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Afghanistan - Demoratization in War Conditions
Chroboková, Radka ; Znoj, Milan (advisor) ; Drahokoupil, Štěpán (referee)
The diploma thesis describes theory of Samuel Huntington about the clash of civilizations. Its focus is on the clash between Islam and the West. The thesis describes also history of Afghanistan until 2001 and the fall of the Taliban movement. In accordance with Huntington's thesis, and taking into account his critics, it aims to answer the question, whether there is a clash of civilization in Afghanistan. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Afghanistan - Demoratization in War Conditions
Chroboková, Radka ; Znoj, Milan (advisor) ; Drahokoupil, Štěpán (referee)
The diploma thesis describes theory of Samuel Huntington about the clash of civilizations. Its focus is on the clash between Islam and the West. The thesis describes also history of Afghanistan until 2001 and the fall of the Taliban movement. In accordance with Huntington's thesis, and taking into account his critics, it aims to answer the question, whether there is a clash of civilization in Afghanistan. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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The position of Czech soldiers to the Afghan population during the reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan
Lišková, Tereza ; Dopita, Tomáš (advisor) ; Kubátová, Hana (referee)
Bachelor work deals with the characteristic attitudes of Czech participants on missions in Afghanistan, mainly civilian and military staff of Provincial Reconstruction Teams. Theoretical part is based on the opinions of Samuel P. Hungtington's clash of civilizations and Francis Fukuyama's end of History. This work also utilized the opinions of their critics such as Associate Professor Miroslav Mendel or Oskar Křejčí. As a methodological approach at this work is chosen case study, namely disciplined interpretive study. To determine the attitudes of Czech actors in Afghanistan was carried out analysis of relevant data First, analysis of publicly available materials and information about the mission in Afghanistan, then on the basis of published interviews with participants PRT Logar and also according to the results of own survey among troops and civilian experts. The aim of this work is to determine the characteristics of attitudes of Czech actors during the reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan. And also find out which theory about relationship between two different cultural group is attitude of Czech soldiers more simmilar or closer.
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West and Christianity in Relation to Islam in the Context of Reconstruction in Afghanistan
Lišková, Tereza ; Dopita, Tomáš (advisor) ; Kubátová, Hana (referee)
Bachelor work deals with the interpretation of the relations of Czech participants on missions in Afghanistan, mainly civilian and military staff of Provincial Reconstruction Teams in Afghanistan and local residents. Theoretical part is based on the opinions of Samuel P. Hungtington's clash of civilizations and Francis Fukuyama's end of History. This work also utilized the opinions of their critics such as Associate Professor Miroslav Mendel. As a methodological approach at this work is chosen mainly discourse analysis. Interpretation of ideas of Czech actors in Afghanistan, their attitudes and their perceptions in different civilizational groups was carried out on the basis of analysis of relevant data. First, analysis of publicly available materials and information about the mission in Afghanistan, then on the basis of published interviews with participants PRT Logar and also according to the results of own survey among troops and civilian experts. The aim of this work is to understand the interrelation of Czech actors and the Afghan people during the reconstruction efforts in Afghanistan. And also find out which theory about relationship between two different cultural group is experience of Czech soldiers more simmilar or closer.
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Reflections on the Global Order after the End of the Cold War: the Perspective of Francis Fukuyama and Samuel P. Huntington
Jurásek, Miroslav ; Veselý, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Lehmannová, Zuzana (referee) ; Vlček, Dalibor (referee) ; Gombár, Eduard (referee)
The times coming with the End of the Cold War were very turbulent. Politicians had to take into the consideration lots of scenarios and the next global trends to make correct decisions. Most of the very numerous visions of the future global order followed more or less the twofold pattern: order or anarchy. "The End of History and the Last Man" and "The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order" written by two prominent American political scientists Francis Fukuyama and Samuel P. Huntington and published at the beginning of the 90s are the most representative works that fit into this pattern. These provocative and controversial theories have been criticized and empirically challenged by many on one side, on the other side it hasn't impeded others to use them as a starting point for their next analyses. This dissertation thesis is a contribution to the debate between the dissenters and the supporters of these theories from a predictive point of view. Through the research theoretical methodology it is argued that the examined theories are still valid even nowadays because their theoretical essence (or hard core in the Lakatosian research program) has not been refuted yet. Nevertheless, the hard core of the theories determines their very specific character which puts forward the importance of the factors labelled in the Lakatosian framework as an external history of a science. These factors organized according to the Mehtas criteria of so called strong idea are, especially in the social sciences, decisive for how a theoretical construct is accepted in a broader non-academic context. It is demonstrated that both theories fulfill all criteria to be very influential in practice, although the idea of clash of civilizations is even more powerful in this respect. The specific features of all theories are illustrated on two case studies: Union of South American Nations and Shanghai Cooperation Organization. Firstly, the selection of these case studies is justified and secondly, the anomalies in terms of the Lakatosian methodology are identified and then explained. There have been found no unexplainable anomalies, which practically confirms the validity of both research programs on one side, on the other side it facilitates a better assessment of the studied theories in a sense of their interpretative scope and possibilities.
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The role of Hamas in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Hortová, Silvie ; Havlová, Radka (advisor) ; Volenec, Otakar (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the theory of the clash of civilizations especially among Jewish and Islamic cultures, then it tackles the current security issue of terrorism. Theoretical and methodological basis is applied to the issue of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, especially on the Palestinian organization Hamas, which since the late 80s of the 20th century, operates on the territory of the Gaza Strip. This work comprehensively explains the development, activities and the style of attacks perpetrated by Hamas. The main goal of this thesis is to clarify that Hamas embodies one of the obstacles which prevent the Middle East from the lasting peace.
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The Application of the Clash of Civilizations Theory to the Conflicts in the South Caucasus
Šilhán, Vojtěch ; Cibulková, Petra (advisor) ; Havlová, Radka (referee)
The aim of this bachelor thesis is to determine whether it is possible to apply the concept of Samuel Huntington's clash of civilizations to the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict. The thesis is divided into two chapters. The first one deals with a summary of Huntington's publication The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of World Order. At the end of the chapter, four premises of the validity of the clash of civilizations hypothesis are made. The second chapter deals with the analysis of the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict with an emphasis on the causes of the conflict and the role of primary, secondary and tertiary actors. Subsequently, it examines whether the premises laid down in the first chapter comply with the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict.
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Samuel Huntington's Conception and its Critics
Ščetinkinová, Natálie ; Lehmannová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Jeníčková, Martina (referee)
This Master's Thesis deals with the famous work of a Clash of Civilizations by Samuel Huntington. The topic is described to full extent. First of all, there are defined basic terms connected with culture. Afterwards, the conception of a Clash of Civilizations is described in its basic concepts, whereas there are not omitted consequences connected with the author's other works as well as his life. A special chapter is dedicated to the impact that this work caused. This chapter is devided into two parts. In the first part, there are presented general references of several authors. In the other part, there are discussed comprehensive conceptions of certain authors. Concretely, they are represented by Francis Fukuyama, Immanuel Wallerstein, Alvin Toffler and Michael Novak. After description of basic ideas of these big thinkers, there is made a comparison of their conceptions, which is based on the following terms -- universalism, democracy a capitalism, world order and modernization. In the last part of this Master's Thesis, there are deduced conclusions from the comparison of these conceptions that deal with the international system, which makes this issue more clear for both public and academic people.
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Theory of a Clash of Civilizations: Case study Kosovo
Kodrazi, Suzan ; Lehmannová, Zuzana (advisor) ; Novotná, Yvona (referee)
The case of Kosovo conflict serves as tool to test the validity of Huntington's theory. Owing to the fact that Mr, Huntington himself described the Balkans and Kosovo as an example of a fault line war, my aim is to verify his assumptions that the roots of the Kosovo conflict are to be found in the religion. During this work the conflict is reconstructed using Mr. Huntington's hypothesis and claims as well as interpreted by three hypothesis. Firstly, Kosovo could represent a conflict at the fault line, which would mean that the theory of the clash of the civilizations is verified. Secondly, the intervention of NATO implies participation of the third civilization in the conflict. To put in differently, the democratic West (NATO) intervened against the orthodox civilization (Serbia) in order to prevent the humanitarian catastrophe the Albanian population of Kosovo (Islam) was to face. Verification of this theory would imply that if there was a conflict between the civilizations in Kosovo, it was between the West (and Kosovo as an integral part of it) and the orthodox civilization. The third hypothesis interprets the Kosovo conflict as a war of the Civilization to promote its own values. Despite the fact that this explanation of the Kosovo conflict could possibly be the most probable one, original assumption of Mr. Huntington stating that the problems of Kosovo are of religious character would be falsified.
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