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"It should be as important as your basic hygiene": How Students in Singapore Experience and Understand Sexuality Education
Shamsun Nahar, Nur Amalina ; Hájek, Martin (advisor) ; Hrešanová, Ema (referee)
Sexual health (SH) encompasses more than the mere absence of disease; it includes an individual's overall well-being in matters of sexuality. During formative years, access to comprehensive information and knowledge about sexual health is crucial for developing SE literacy. Therefore, sexuality education (SE) is pivotal in moulding sexual well-being. Globally, two approaches to SE exist comprehensive sexuality education (CSE), which has demonstrated better sexual health outcomes, and abstinence-only until marriage (AOUM). In Singapore, the predominant strategy is AOUM, which emphasizes abstinence as the primary defence against pregnancies and STDs. Some argue that Singapore's heteronormative culture and economic objectives influence the adoption of AOUM. However, amid increased reported sexual misconduct cases among students and teachers, questions arise concerning the effectiveness of SE in place. This study explores the understanding, meaning, and experiences of SE among students in Singaporean schools. Employing a qualitative methodology, eight individuals were interviewed, and thematic analysis guided by Braun and Clarke was utilized to analyze the data. The study identified four prominent themes: unmemorable encounters, emphasis on abstinence, a demand for greater knowledge, and the presence...
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In Search of a Competition Law Model for ASEAN through a Case Study of Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam: Does the EU Competition Law Model Fit?
Dufková, Barbara ; Tomášek, Michal (advisor) ; Šmejkal, Václav (referee) ; Petr, Michal (referee)
In Search of a Competition Law Model for ASEAN through a Case Study of Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam: Does the EU Competition Law Model Fit? Abstract The thesis aims to identify a fitting competition law regime for ASEAN countries. It operates upon presumption expressed in the scholarship on legal transplanting and competition law and development that for a transplanted competition law to be successful, it has to be tailored to fit the domestic environments. As the thesis observes that in adoption of their competition regulation, ASEAN member states resorted to legal transplanting of competition models from other jurisdictions, especially that of the EU, tailoring the EU model to fit their domestic conditions seems to be a key to their success. These differences in domestic conditions resulting in different national competition laws will also influence the design of a region-wide competition law regime that is being constructed. To identify those market-related needs and pain-points of ASEAN members states, the thesis classifies them into clusters depending on their level of economic development. Singapore, Malaysia and Vietnam (the examined jurisdictions) were selected as representatives of the economies of ASEAN member states from the most developed to the least developed ones. The thesis first analyses...
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Arguing against the Universality of Liberal Democracy: The Case of Singapore
Devillers, Ploy-Païline ; Salamon, Janusz (advisor) ; Riegl, Martin (referee)
Presenting an authoritative one-party rule since fifty years, the case of Singapore does not concord with the various theories of democratization. After proving that Singapore is not a Liberal-Democracy, we argue that the country manages to create a model of stability both in terms of politics and economy, that act as trade- offs to liberal characteristics. The approach uses a qualitative analysis of the electoral framework, a cultural comprehension of contemporary elements and data on its economic success. Ultimately, this thesis aims at studying the idea that Liberal-Democracy is not a model that necessarily needs to be implemented for the functioning of all nations.
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Arguing against the Universality of Liberal Democracy: The Case of Singapore
Devillers, Ploy-Païline ; Salamon, Janusz (advisor) ; Riegl, Martin (referee)
Presenting an authoritative one-party rule since fifty years, the case of Singapore does not concord with the various theories of democratization. After proving that Singapore is not a Liberal-Democracy, we argue that the country manages to create a model of stability both in terms of politics and economy, that act as trade- offs to liberal characteristics. The approach uses a qualitative analysis of the electoral framework, a cultural comprehension of contemporary elements and data on its economic success. Ultimately, this thesis aims at studying the idea that Liberal-Democracy is not a model that necessarily needs to be implemented for the functioning of all nations.
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Current demographic issues of Singapore´s economy
Cimbová, Zuzana ; Stuchlíková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Hasík, Gabriel (referee)
This bachelor thesis is dealing with demographic issues of Singapore. The main goal of this thesis is to find which demographic issues are currently present in Singapore, to reveal the causes of these issues and to analyze the results and solutions, that have been brought by the government. Another goal is to analyze development of Singapore´s economy between years 2005 and 2015. Thesis is divided into two parts. The first part deals with particular characteristics of Singapore´s economy and the second one is focused on demographic development and issues.
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The importance of sovereign wealth funds in the economy - the case of Singapore's Temasek
Pham, Tomáš Tuan ; Žamberský, Pavel (advisor) ; Jedlinský, Jakub (referee)
The aim of the bachelor thesis is to point out the importance of sovereign wealth funds in the economy. For this purpose was chosen Singapore's sovereign wealth fund Temasek. The theoretical part of this bachelor thesis deals with the characteristics of sovereign wealth funds in the context of state capitalism. The practical part uses analytical and synthetic methods for examining the role of Temasek in Singapore's economy and its impact on state-owned enterprises. The thesis focuses on examining the influence of Temasek on fiscal policy and on the Singapore's balance of payments.
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Comparison of the Media Environment in Hong Kong and Singapore
Cápová, Michaela ; Klvaňa, Tomáš (advisor) ; Cebe, Jan (referee)
This master thesis deals with the current situation of the media environment in two selected countries from the Southeast Asia region - Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China, and Singapore. The main object of the text is to create a descriptive analysis of Hong Kong's and Singapore's political and media systems and to compare the media environment of the two countries with a special focus on the freedom of the media. The comparison is based on the definition of their political systems, their constitutions and how they are respected, as well as on data published by international nongovernmental organizations focusing on the freedom of the press and the freedom of the speech. All findings will be illustrated with examples from Hong Kong and Singapore. The work is divided into four chapters. The first theoretical part defines basic terms and indexes, which measure the freedom of the press, as well as outlines the concept of Asian values and the concept of civil society. The descriptive section provides a brief summary of the history and political systems of both countries and introduces their constitutions, laws and power of political leaders. The third part of the thesis concentrates on the media environment of both countries and the role of local media. The...
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Comparison of official life tables construction in selected countries
Godunov, Ivan ; Burcin, Boris (advisor) ; Koňařík, Martin (referee)
Comparison of official life tables construction in selected countries Abstract The main goal of this work is to analyze the methods used by the selected statistical offices in the construction of mortality tables. This work explored fundamental differences regarding the type of published life tables and parameters estimation methods. The theoretical part provides an overview of basic methodological information and description of methodology used, which was acquired during communicating with the selected statistical offices. During the analysis it was found that the differences in calculating the various functions of life tables are minimal, so the analytical part is mainly devoted to methods of estimating the probability of death at age 0 and smoothing of probability of death in older age. Acquired procedures and methods were applied to the data for the Czech Republic for year 2010, which allowed the comparison itself. The final part is the overall evaluation of achieved results, where can be also found commentaries on selected procedures and methods. The analysis shows that the most widely used type is a detailed cross-sectional life table. The most appropriate models of smoothing mortality curve are Kannistö-Thatcher (UK) Martinellův model (Sweden) and Kannistö (Canada). On the other side, the least...
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Ethnic Groups in Singapore and Their Presentation in Media
Korbel, Matouš ; Šatava, Leoš (advisor) ; Pargač, Jan (referee)
The bachelor thesis called "Ethnic Groups in Singapore and Their Presentation in Media" introduces Singapore as a multi-cultural state where three different ethnic groups (Chinese Malaysian and Indian) live. The theoretical part presents the history of Singapore and the development of ethnic minorities' coexistence as well as the theory of nationalism and ethnicity. The attention is drawn to media theories and above all to concepts of agenda setting and gatekeeping. The practical part aims at quantitative and qualitative content analysis of the most sold Singaporean daily newspaper in English, The Straits Times, in period from 1 January, 2011 to 31 December, 2011. The analysis focuses on the media perception of ethnicity and ethnic groups.
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Single-Party Regimes in Comparison: China, Malaysia and Singapore
Klapal, Petr ; Buben, Radek (advisor) ; Koubek, Jiří (referee)
Diploma thesis Single-Party Regimes in Comparison: China, Malaysia and Singapore is devoted to non-democratic regimes in which one party dominates and which legitimize by the concept of Asian values. The first part deals with the most important typologies and to approaches to explore single-party regimes. The second part introduced changes and the very concept of Asian values according to which democracy is unsuitable for Asian countries because of cultural differences. Other parts are devoted to describe the regimes in China, Malaysia and Singapore, which are classified into different typologies. The aim of the work is to show that Asian values don't explain the genesis of these regimes or their forms of non- democratic governance.
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