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Anti-Americanism and Canadian Cultural Policy (1928-1957)
Havlíková, Veronika ; Fiřtová, Magdalena (advisor) ; Pondělíček, Jiří (referee)
This thesis named "Anti-Americanism and Canadian Cultural Policy (1928-1957)" examines how Canadian federal government cultural policies were influenced by a specific form of anti-Americanism, which reflected concerns over Americanization and cultural absorption by the United States, in this formative period for the development of a distinct national identity during the time of Canada's colony-to-nation transition. The chosen research design is interpretative content analysis of the reports of two Canadian royal commissions commonly known as the Aird Commission (1928-1929) and the Massey Commission (1949-1951). The aim of this thesis is to identify the main factors and incentives for a policy of government intervention in the field of culture and to assess the role of anti-Americanism as a response to what was perceived as American cultural invasion that threatened the development of a distinct Canadian culture. The theoretical framework contains a discussion about different forms of anti-Americanism, with emphasis on its unique nature in Canada, and introduces the concept of cultural imperialism which helps us to better understand Canadian opposition to American cultural influences in the examined period.
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Influence of Transnational Corporations on the Economies of Latin American Countries
Němejc, Pavel ; Steinmetzová, Dana (advisor) ; Honajzrová Banús, Shirley C. (referee)
Initially, the work describes the political and economical situation in the Latin American region with emphasis on the recent economic development of the region and the socioeconomic phenomena common for most local economies. The second part focuses on the general effects that transnational corporations' activities have on host economies. These effects are then demonstrated on concrete examples of Latin American countries. The third chapter has the form of a case study that deals with the role of transnational corporations during the economic development of Argentina with a stress on its last financial crisis (1999-2002).
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Řecký postoj k otázce Kosova a jeho nezávislosti
Tzoumas, Janis ; Cibulková, Petra (advisor) ; Druláková, Radka (referee)
This work analyzes the way two Greek journals, namely To Víma and Ta Néa, reflect the Kosovo affair in the period between the NATO intervention in Kosovo in 1999 and its unilateral declaration of independence. Most of them are characterized by strong antiamericanism which is by far their most typical common feature. This antiamericanism manifested itself most apparently in the period of the NATO intervention in Kosovo in 1999. The analysis reveals, that to the authors of the published articles they were important other factors for their stance than those important to the greek government for whom the muslim minority in Thrace could be deciding. This objective factor was In the authors' articles outweighed by their antiamericanism, determined by developments in Greece after the Second World War and which still influences the Greeks' stance towards the U.S. foreign policy.
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