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Analysis of the impact of cultural and political factors on European integration assessment based on public opinion of selected countries
Bročková, Klaudia ; Jelen, Libor (advisor) ; Anděl, Jiří (referee)
In the past few years, European integration has often encountered resistance from individual countries when deepening cooperation in specific European policies. The different sociocultural, political and historical backgrounds of the individual member states prove to be potentially problematic, and it appears there is also great diversity in the attitudes of European public opinion. The presented work deals with the issue of the perception of European integration in EU countries, with the aim of evaluating to what extent the current attitude of public opinion towards European integration can be explained by the cultural-political dimension of attitudes. Factor and regression analysis were used to examine the relationships and measure the significance of the impacts. The cultural-political dimension - represented by factors such as political assessment, immigration assessment, religion and traditionalism, and emotional attachment - explains, based on the results of the regression analysis, on average 22 % of the overall attitude towards European integration. However, the values differ significantly in the conditions of individual countries. The results also questioned the attachment to the national country or the importance of religiosity and traditionalism, as important predictors in rejecting...
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Visegrad group V4: formation, results and perspectives for further cooperation
Bartalová, Edina ; Pejša, Robert (advisor) ; Vykoukal, Jiří (referee)
This thesis is dedicated to the sub-regional cooperation in Central Europe within the framework of the Visegrad Group. The aim of the thesis is to describe the role of the Visegrad cooperation in the democratic transformation of the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia and integration to the EU and NATO. The thesis investigates the economic, political and cultural cooperation of the Visegrad Group since its establishment until today. In the conclusion I point out the viability of the Visegrad four in the enlarged EU, when the joint representation of Central Europe remains crucial and the experience of the Visegrad countries can be exemplary for the transformation of the EU's immediate neighborhood.
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Theory of European Disintegration
Olšiak, Matúš ; Kratochvíl, Petr (advisor) ; Rolenc, Jan Martin (referee)
Although the theoretical literature on the issue of European integration is extremely rich, the opposite phenomenon - disintegration - has so far escaped the attention of scholars. In the light of the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression, further ignorance of this phenomenon would be a mistake. The aim of this thesis is to analyze influential theories of European integration in order to determine whether they are able to grasp and explain the hypothetical disintegration of the European Union. Such an analysis can also provide us with the corner-stone for the creation of a coherent theory of European disintegration. In its course, the thesis focuses on the phenomenon of nationalism as one of the most frequently mentioned hypothetical causes of European disintegration.
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Inconsistencies in Norwegian foreign policy
Olšiak, Matúš ; Rolenc, Jan Martin (advisor) ; Sršeň, Radim (referee)
Norwegian foreign policy can seem full of inconsistencies to an outside observer. In the field of integration and security policy, the country has been holding on to its own, unique way for a long time. It persistently refuses to enter the EU while at the same time seeking the closest possible relations with this institution. Also, In the field of security policy, a certain discord between traditional peacefulness and NATO membership can be felt. Closer analysis reveals, that the inconsistencies in Norway's relations with the EU are caused by the different stances of the political elites and the public towards the EU. At the same time, the seemingly contradictory aspects of the Norwegian security policy can be explained by a change of the traditional understanding of security into the so-called "comprehensive security" approach after the Cold War.
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