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Electoral Authoritarianism in Comparative Perspective of Southeast Asia
Mička, František ; Mlejnek, Josef (advisor) ; Romancov, Michael (referee)
In the thesis "Electoral Authoritarianism in Comparative Perspective of Southeast Asia", while analyzing for cases of regime survival and fall, author develops the argument that certain subtypes of authoritarian regimes are better build to cope with change than others. Since the four cases are under new institutionalism generally classified as electoral authoritarianism, the text depicts some of the methodological problems related to this particular research perspective. Building on the systems approach and new institutionalism, the thesis analyzes the relation between institutional character of regime elite and its ability to cope with changes in the environment, i.e. adaptability. Author shows that at the time of crisis, personalistic regimes tend to react almost solely with repression a restrictions, whereas regimes with ruling parties exhibit a substantial degree of personal and policy flexibility, which positively informs their chances for survival. The conclusion also demonstrates the methodological weaknesses of regime typology based on the quality of electoral process. It diverts the attention from other features of regimes which significantly inform logic and inner dynamics of authoritarianism. As a result, under the banner of electoral authoritarianism, there are regimes which differ from each...
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Political Systems of Malaysia and Singapore Through the Prism of Hybrid Regime Theory
Holík, Jiří ; Mlejnek, Josef (advisor) ; Romancov, Michael (referee)
This graduate thesis comparatively analyzes key features of political systems of Malaysia and Singapore using the chosen concepts of hybrid regimes theory. In the first part, main conceptualizations of this theory are presented to be later critically assessed. What follows is a thorough comparative analysis of political systems of the countries in question using the concept of "chain of democratic choice" introduced by Andreas Schedler as a framework for analysis. Subsequently, operationalized concept of competitive authoritarianism by Steven Levitsky and Lucan Way is applied. The outcome of the analysis is the classification of Malaysia as competitive authoritarian while Singapore is classified as a case of hegemonic electoral authoritarian regime. As far as theory is concerned, the thesis argues that although hybrid regimes themselves cannot provide for a unique mid-range regime type, some concepts connected to the paradigm offer an appropriate tool for the study of nondemocratic regimes.
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Middle income trap in Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam - causes and solutions
Vícenecová, Romana ; De Castro, Tereza (advisor) ; Vlčková, Jana (referee)
Since the beginning of the millennium, Southeast Asia has become one of the fastest growing regions in the world. After recovery from the slowdown caused by the Asian financial crisis, most of them achieved significant growth and Asian miracle was created. Thanks to the liberalization of trade, export supporting policies, cheap labour and foreign investment, many of the southeast Asian countries entered the middle income countries group, which the World Bank defines with the Gross National Income per capita in the range from 1 045 USD to 12 760 USD. However, some countries in Southeast Asia are experiencing economic slowdown now and some of them fell into so called middle income trap. It is an economic phenomenon, which describes the situation when the country is no longer able to use its comparative advantages in the form of labour intensive production and its economic growth stagnates. Such economies find themselves on the edge between poor countries with cheap labour and advanced economies with high income. The main goal of the diploma thesis is to examine the topic of middle-income trap on chosen economies of Southeast Asia - Malaysia, Indonesia and Vietnam. The thesis is focused on the evaluation of their economic situation, the depth of the middle income trap and possible solutions for each of these countries.
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Business and Cultural Specifics of Malaysia
Mitrengová, Veronika ; Müllerová, Františka (advisor) ; Karpová, Eva (referee)
The aim of my bachelor thesis is to characterise the Malaysian culture and its impact on a business meeting with a Malaysian partner. The first chapter deals with the general characteristics of Malaysia, it gives information about geography, residents, language, climate, political system and political situation, symbols of the country, membership in international organisations and economic situation in the country. The second chapter analyses Malaysian culture, it is specifically dedicated to religion, art, the most important feasts, Malaysian cuisine, the main tourist attractions and cultural dimensions according to Geert Hofstede. The third chapter is about preparation and course of a business meeting and about business etiquette.
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Tree spatial pattern in secondary tropical forest - study within the SAFE Project led by European scientists in Borneo
Kvasnica, Jakub
This study, conducted in secondary tropical rainforest in Sabah, Malaysia, is based on data collection using FieldMap technology. All positions of trees (DBH bigger 1 cm) and other attributes were recorded within 24 research plots (25 x 25 m). The aim of this study is to determine any deviation from a random arrangement of trees and nonrandom spatial structures in tree mortality using second order statistics (pair correlation function). All analyses were carried out with the comprehensive software package for conducting spatial point pattern analysis, Programita (developed by Wiegand 2012).
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Comparison of the economic development of Malaysia and the Philippines
Kreuzerová, Iveta ; Neumann, Pavel (advisor) ; Suchá, Tereza (referee)
The work deals with the history and current development in the economies of Malaysia and the Philippines. It focuses on causes of economic underdevelopment of Philippines. Afterwards it targets the impacts of crises, the issue of poverty and the implementation of new policies in both countries. The work is diveded into five chapters. The first and the second chapter summarize the development until 1997. The third chapter is focused on the Asian crisis - its origins, progression and consequences, and the fourth and the fifth chapter describe the situation in both countries in the 21st century.
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The Asian First-Tier and Second-Tier Newly Industrialized Countries Comparison
Pavlů, Zuzana ; Pavlík, Petr (advisor) ; Nováková, Jana (referee)
The bachelor thesis "The Asian First-Tier and Second-Tier Newly Industrialized Countries Comparison" maps the development of Asian NIEs from the beginning of their miracle growth till nowadays, however the peculiar attention is paid to the pre-crisis period till 1997. During this period these countries made signigicant structural changes inside their economies. The emphasis is then put on their outstanding export orientation. Space is given to introduction of particular countries in demographic, geographic and some other indicators in order to provide wider illustration of them, as well as to basic outline of the problem. The objective of the thesis is to provide common features or disparities between two Asian generations as well as between countries of each generation itself.
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