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The Union of democratic forces in comparison with the Civic forum in the years 1989-1992
Pospíchalová, Anežka ; Perottino, Michel (advisor) ; Marková, Klára (referee)
The topic of this study is the formation and activity of Union of Democratic Forces in Bulgaria between 1989 and 1992 in comparison with the Civic Forum during the same time period. UDF was established in December 1989 as a reaction to weakening of the communist regime and dissatisfaction of the general public with the regime. Both political movements successfully became the main actors of roundtable negotiations with the representatives of regimes and as a result the movements had the chance to form the new democratic arrangements, especially pluralistic party systems. Meanwhile Civic Forum had a strong position during the roundtable negotiations thanks to the public support, Union of Democratic Forces had harder position because of strong popularity of Bulgarian Communist Party and insufficient internal organization. The differences in formation and development of both movements caused very different results - CF was able to participate in the governance of Czechoslovakia within months of its own estabilishment, UDF, on the other hand, formed a minority government almost two years after the formation of movement. Developlment and extinction of CF was much faster compared to UDF which slowly became marginalized after 2002. Both movements had large influence on party systems of newly-formed...
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Subversive Potential of Nudity: Analisis of Beyonce's Visual Album Lemonade
Pospíchalová, Anežka ; Hroch, Miloš (advisor) ; Lebedová, Veronika (referee)
The topic of this bachelor thesis is the subversive potential of nudity in the visual album Lemonade by African-American singer Beyoncé. The theoretical part of the thesis presents the terms popular culture, popular music, visual album, pornography or erotica, but also explains the basic theoretical approaches that apply to the issue of the visual album. It examines the theoretical reflection of popular culture from the point of view of media and gender studies, presents the genesis of feminism and its media reflection, popular culture and pornography, the relationship of ethnicity and popular culture as well as theoretical approaches to understanding this relationship. Based on the qualitative image analysis of the album, the short complementary analysis of the text elements and the application of the theoretical knowledge presented in the theoretical part of the thesis, it is concluded that the singer in the album avoids the stereotypical depiction of African-Americans. Sexuality of an African-American woman is presented from her own perspective; the narrative of the visual album corresponds with the trends of contemporary African-American popular music. At the same time, she uses the potential of nudity to raise awareness about the problems African- Americans face - racial inequality in the US,...
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The Union of democratic forces in comparison with the Civic forum in the years 1989-1992
Pospíchalová, Anežka ; Perottino, Michel (advisor) ; Marková, Klára (referee)
The topic of this study is the formation and activity of Union of Democratic Forces in Bulgaria between 1989 and 1992 in comparison with the Civic Forum during the same time period. UDF was established in December 1989 as a reaction to weakening of the communist regime and dissatisfaction of the general public with the regime. Both political movements successfully became the main actors of roundtable negotiations with the representatives of regimes and as a result the movements had the chance to form the new democratic arrangements, especially pluralistic party systems. Meanwhile Civic Forum had a strong position during the roundtable negotiations thanks to the public support, Union of Democratic Forces had harder position because of strong popularity of Bulgarian Communist Party and insufficient internal organization. The differences in formation and development of both movements caused very different results - CF was able to participate in the governance of Czechoslovakia within months of its own estabilishment, UDF, on the other hand, formed a minority government almost two years after the formation of movement. Developlment and extinction of CF was much faster compared to UDF which slowly became marginalized after 2002. Both movements had large influence on party systems of newly-formed...
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