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Picture of the political East in the caricature in the French magazine Le Cannard enchîné in 1945-1970
Walsh, Diana ; Štoll, Martin (advisor) ; Bednařík, Petr (referee)
This diploma thesis focuses on the analysis of caricatures with a theme of the Eastern block in French satirical weekly magazine Le Canard enchaîné in 1945-1970. By the Eastern block, we understand the Soviet Union and its associated socialistic countries. The thesis is anchored in the theoretical part by historical context of the history of the eastern countries, as well as by the development of analysed weekly magazine on the background of the history of France, by the formulation of the concepts of caricature and satire, including important authors, and the research methods themselves. Triangulation, in this case the combination of quantitative content analysis and semiotic analysis, aims to analyse individual caricatures with the theme of the East and its individual countries. The analysed periods are divided into two sections, due to the availability of materials, namely 1945-1948 and 1968-1970.
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The development of the selected economic indicators of the former Eastern Block countries after accession to the European Union
Chorvátová, Martina ; Zeman, Jan (advisor) ; Musil, Petr (referee)
This bachelor thesis analyses the level of the change of the economic situation and performance in the countries which were part of the Eastern block in the past after joining the European Union. The selected countries are Slovakia, Estonia, Slovenia, Bulgaria and Romania. The main objective of this thesis is to analyze, on the basis of selected economic indicators, the positive and negative consequences of the countries entry into the EU on the economic performance of the country, but also to analyze the development of the economy over the whole period under review. Another objective is to analyze the dependence between the selected economic indicators. The calculation itself is based on the calculations of the average growth rate, the average absolute increment and the correlation coefficient. Another method used in the analysis is the decomposition of the times series of the economic indicators to the trend and cyclic component using Hodrick Prescott filter and the evaluation of the coherence among chosen indicators. The benefit of this work is to compare the economic performance of the selected countries before and after joining EU and then to answer the question whether the entry into the EU would be beneficial for the other countries that have not been yet classified as EU member states. The analysis is based on the data available in the Eurostat database using the EViews and MS Excel software.
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Development of Romanian-Soviet relations in 1950s and 1960s.
Nakládal, Tomáš ; Tejchman, Miroslav (advisor) ; Šisler, Filip (referee)
This thesis deals with relations between Romania and the Soviet Union in the 1950s and 60s. It aims to analyse which elements had an impact on relations between Bucharest and Moscow. After the death of J. V. Stalin, there was relaxation in relations within the eastern bloc. Romanian communists, under the leadership of Gheorgiu-Dej, had very ambitious plans for the industrialisation of the country, which would guarantee them national sovereignty. A significant moment during was the withdrawal of the Soviet troups from Romania in 1958. Khrushchev's criticism of Stalin's Cult of Personality, combined with his policy of peaceful coexistence with the West, enabled Romania to pursue its own way towards socialism based on the polycentric perception of the world communist movement, national sovereignty, and independence. Contradictions existed between the two countries, not only in bilateral relations, but in international organisations of the eastern bloc, such as CMEA and the Warsaw Pact. Soviet proposals for economic specialisation of the CMEA countries and for transforming the Warsaw Pact into an supra-national organisation were considered unacceptable to Romanians. Romania sought support for its economic plans in maoist China. The dismissive position of Romania towards the Soviet proposals differed...
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