the Arab Spring events can be interpreted as a clear dilemma for British policymakers. This thesis aims to answer whether such dilemma forced the government officials to re-asses the traditionally warm attitudes towards Persian Gulf and additionally, it demonstrates which spheres of their cooperation were threatened the most. Firstly, the bilateral relations between United Kingdom and Persian Gulf countries between 1971 and 2010 are described. Then, the focus moves towards the Cameron coalition government and its foreign- policy aims. In its final part, the thesis focuses on British...
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Solidarity in the concept of the Czech Republic coalition government in the period 2010 - 2013
MOŠTKOVÁ, Zuzana
The study examines the concept of solidarity of the coalition government in years 2010-2013. The introduction describes the development of social solidarity into its present form of compulsory solidarity managed by the state. The chapter on the ethics of governance and the ethics of solidarity is based on the book of Józef Tischner. Solidarity is examined also from a certain philosophical perspective in this chapter. Social politics is defined briefly, but the principle of solidarity as one of its basic pillars is described in detail in this work. The practical section of this work deals with the social policy realized in the above mentioned period, with an emphasis on social and pension reforms and their partical aspects. A relevant critique of these reforms is also recorded. Evalution of the social politics in the years 2010-2013 depends on the political and on ethical points of view.
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The Stability of Coalition Governments: Regional versus British-wide Political Party Preferences
Nezdarová, Bára ; Reschová, Jana (advisor) ; Kuta, Martin (referee)
The thesis focuses on the Labour-led coalition governments in Scotland and Wales. The Scottish and Welsh branches of the Labour Party enjoy a great deal of autonomy to to formulate their own policies, to negotiate coalition arrangements and to make strategic choices responding to the electoral challenges in those regions. The Scottish and Welsh Labour Parties have not been obliged to follow the British-wide New Labour policy preferences in the devolved bodies, even though the Scottish Labourites often did so. In Wales, a more distinctive approach has been adopted. However, both Scottish and Welsh Labour Parties have been willing to compromise and to make significant concessions to their coalition partners. The different approaches to tuition fees in Westminster, Scotland and Wales presented in the last chapter were also the case. Therefore, the thesis concludes that the stability of the analyzed regional coalition governments was not threatened by British-wide policy preferences of the Labour Party.
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The Liberal Democrats in coalition government in Great Britain: analysis of their actual functioning
Ohnišťová, Markéta ; Němec, Jan (advisor) ; Kuta, Martin (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the influence and functioning of the Liberal Democrats in the current coalition government in Great Britain, constituted on the basis of the results of the parliamentary elections in 2010. The theoretical part discusses the characteristics, function and evolution of the party system as part of the British political system. By comparing electoral programs of both parties the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives the thesis analyzes which program priorities each party prevailed in the coalition agreement, and vice versa which subsided. To build a comprehensive analysis of the effects of the Liberal Democrats in the government thesis also uses result of geeral polls. In conclusion, the work finds out that the Liberal Democrat party has made some successes in promoting their interests, but also that in most of its priorities and principles gave way to a stronger conservative partners.
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