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Global Elite and its Clubs: The Case of Bilderberg Group
Kantor, Lukáš ; Karlas, Jan (advisor) ; Střítecký, Vít (referee) ; Krpec, Oldřich (referee)
of the dissertation The following five interdisciplinary essays contribute to International Relations, sociology and media studies, mainly on empirical, but also on theoretical level. Their overarching message is to reject paranoid, but also benign narrative of global elite clubs as exemplified on the case of the controversial transatlantic forum Bilderberg Group. On theoretical level, the dissertation highlights continuing relevance of sometimes overlooked neo-Marxism. It offers further support for the thesis that some kind of transnational capitalist class (TCC) has developed, which is disputed even by several neo- Marxists, let alone other scholars. Specifically, the findings on Bilderberg Group corroborate the existence of Euro-Atlantic TCC. Within this social network, the European fraction seems to be the most consolidated one. On empirical level, the dissertation is the first publication that thoroughly exploited data from the recently launched official Bilderberg Group's website. From another under- researched source, the dissertation compiled new datasets about all post-Cold War Bilderberg conferences. On this basis, the essays provide original quantitative and qualitative insights into the composition of Bilderberg attendees and topics of their discussions. The dissertation offers the...
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Elitní spolky
Vacovský, Jakub
Are there groups, clubs which have an impact on governments, institutions and the media and are they able to influence world events? And are they known about only by a small part of the public and is this information very sketchy, because their meetings are held behind closed doors and the members are bound to secrecy? Yes, there are. The clarification of this issue, the history of these groups, the irgradual acquisition of power and the influence of elite societies on global governance are discussed in this thesis. The power was brought by the money and the money as exchange values were first created by the bankers who most contributed to the creation of the government behind the scenes. Attention is thus paid to the international bankers (particularly the Rothschild clan), as global players, their development and influence on history. Another part of the thesis focuses on the elite societies in the 20th century; among these global actors belongs for instance The Round Table, The Council on Foreign Relations, The Bilderberg Group and The Trilateral Commission. The thesis also describes the objectives and the means by which the objectives should be achieved and focuses on significant individual members from the fields of politics, business, industry and the media. Examined are also efforts of introducing of the central bank in the USA and the birth of the U. S. Federal Reserve System.
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