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Income tax in the United States of America
Dragomirecký, Erik ; Láchová, Lenka (advisor) ; Dugová, Alena (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is an analysis of the United States' tax system. The main attention is concentrated on direct taxes, especially on the federal and state level, where they are collected. The thesis is aiming to give the reader a complex view of the options of the tax determination in chosen federal republic, in which each state has relatively big autonomy. There are three chosen states in this work, on which are shown distinctions in the tax system. As a whole, the tax system can be determined as very sophisticated. The mentioned data are valid for the tax year 2012 unless otherwise stated.
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Human rights in Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp
Praskačová, Henrieta ; Zemanová, Štěpánka (advisor) ; Kochan, Jan (referee)
The bachelor thesis is concerned with the policy of the administration of G.W. Bush connected with American Guantánamo Bay Detention Camp after the events of September 11, 2001. The thesis describes a violation of detainees' human rights in this detention facility and, using this example, it shows a conflict between state's commitments and national interests in the theories of international relations. The thesis also presents the main international obligations of The United States of America related to the humanitarian law and human rights law.
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Cultural and linguistic tool in foreign policy. The role of language in enforcement of the interest of the United States of America
Toboříková, Aneta ; Lehmannová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Kollertová, Olga (referee)
This thesis aims to summarize history and concepts of antropology and linguistics. It shows the changes of perception of the role of languange in a society. And using the concepts of linguistic antropology it proves the importance of language in every culture and its possible utilization in cultural diplomacy. Afterwards it deals with practical use of English in the domestic and foreign policy of the United States of America - especially the americanization programmes and the difusion of English abroad. The last part looks at the cultural diplomacy of the United States of America and tries to identify where English is used as a tool of cultural diplomacy. And at the very end there are reports on cultural diplomacy for the Congress and the Ministry of State that evaluate the quality of cultural diplomacy and suggests possible improvements.
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The United States Census
Váňová, Kateřina ; Langhamrová, Jitka (advisor) ; Kozelský, Tomáš (referee)
The main objective of this thesis is to make a clear picture about the U.S. Census. The purpose is in focusing on its reasons, process, history and results. The chapters have a theoretical character. The first chapter deals with the reasons of the census. These are closely connected with the creation of the census, so the second chapter is about the census history. After that, the proces of the current census is desribed. First the method, that means, how the census is realized and then who is involved. The next part is about the data collection. The thesis also include informations about the census form and the paid campaign. The last chapter includes the main results of the census.
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Real Convergence of Economies and their Disruption of Economic Crisis
Horáček, Martin ; Bartošová, Jitka (advisor) ; Bína, Vladislav (referee)
The thesis analyzes the issues of convergence or divergence of the Czech economy and the economies of Germany, Greece and Germany's economy and economies of China and the United States of America. The analysis takes place in the context of the development of gross domestic product per capita adjusted by purchasing power parity and the percentage of government debt to gross domestic product over the last approximately 20 to 25 years and focuses on analyzing the impact of the global economic crisis of late 2007 on the convergence of economies. The analysis showed the impact of the economic crisis, all three groups surveyed economies. In the case of China to the United States it was strengthening the convergence. In cases the Czech Republic and Greece to Germany it was the change from convergence to divergence.
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Cultural and Commercial Specifics - USA
Motejlková, Karolína ; Odehnalová, Jitka (advisor) ; Hradilíková, Veronika (referee)
In the time of globalisation is the world interconnected in more and more fields and businessmen negotiate with partners from all over the world. For easier business meeting is good to know basic information about the particular country and its culture. The role of USA on an international scale is very important and the american president is considered to be the most powerful man in the world. The aim of my bachelor thesis is monitoring of cultural specifics and of american business protocol. This bachelor thesis should serve to its readers as an overview of american cultural differences and business meetings of the Americans. In my bachelor thesis I also analyse concrete situations, which I gained by collection of primary data.
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War on drugs in Mexico
Kadlecová, Markéta ; Veselý, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Kochan, Jan (referee)
This thesis concerns with the issue of war on drugs in Mexico. The paper analyses development of drug trafficking, reasons of its origin and the role of the United States. Also it observes drug policies of both states and their common programmes and operations. One of them is the Mérida Initiative, programme of financial assistance for Mexico to combat the drug trafficking. The aim of this thesis is also to present actual mexican drug production and drug cartels. The final part pays attention to few last years when the mexican war on drugs escalated and offers possible solutions of the situation.
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Sino-US Diplomatic Relations in Postbipolar World
Čtvrtníček, Ondřej ; Veselý, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Matějka, Zdeněk (referee)
My diploma thesis focuses on evolution of bilateral diplomatic relationship between the People's Republic of China and the United States of America. Both historical development and differences in political and cultural sphere are outlined for complex understanding of sino-us relations. The goal of my diploma thesis is to point out how the historical and cultural differences formed the development of bilateral sino-us relationship, how the development itself affected both states and the rest of the world and to refer to the possible future development. My thesis stresses the time period after the disintegration of the Soviet Bloc because in this period many questions and problems arose in mutual relations which are important even today. How did the mutual relations change after the Soviet threat disappeared? Which issues did become pivotal and how did both sides approach them? What can be expected from the future development of the relations? How have the U.S. reacted to the rise of China? Is there a possible conflict coming? With the progressive movement of the centre of international relations to the Pacific area there are many similar questions emerging. My thesis is divided into 6 chapters which are chronologically ordered. The main focus is on the relations after Tiananmen incident, the role of Taiwan, North Korea and rising China in mutual relations, and last but not least on economic and political questions.
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Great Depression 1929–1933
Kořínek, Jan ; Sirůček, Pavel (advisor) ; Breňová, Lubomíra (referee)
In this Bachelor's Thesis I am focusing on the Great Depression of 1930s. This Bachelor's Thesis is mainly focused on the crisis in the United States of America, where the crisis was the deepest. The first part describes the successful economic period after the First World War, the so-called Golden Age that preceded the crisis. The second part focuses on the situation in the stock market during the Great Crash and the subsequent effort to solve the crisis by former President, Republican Herbert Hoover. The third chapter deals with the period of Democratic President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, in particular his plan New Deal and the Second World War.
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Impact of the international economic and financial crisis on the U.S. position in international trade
Rozkydálková, Šárka ; Štěrbová, Ludmila (advisor) ; Trejbal, Jindřich (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to evaluate changes in the foreign trade of the United States in connection with the international economic and financial crisis. First chapter contains brief description of the U.S. economy from macroeconomic perspective, foreign direct investments and exports and imports. Second chapter includes United States' foreign trade and international relations. Third chapter describes the U.S. administration's response to the crisis. Fourth and last chapter summarizes history and changes in international trade with chosen trading partners in recent years. As these partners I have chosen EU, China and members of NAFTA agreement.
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