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War on Terror: How did war on terrorism change american society and political events?
Sobotka, Tomáš ; Szobi, Pavel (advisor) ; Raška, Francis (referee)
This paper focuses on the social and political background of the American War on Terror policy, specifically on the operation Neptune Spear leading to the targeted killing of Osama bin Laden, one of the leading personas of the terrorist organization Al-Qaeda. The introductory part states the research questions, the hypothesis and methodology and defines the term terrorism. It also outlines the problematics of obtaining relevant sources, since many of them still fall under top secret classification and have never been published. Furthermore, it informs about the historical background of War on Terror, reminds about the events of 11. September 2001 and describes the process of searching for and killing of Osama bin Laden. It also serves as a foreword to the research part. The research part itself then analyzes available source materials related to Neptune Spear. Primary sources include the official statement of the then President Barack Obama, the stance of the government, press conference and comments of Obama's predecessors, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, the original initiator of the War on Terror policy. Next, it analyzes the mood of American society through academic literature, archives of traditional and contemporary media, published articles, public opinion polls and others. The summary...
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Paths of young people to political participation
Martinková, Martina ; Císař, Ondřej (advisor) ; Dvořák, Tomáš (referee)
The main goal of this thesis is to discover what paths lead young people to political participation, what political activities the respondents took part in, how they perceive the influence of influencers on political participation and how they experience the current political climate in the Czech Republic. In the theoretical part, I focus on the definition of political participation and its types, factors influencing political participation, findings regarding the political participation of young people and existing knowledge regarding the influence of influencers on political participation. In the practical part, I conduct my own research. The research uses a qualitative approach, because the goal of this work is to enrich the existing knowledge with a deeper understanding of the phenomenon under investigation. The method of data collection is in-depth semi-structured interviews and the diary method. A total of fourteen respondents participated in the research, who were obtained through the convenience sampling method and the snow-ball method. The only selection criterion was the age of the respondents, which ranged from 20-27 years due to the necessary experience with political participation. The method of data analysis was thematic analysis and open coding. Within the data analysis, a typology...
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Pandemic: about war, oppression and other metaphors
Tikal, Matěj ; Dvořák, Tomáš (advisor) ; Hájek, Martin (referee)
This thesis is based on analysis of metaphors, that were used by Czech political elite to construct meaning of Covid-19 pandemic and its implications for Czech society. Pandemic is firstly described as political problem and selected literature is used to describe pandemic discourse. Next, notion of social constructivism and conceptual theory of metaphors are introduced. Political rhetoric is conceived as conflictual and in common relation with public debate. Based on critical metaphorical analysis, this thesis revealed conflict between value of safety and freedom that was reflected in metaphors of war and oppression. This contest of metaphors can be used to interpret and explain some of the phenomena Czech society witnessed during Covid- 19 pandemic. This thesis shows that metaphors are valuable instrument for analysis of problems, that defy the possibility of being observed by instruments of everyday knowledge. This is why metaphor analysis can be deemed as useful tool for research of upcoming crises, which might emit similar level of abstraction, as Covid-19 pandemic.
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The Role of Gender in the Media Coverage of 2023 Czech Presidential Election
Šimková, Jana ; Rektorová, Lucie (advisor) ; Lütke Notarp, Ulrike (referee)
The aim of this diploma thesis was to find out, what role gender played in the media coverage of Danuše Nerudová's campaign for the presidential election in 2023. In the theoretical part, the concept of gender is explained as well as its connection to politics and how gendered language influences the political environment. Attention is paid to gender stereotypes, the historical development of women's representation in politics, and to specific obstacles that prevent women from being as active in public life as men. Specific impacts of stereotypes are shown through the examples of two well-known foreign female politicians, Hillary Clinton and Zuzana Čaputová. The context of the Czech presidential election in 2023, the campaign of Danuše Nerudová and the ways in which she herself has related to the issues of feminism and gender are then described. The methodological part presents the chosen research methods, qualitative and quantitative content analysis, and the media examined: Aktuálně, Deník Referendum, iDnes, iRozhlas, Echo24, Heroine, HN, Novinky, Reflex, and Seznam Zprávy. The qualitative research describes what the media most often focused on in relation to gender and the female candidate; the position of women in politics, criticism of Nerudová due to her lack of authenticity overconfidence,...
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The Influence of Corporatism on State Security in (South)East Asian States
Mališ, Jan ; Karmazin, Aleš (advisor) ; Karásek, Tomáš (referee)
In the world of politics, and anything that surrounds it, any kind of outcome gets decided, in huge part, by the influences it went through, it absorbed and which it stood in opposition to. One of the most cited and talked about influence-paths are those of the economy of a state and how it influences other parts of the state. One aspect of such a phenomenon we can look at can be how the economic sectors are set up in the state - more specifically, how the corporate framework of a state looks, and how this economic part of the state influences the state's security policy, in particular its grand strategic policy. For the analysis of this occurrence, we have chosen 4 countries in Southeast and East Asia, more specifically those that display a single ruling, dominant party for most of its modern history - Singapore, Japan, The PRC (China), and Vietnam. Each nation offers different unique peculiarities, that make each analytical chapter differ in many instances, which then get distilled into a final chapter, with a spectrum for each corporate framework. Japan and China land on opposite ends of the spectrum with Japan showing the most societal corporate system, and China the most statist-authoritarian one. Both Singapore and Vietnam share a "mixture" of these two extremes. Following upon this...
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The trial of Milada Horáková and Co. and its influence on the Czechoslovak media in 1950
Sladká, Julie ; Groman, Martin (advisor) ; Cebe, Jan (referee)
The bachelor's thesis examines the trial of Milada Horáková and associates and its impact on Czechoslovak media in 1950. It explores the political background preceding the trial, the fate of Milada Horáková, and the media environment of the time. The practical part includes research from both contemporary and historical media. Specifically, it utilizes qualitative content analysis of Rudé právo and Nová svoboda from mid-May to mid-June. The goal was to identify main themes, narratives, and propagandistic elements in the headlines, subheadlines, and subtexts of both newspapers. The research revealed how the figures of the trial were presented and how the media approaches of the two newspapers differed. The findings provide deeper insights into media manipulation under the totalitarian regime and the methods used. Additionally, the practical part includes an analysis of Martin Vadas's documentary series "Process H" and an examination of mentions of the series in Czech online media. The result is a summary of the documentary series, detailing the types of approaches and perspectives it utilizes, and providing a broader context of how the trial was staged and the propaganda techniques employed by the media. The intention of both studies is to contribute comprehensive knowledge about how the...
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The power of the judiciary
Hodek, Viktor ; Gerloch, Aleš (advisor) ; Tryzna, Jan (referee) ; Šimka, Karel (referee)
Dissertation abstract in English The power of the judiciary The presented dissertation examines individual aspects (dimensions) of the recent state of "real power" of the judiciary with historical and international comparative overlap. The subject of research is the close relationship between law and politics, specifically the actions of courts and judges in a political context. The presented dissertation is also devoted to the fulfillment of one of the key legal, but also political principles of the recent democratic legal state - the separation of powers, specifically the position of the judiciary in it. The basic division of the work is into a general and special part. The general part is devoted to the analysis of the concept of power, authority, violence, judicial power, separation of powers and politics. He looks at the concept of power not only from a legal point of view, but also from a philosophical, sociological, political, economic, psychological, as well as theological or linguistic point of view. A special section focuses on the four dimensions of judicial power. The first dimension deals with institutional issues, especially the methods of creating judges, the duties of judges, including ethical issues. It was not possible to neglect less pleasant facts, such as disciplinary proceedings and...
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Transformation of the Russian arms industry
Junek, Michal ; Svoboda, Karel (advisor) ; Šír, Jan (referee)
The Russian military-industrial complex is a strategically important part of the Russian state from an economic and security point of view. With its economic importance, scientific and technical capacity, number of employees, and history, it plays an irreplaceable role, not only for Russia itself, but also as one of the leading players in the global arms market. The present work deals with the Russian military-industrial complex in the period from the 1990s to 2022. The 1990s are characterized by a crisis that accompanied the Russian military-industrial sector. This paper examines the transformation and the impact of the trends that can be observed in the Russian arms industry in this and later periods. Trends in the global military-industrial sector and their application to the Russian environment are described. The aim of this case study is to identify the impact of changes in the Russian military-industrial complex with respect to its position as one of the leaders in the global military-industrial environment. The transformation in the sequential period did not lead to an increase in the innovation potential of the actor, despite the considerable resources spent by the Russian state and its efforts to establish itself in foreign markets. On the contrary, there has been an increase in the...
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Media Coverage of the Major Candidates in the 2024 US Republican Primary Election
Jakšič, Marek ; Just, Petr (advisor) ; Osvaldová, Barbora (referee)
The Media Portrayal of the Main Candidates in the 2024 US Republican Primary Election is a thesis that focuses on a detailed analysis of articles reporting on the candidates for the Republican nomination for the November US presidential election. Articles discussing the Republican Party candidates are examined during the analysis period from November 14, 2023, to January 14, 2024. Due to their high number, only the top five favourites in the primaries were included in the analysis. These candidates are Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis, Nikki Haley, Vivek Ramaswamy, and Chris Christie. Three media outlets, or rather their news sites, were included in the analysis. The first is CNN.com, which represents the left-leaning media. The second chosen server is WSJ.com, which by contrast represents the center-oriented media, while the right-oriented media is represented by FOXNews.com. Although only three media outlets were deliberately included in the analysis, each of them occupies a different place on the right-wing political scale. Therefore, it can be assumed that the coverage of each candidate will differ at least slightly. The last condition that the articles had to meet in order to be included in the research was that the texts had to be related to the chosen topics. These nine topics were inflation,...
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