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Issues in British-American relations: the Falklands War
Podolková, Klára ; Hornát, Jan (advisor) ; Raška, Francis (referee)
Diploma thesis Issues in British-American relations: the Falklands War deals with the special relationship between Great Britain and the United States and analyses in particular relations between their leading political figures - American president Ronald Raegan and British prime minister Margaret Thatcher. The aim of the thesis is to find out whether the special relationship played any role during the Falkland Islands War in 1982. The theoretical part is focused on the search for a definition of the term special relationship. I found different definitions of special relationship, but no universal one exists. The thesis operates with the definition of John Dumbrell, who says that the special relationship existed, specifically during the Cold War. The analytical part examines British-American cooperation during the above-mentioned conflict and the role of the United States as a mediator. The diploma thesis concludes that the special relationship played a role in the Falkland Islands War. It was reflected in the two countries' military, satellite, and intelligence cooperation. Even the personal relationship between Reagan and Thatcher confirmed the existence of a special relationship. The role of the US as a mediator was criticized as it proved to be non-neutral. Also, it was concluded that the...
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Margaret Thatcher's foreign policy in domestic and foreign press between 1979 and 1990
Štěpánková, Martina ; Šmíd, Marek (advisor) ; Petráček, Tomáš (referee)
This master's thesis will focus on Margaret Thatcher's foreign policy, starting with her appointment as Prime minister of Great Britain in 1979 and ending with her resignation in 1990. Next it will reflect on the social and political situation in Europe during her reign. The key element of this paper will be the analysis of domestic and foreign press, both democratic and communist, in which the student will target the Falkland war, policy towards European Economic Community, the North Ireland conflict solution, attitude towards African continent and the Soviet Union, the Persian Gulf war and also special relationship between the Great Britain and United States of America. The goal of the student's research shall be a complex overview of the press in the period in question, put into the context of foreign policy of the first woman in charge of Great Britain.
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"God Save the Queen": History of the Punk in the Iron Ladyʼ Era (1975-1990)
Šmigol, Ondřej ; Kovář, Martin (advisor) ; Soukup, Jaromír (referee)
The thesis focuses on the analysis of the relations between the punk movement and Thatcherism. It explores the roots both of Thatcherism and punk in the seventies and eighties. Next it examines the social and economic crisis of Britain in these years and its consequences on the thinking of the youth and Conservatives. It show both movements had common starting- points and to a certain extent even conclusions. The thesis the focuses on punk's effect on politics and its perception by the society. It also analyses the political background in the second half of 1970s and the victory of Margaret Thatcher in the 1979 election. The last part of the thesis discusses the second punk generation and its perception of Thatcherism. In the end it examines the political conversion of old punkers.
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British Civil Service Reforms: tradition-transformation-continuity?
Hálová, Daniela ; Rovná, Lenka (advisor) ; Váška, Jan (referee)
The aim of this Master thesis is to analyse the British civil service reforms both in theory and practice. The author picked three areas where the reforms would be scrutinized. By analysing four essential documents that contributed to the reforms of the civil service: The Northcote-Trevelyan report, The Fulton report, Next Steps and Modernising Government, we would be able to evaluate the impact of these changes in the following areas: 1) Human Resources (recruitment, training and the promotion of the civil servants) 2) Administration and Accountability (the aspects of ministerial responsibility, accountability, special advisers) 3) Decentralisation and Fragmentation (impact of the multi-level governance including deconcentration, devolution and EU membership). The first chapter is the necessary introductory part that deals with the basic principles of the British civil service, its history and the challenges it faces today. The second chapter provides analysis and historical background of the four documents that are used in the next section. Finally, the third chapter discusses the three above mentioned problematic areas. By analysing and comparing the documents, we seek to understand the reforms of the British civil service and their impact.
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Reception of the new economic theories in economic programme of the british Conservative Party between 1966-1982
Pučelík, Karel ; Váška, Jan (advisor) ; Kasáková, Zuzana (referee)
This work aims to analyze economic policy of the Conservative Party in Great Britain between 1966-1982. This range of years i selected because of the change of party leader. This changes brought new economic policy. In the first part of this work, there are introduced economic theories, which influenced economic policy of the second half of the twentieth century. As these theories are mentioned the keynesian economy, which was replaced with liberal economic theories. In the second part, ther are analyzed manifestos and government policy of the conservatives. The main sources of this part are the party programmes. In the begining of the chapter is analysed economic policy during the leadership of Edward Heath. His economic policy seems to be consensual. Although Heath defined his government as cabinet of changes, the political practise did not changed. Deeper changes were brought by Keith Joseph and Margaret Thatcher.
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"God Save the Queen": History of the Punk in the Iron Ladyʼ Era (1975-1990)
Šmigol, Ondřej ; Kovář, Martin (advisor) ; Soukup, Jaromír (referee)
The thesis focuses on the analysis of the relations between the punk movement and Thatcherism. It explores the roots both of Thatcherism and punk in the seventies and eighties. Next it examines the social and economic crisis of Britain in these years and its consequences on the thinking of the youth and Conservatives. It show both movements had common starting- points and to a certain extent even conclusions. The thesis the focuses on punk's effect on politics and its perception by the society. It also analyses the political background in the second half of 1970s and the victory of Margaret Thatcher in the 1979 election. The last part of the thesis discusses the second punk generation and its perception of Thatcherism. In the end it examines the political conversion of old punkers.
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Margaret Thatcher and Her Relations to the Trade Union Movement
Vrňák, Tomáš ; Kovář, Martin (advisor) ; Soukup, Jaromír (referee)
In this thesis, my task is the analysis of Margaret Thatcherʼs relations to the trade union movement in the United Kingdom. The thesis includes the analysis of the overall development of the Conservative Party politician and of the development of unions. It also includes a basic analysis of conflicts with unions during the government of Thatcher. Nevertheless Thatcher personally intervened only exceptionally to problems of individual state enterprises. The thesis analyses the legislation aimed against trade unions and other measures that limited the power of the trade union movement. In a separate chapter I deal minersʼ strike. This strike in its scope and course surpassed all others. Finally, the thesis analyses the economic policy of Margaret Thatcher and its impact on the British economy.
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The Falklands War and Its Impact on Margaret Thatcher's Victory in the General Elections of 1983
Štěpánková, Martina ; Kovář, Martin (advisor) ; Valkoun, Jaroslav (referee)
The Falklands War and Its Impact on Margaret Thatcher's Victory in the General Elections of 1983 The main goal of this bachelor thesis is to analyse the impact of Falklands War on British political scene and particularly its influence on the victory of Conservative Party in the General elections in 1983. The author takes into account the geographical position and importance of Falkland Islands at the beginning of the thesis, for understanding of situation of both interested countries (Argentina and Great Britain). Further on, the author outlines the historical context of the quarrel for the Falkland Islands and the progress of relations between Argentina and Great Britain. Then she analyses the political situation in Great Britain during the first Thatcher's government, including economic situation in the country. In the next chapter the author analyses the war and its consequences. The last chapter, which is crucial for this thesis, is the analysis of the General election in Great Britain in 1983 with the special regard to the impact of the victorious war mentioned above (so called "Falkland Factor"). Keywords Great Britain, Argentina, The Falklands, Margaret Thatcher, Conservative Party, Labour Party, General Elections, 1983
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Changes of Margaret Thatcher's policy towards Economic and Monetary Union
Dubská, Kateřina ; Mejstřík, Martin (advisor) ; Váška, Jan (referee)
This bachelor thesis "Changes of Margaret Thatcher's policy towards Economic and Monetary Union" attempts to describe the changes of Margaret Thatcher's policy towards commencing Economic and Monetary Union. The main aim of this thesis is to define how and why the policy had changed. Introductory chapters are dealing with Margaret Thatcher and her foreign policy, with Great Britain and its relationship towards European integration and with the history of European Community until 1970s. The main body of this work sums up the main parts of Margaret Thatcher's policy. It is following the negotiations of British rebate, Margaret Thatcher's attitude towards the Common Agricultural Policy, Single European Act (and single market), European Monetary System and Exchange Rate Mechanism and Margaret Thatcher's posture on starting Economic and Monetary Union. In the conclusion the thesis tries to answer if the Margaret Thatcher's policy can be classified as intergovernmentalistic. The paper also tries to summarize the changes of Margaret Thatcher's policy towards the negotiation of the Economic and Monetary Union of European Community. The thesis also attempts to answer why this policy was changed and which factors led to these changes.
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Government versus Trade Unions: Contribution to the Study of the Miners᾽ Strike in the 1980s᾽ Britain
Šmigol, Ondřej ; Kovář, Martin (advisor) ; Horčička, Václav (referee)
The thesis focuses on the analysis of the miners' strike in Great Britain in years 1984-1985. It examines its roots in the 1970s, the failure of the Edward Heath's administration and Margaret Thatcher's Conservative government preparation for the strike. The main emphasis is laid on the analysis of the course of the strike. It examines in detail the period between March 1984 and March 1985, when National Union of Mineworkers decided to strike against the policies of Margaret Thatcher. It analyses the way the strike started, the strategies, achievements and errors of both sides of the dispute. It extensively deals with the manifestations of violence during the strike and with the situation of the miners' families. The last chapter mentions the consequences of the strike.
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