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The Representation of Richard Nixon in Works of Hunter S. Thompson and Norman Mailer/Zobrazení Richarda Nixona v díle Huntera S. Thompsona a Normana Mailera
REMEŠ, Jakub
The thesis aims to uncover a relationship between less-known books from Norman Mailer and Hunter S. Thompson, who belonged to a group of New Journalism, with the American history of the 1960s and 1970s. In first part of the thesis, both writers are introduced and the historical background is clarified. The second part illustrates the atmosphere of the 1972 presidential election in the USA and the personality of Richard M. Nixon which is based on the perception of Mailer and Thompson and supplemented with the information from books about American history. In the end, the student compares what the chosen works have in common and what differs. The concluding part summarizes how the books reflect the historical events and why it is still worthwhile reading them.
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Nixon Shock" and the end of the Bretton Woods System
Šálený, Václav ; Kozák, Kryštof (advisor) ; Fiřtová, Magdalena (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with an important turning point in the international monetary system, which took place in 1971, when American President Nixon, in his New Economic Policy, suspended the convertibility of the dollar into gold and thus ended the Bretton Woods system. This system had worked since the end of World War II and was characterized by fixed exchange rates and the dominant role of the U.S. dollar. The thesis deals with the structural problems of the Bretton Woods system and with domestic problems of the U.S. economy at the beginning of the 1970s, which together led President Nixon to end the system. The thesis contains a description of the short-term consequences of "Nixon shock" and of the New Economic Policy in terms of macroeconomic indicators, rate of inflation and rate of unemployment. The most important long-term consequence of the Nixon shock was the creation of a new monetary system, which is called Jamaica system and is based on floating exchange rates. In the third chapter of this thesis Jamaica monetary system is characterized together with the advantages and disadvantages of floating exchange rates in comparison with fixed exchange rates according to economic theory. The last part is an analysis of the impact of floating exchange rates on the U.S. economy in the 1970 's...
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The depiction of the Watergate scandal in the movies: Comparison of feature films and documentaries
Verem, Anja ; Novotný, David Jan (advisor) ; Štoll, Martin (referee)
The diploma thesis The depiction of the Watergate scandal in the movies: Comparison of feature films and documentaries focuses on portrayal of journalists and the Watergate scandal on film. It illustrates this on examples of specific feature films and documentaries, which have been made about this topic. These particular movies are All the President's Men (1976), Frost/Nixon (2008), Watergate (2018), Our Nixon (2013) a Nixon by Nixon: In His Own Words (2014). In the first part of the thesis summarises the general history of the portrayal of journalists and media on film. It also contains the introduction of the key players in the Watergate scandal, which are Richard Nixon, Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein. Furthermore, this part also describes the history of the newspaper The Washington Post and the Watergate scandal itself. The next part focuses on defining the basic terms used in the thesis, such as for example feature film, documentary, investigative journalist etc. The third and the last part, then concentrates on comparing and analysing the six aforementioned chosen films with the help of comparative method, which should lead to the final results. The primary question, in which this thesis focuses, is how (and if) the portrayal of the Watergate scandal differentiates in feature films and...
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Watergate scandal and its film reflection: comparison on the example of the film All the President's Men
Hegedüš, Tomáš ; Šobr, Michal (advisor) ; Novotný, David Jan (referee)
This bachelor thesis compares real evolution of the Watergate affair with its film reflection, motion picture All the President's Men. The main thesis predicated that factual differences would be insignificant and distinctions would occur, especially in the deformation of time and character heroisation. During the description of the affair as the journalists saw it, I used descriptive method and captured the first five months of the affair. As the main source for this part, I used the book, All the President's Men. While I examined the partial aspects of the film, I used an analytical method and using theoretical film literature, I analyzed both narrative and mise en scéne as well as the film style. In a comprehensive comparison, I used a comparative method and at the end of the thesis, I mentioned other film adaptations related to the affair. After the comparison, I was able to confirm my main thesis. The adapted scenario faithfully captures the events in the book, and the essential differences have emerged in the disruption of the time line, the heroisation of the characters and in addition, the simplification. The contribution of this thesis also lies in the assessment of the importance of the journalistic couple, Woodward and Bernstein. I have shown that in the capturing of the affair, their...
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Executive privilege in the U.S. political system
Janoušková, Johana ; Kotábová, Věra (advisor) ; Labendz, Jacob Ari (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with the privilege of the President of the United States to withhold information from the Congress and ultimately the public, known as the executive privilege. The main theoretical approaches used are the unitary executive theory and also the model of imperial presidency by Arthur M. Schlesinger, which deals with governmental secrecy. The mechanism through which this executive privilege is applied is shown on two case studies. First analysed case is George W. Bush's claim of executive privilege in 2008 concerning the Environmental Protection Agency's decision not to grant California a waiver allowing the state to impose stricter vehicle emissions standards than required by the federal law. Second analyzed claim is the one made by Barack Obama in 2012 following the congressional investigation of executive officials involved in operation Fast and Furious. The thesis also includes the Watergate scandal which led to President Richard Nixon's resignation and became formative for the future perception of the privilege. Since the executive privilege is not mentioned in the United States Constitution, the thesis describes mechanisms of checks and balances that are able to limit the privilege and to what degree. Schlesinger's theory also focuses on the so-called "religion of secrecy" and...
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Nixon Shock" and the end of the Bretton Woods System
Šálený, Václav ; Kozák, Kryštof (advisor) ; Fiřtová, Magdalena (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with an important turning point in the international monetary system, which took place in 1971, when American President Nixon, in his New Economic Policy, suspended the convertibility of the dollar into gold and thus ended the Bretton Woods system. This system had worked since the end of World War II and was characterized by fixed exchange rates and the dominant role of the U.S. dollar. The thesis deals with the structural problems of the Bretton Woods system and with domestic problems of the U.S. economy at the beginning of the 1970s, which together led President Nixon to end the system. The thesis contains a description of the short-term consequences of "Nixon shock" and of the New Economic Policy in terms of macroeconomic indicators, rate of inflation and rate of unemployment. The most important long-term consequence of the Nixon shock was the creation of a new monetary system, which is called Jamaica system and is based on floating exchange rates. In the third chapter of this thesis Jamaica monetary system is characterized together with the advantages and disadvantages of floating exchange rates in comparison with fixed exchange rates according to economic theory. The last part is an analysis of the impact of floating exchange rates on the U.S. economy in the 1970 's...
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Imperial Presidency in the United States
Sedlák, Roman ; Kotábová, Věra (advisor) ; Just, Petr (referee)
The subject of this thesis is the Imperial Presidency. Arthur Schlesinger is the author of this term in the realm of Political Science. His book was a reaction to the gradual accretion of political power in the office of the President of the United States. Imperial Presidency is described by variables: a) The President overreaches his powers given to him by the Constitution of the USA; b) The President is not limited by other branches of power. The theories behind this thesis are called the unilateral action theory and the unitary presidency theory. After designating variables in the thesis we should be able to answer the question: "What kind of political behaviour describes imperial presidency?"
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Nixon-BreznevSummits in 1973 and 1974 in Czechoslovakian Press
Kvapilík, Ondřej ; Bednařík, Petr (advisor) ; Sekera, Martin (referee)
The diploma thesis named "Nixon-Brezhnev Summits in 1973 and 1974 in Czechoslovakian Press" deals with the presentation of summits between Leonid Brezhnev and Richard Nixon in contemporary Czechoslovakian dailies. It analyzes texts published by the media concerning the meetings in 1973 and 1974 in Washington and Moscow in the set period of more than one month around the meetings. Not only does the thesis research the degree of bias of the media content due to the ideological inclination towards the Soviet Union. It also analyzes the way in which the media in Czechoslovakia dealt with the presentation of both the enemy superpowers as partners. The theory part provides in introduction of the topic and basic historical context of the events. Furthermore it characterizes the respective meetings and the analyzed dailies. The practical part covers detailed qualitative content analysis of the selected representatives of the contemporary Czechoslovakian press, namely Rudé právo, Svobodné slovo, Mladá fronta and Lidová demokracie. Then the thesis compares the presentation of the respective summits and attempts to find the causes of the differences and trends in the in the presentation. As an addition the thesis also provides a comparison with similar meetings between Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev,...
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Comparison of changes in social policy in the sixties and seventies for governments of L. Johnson and R. Nixon
Wachal, Viliam ; Johnson, Zdenka (advisor) ; Fabianková, Klára (referee)
This bachelor thesis deals with changes in social policy during Lyndon Johnson's and Richard Nixon's administration. The goal of the thesis is to analyze changes in social policy, compare expends on welfare state and analyze impacts on America's society. Most of President's programs are described, as well as creation of legislation and comparison of these changes. Thesis is mostly devoted to the Great Society programs, which were basicially based on the struggle againts poverty. Eventhough Nixon was critical of Johnsons's welfare state, there was no evidence of reduction or canceling Great Society reforms. There was no evidence of expenses reduction as well and influence on American society during Nixon presidency was primarily influenced by interference on desegreating reforms made by Lyndon Johnson.
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