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Chinese and US health diplomacy as a soft power tool during Ebola and COVID-19 epidemics
Kratschmer, Adam ; Hornát, Jan (advisor) ; Raška, Francis (referee)
This master's thesis addresses health diplomacy as a tool of 'soft power' and focuses on a comparative analysis of the health strategies of China and the United States. It examines health policy strategy as a means of influence in three selected African countries: Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Guinea. These countries were most affected by the Ebola epidemic, and the thesis tracks how the strategies of the USA and China changed from Ebola to COVID-19 epidemic. The study employs case study methodology and assesses the nature, scope, and course of health diplomacy initiatives of both countries. The analysis is structured according to five key aspects of health diplomacy: aid and assistance, cooperation and collaboration, communication and messaging, long-term investment and partnerships, and impact and acceptance. The findings of the thesis indicate that during both epidemics, the USA provided technical expertise and financial assistance, while China focused on direct aid and infrastructure investment. Even though China tried to create the impression of a reliable global partner, it is evident from the analysis that it mainly preferred bilateral relations and especially strengthened its own influence. Although there was cooperation between the USA and China during Ebola, the dynamics changed during...
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Conflict of Cultures Due to Household Maintenance and Child Care in Czech-Guinean Families Living in Czech Republic
Rossová, Iveta ; Šanderová, Jadwiga (advisor) ; Pospíšilová, Marie (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the cultural conflict in terms of household maintenance and child care in the Czech-Guinean families living in Czech republic. The goal of the thesis is to investigate both explicit and implicit aspects of conflicts caused by different cultural family backgrounds of those examined Czech-Guinean families. In the first part is introduced the basic terminology (as family, marriage, kinship), latest trends of family behavior both worldwide and in Czech republic and the theory of interethnic partnerships. There is also a brief overview of historical and cultural influences within Guinean territory, presentation of main Guinean values in terms of family behavior and household maintenance and current trends in Guinean family behavior. Second part of the thesis describes the conceptual framework of the research, which is based on a case study - particularly on Stake's instrictive approach - and uses combination of two methods of qualitative research, namely semi- structured interview and participated observation. The research itself showed the possibility of observation of similar structures and everyday practice - both of those performing correlation with actual family's cycles; further it identified common trends in behavior of partners and joint strategies in conflict solving.
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The Role of World Health Organization in the case of 2014 EVD outbreak in Western Africa
Voves, Petr ; Kučerová, Irah (advisor) ; Plechanovová, Běla (referee)
VOVES, Petr. Úloha Světové zdravotnické organizace v případu epidemie viru eboly na území západní Afriky v roce 2014. Praha, 2017. 95 s. Diplomová práce (Mgr.) Univerzita Karlova, Fakulta sociálních věd, Institut politologických studií. Katedra mezinárodních vztahů. Vedoucí diplomové práce PhDr. Irah Kučerová, Ph.D. Abstract The M.A. thesis deals with the World Health Organization's response to the outbreak of the ebola virus disease in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone in 2014. The spread of the disease is mapped from its very beginning at the end of December 2013 until the creation of UNMEER in September 2014, which was the first international medical mission ever created by UN Security Council. The purpose of this thesis is to evaluate the particular problems, which limit WHO's role in a timely and effective response to the public health threats of international concern (PHEIC) under the reformed International Health Regulations (IHR). The response of WHO representatives to the spread of the disease is evaluated taking into account the available material and competence capacities of the organization as well as its previous practice in this field. The specific misconduct of WHO representatives is explained in the context of longstanding WHO's problems, which are mainly linked to the vertical fragmentation...
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Intercultural Mediation of Music: Djembe Players as Mediators of West Africain Musical Tradition in the Czech Republic
Marek, Tomáš ; Jurková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Skořepová, Zita (referee)
Tomáš Marek Intercultural mediation of music Abstract The thesis concerns in intercultural transmissing of music between Guinea and Czech Republic. I have dealt with traditional way of transmissing music in Guiney in my bachelor work but how is music transmissed interculturaly from local masters to the musicians from totally different culture? Besides the main goal this thesis concerns measure of how Guinean music production influences Czech musical production and how local ways of teaching foreigners the Guinean music influence the ways of teaching such music in the Czech Republic. It is based on semi-structured interviews with three professional musicians from the Czech Republic and Australia.
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Conflict of Cultures Due to Household Maintenance and Child Care in Czech-Guinean Families Living in Czech Republic
Rossová, Iveta ; Šanderová, Jadwiga (advisor) ; Pospíšilová, Marie (referee)
The bachelor thesis deals with the cultural conflict in terms of household maintenance and child care in the Czech-Guinean families living in Czech republic. The goal of the thesis is to investigate both explicit and implicit aspects of conflicts caused by different cultural family backgrounds of those examined Czech-Guinean families. In the first part is introduced the basic terminology (as family, marriage, kinship), latest trends of family behavior both worldwide and in Czech republic and the theory of interethnic partnerships. There is also a brief overview of historical and cultural influences within Guinean territory, presentation of main Guinean values in terms of family behavior and household maintenance and current trends in Guinean family behavior. Second part of the thesis describes the conceptual framework of the research, which is based on a case study - particularly on Stake's instrictive approach - and uses combination of two methods of qualitative research, namely semi- structured interview and participated observation. The research itself showed the possibility of observation of similar structures and everyday practice - both of those performing correlation with actual family's cycles; further it identified common trends in behavior of partners and joint strategies in conflict solving.
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The EU response to the ebola crisis
Šašinková, Iva
The aim of this thesis is to analyse EU response towards the Ebola outbreak that developed in spring and summer 2014 in Western Africa. The emphasis is put on the EU external action towards the Ebola crisis in the frame-work of the EU development policy and humanitarian aid provided by the EU while identifying the financial framework, institutional structure, key players and the role of the EU Members. It was a common endeavour of whole range of global actors, national governments and many regional or local stakeholders that led to elimination of the threat represented by the Ebola Virus Disease. The European Union traditionally empha-sized multilateral approach that is in compliance with the EU middle power capacities. The de-velopment policy financial mechanisms within the EU have two resources, the EC and the Mem-ber States which cumulatively contributed twice as much as the European Commission to re-solving the crisis.
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Adoption of African children at a distance in the Czech Republic
ŽÍLOVÁ, Barbora
The thesis deals with the issue of adoptions of African children at a distance in the Czech Republic and ways to participate in this humanitarian activities. Is focuses on the conditions of one of the possible forms of aid to children in poor countries around the world and in African States, Kenya and Guinea. Presented is the situation of children in selected countries from the perspective of poverty, illiteracy and disease (AIDS/HIV). Furthermore, the conditions of adoption of children at a distance, what does that mean for the "adoptive parents" in the Czech Republic and what benefit it has for the child in Guinea and Kenya. What are the possible positive and negative aspects of the possible adoption of African children. Presented will be non-governmental organization "Humanist Center Dialog" and "Humanist Center Narovinu". Their activity over the years, interviews with coordinators, and the "adoptive parents". Mentioned will also be their other activities, such as the World March for Peace and Nonviolence, ball Africa, etc. Using interviews with coordinators center and the "adoptive parents" will do an analysis of interviews with the literature. The conclusion is that the positive aspects clearly outweigh the negative and adoptions at a distance makes sense.
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Economic and developing cooperation between the Czech Republic and Guinea in context of the relations between the EU and the ACP countries
Čiháková, Hana ; Němečková, Tereza (advisor) ; Harmáček, Jaromír (referee)
The first part is concerned with the history and the actual state of the economic relations between Czechoslovakia (the Czech Republic) and Guinea. These relations used to be very developed particulary in the 1960s. After that the cooperation was being on the decline and at the end of the 1980s it reached the minimum. Nowadays the big problem is a high debt of Guinea towards the Czech republic. Guinea has always demanded the developing aid. In the past it received it also from Czechoslovakia particulary in the education. Nowadays the developing aid is executed by certain Czech non-governmental and non-profit organizations. The third part describes the economic and developing cooperation between the EU and the countries ACP, especially the African region. The aim of the work is to describe the rich history of the relations between Czechoslovakia and Guinea. The author wants to find the reasons why these relations have been broken and to find the instruments for the recovery of the cooperation.
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