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Ogaden War in the Soviet Foreign Policy
Balazh, Evelina ; Horák, Slavomír (advisor) ; Kolenovská, Daniela (referee)
Thesis "Ogaden War in the Soviet Foreign Policy" aims to describe the dynamic development of Soviet foreign policy in the Horn of Africa. Its main focus is placed on the events preceding the Ogaden War between Ethiopia and Somalia as well as the war itself while attempting to clarify the circumstances that lead to the realignment of USSR's alliance from one African country to the other. Moscow's mutual relations with both governments had been complicated by various factors and therefore it had attempted to seek balance between the two adversaries. The Ogaden War itself represented a shift in the Kremlin policy towards this region. As such, this thesis seeks to explore the circumstances that had caused Moscow's support to be reoriented from a long-term ally of Somalia towards Ethiopia. In analyzing the Soviet behavior a wider context will be presented in regards to its policy in the Third World during the 1970's in the larger framework of Cold War and détente.
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Transgenic crops and third world
Andrová, Julie ; Opatrný, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Cvrčková, Fatima (referee)
The issue of transgenic crops and the third world is mostly neglected in secondary education. In view of the fact that it is an interesting topic that gains greater importance worldwide, it would deserve the place in secondary education. It is not necessary to submit information about this topic only in the text form to students but teaching methods that force the students to gain information actively, can be used. Text for teachers was created in diploma thesis. The text could serve as a source of information for teachers in preparing for the lesson about this topic. Then test for students was created. The test consists of tasks that are inspired by the PISA. Students have to gain information actively from the texts in the tasks to solve the tasks correctly. The test consists of three thematic areas (transgenic crops, golden rice, vaccination and edible vaccines) and 16 questions (31 including the sub-questions). The test was verified on a sample of 82 grammar school students at the age of 16 to 19 years. The students were of the four classes in four grammar schools. The students recorded their answers in a data sheet. The data sheet included additional questions that sought the views and attitudes of students towards texts and questions in the test. The teachers completed the questionnaire. The...
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The Peace Corps and Its Role in the Cold War
Válková, Aneta ; Raška, Francis (advisor) ; Anděl, Petr (referee)
This bachelor thesis is focused on the activity of the Peace Corps in Africa during the presidency of John Fitzgerald Kennedy and under the conduct of its first director Robert Sargent Shriver. The thesis researches and evaluates the process of the Peace Corps establishment, its activities and its role within this period of time. The question whether the Peace Corps was a purely voluntary organisation or whether it fulfilled any political goal in the concept of the Kennedy's foreign policy is the main research question to which the thesis tries to find an answer. Firstly, the thesis deals with the Peace Corps establishment and the problems related to it. Furthermore, the thesis deals with the structure of the Peace Corps and its purpose as well as the profile, the experiences and the motivation of its volunteers to join the Peace Corps. It also covers the training programs of future volunteers. Last but not least, the thesis will focus on the activities of the American volunteers in particular African countries that are Somalia, Tanganyika and Nigeria. The closing chapter is concerned with the John F. Kennedy's foreign policy and the Peace Corps' role in its conduct on the African continent in the Cold War context. There is shortly discussed the reaction on the Corps' activities within the...
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Transgenic crops and third world
Andrová, Julie ; Opatrný, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Cvrčková, Fatima (referee)
The issue of transgenic crops and the third world is mostly neglected in secondary education. In view of the fact that it is an interesting topic that gains greater importance worldwide, it would deserve the place in secondary education. It is not necessary to submit information about this topic only in the text form to students but teaching methods that force the students to gain information actively, can be used. Text for teachers was created in diploma thesis. The text could serve as a source of information for teachers in preparing for the lesson about this topic. Then test for students was created. The test consists of tasks that are inspired by the PISA. Students have to gain information actively from the texts in the tasks to solve the tasks correctly. The test consists of three thematic areas (transgenic crops, golden rice, vaccination and edible vaccines) and 16 questions (31 including the sub-questions). The test was verified on a sample of 82 grammar school students at the age of 16 to 19 years. The students were of the four classes in four grammar schools. The students recorded their answers in a data sheet. The data sheet included additional questions that sought the views and attitudes of students towards texts and questions in the test. The teachers completed the questionnaire. The...
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Adumbration of Malaria in Africa
Houšková, Barbora ; Kofroň, Jan (referee) ; Frajer, Václav (advisor)
This bachelor thesis is devoted to malaria, its geografic extension and the fight against this illness. Malaria affects tropics and subtropics and mainly on the African continent the malaria influences lives of millions inhabitations. Disease is caused by the parasite Plasmodium, which is transmitted by mosquitoes. As a result of extreme poverty associated with lack of protection and prevention against the malaria, this illness is causing major problems in Africa. Fight against malaria is long and more or less unsseccful for the present. At the beginning of this thesis is characterization of the disease, this thesis is devoted geografical extension of malaria, the most detailed description is devoted the most disabled states of Africa. At the end of the thesis are given economic and social consequences of malaria. Key words: malaria, tropics and subtropics, Third World, the fight against malaria
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Tourism as a Tool of Development and Poverty Alleviation in the Third World
Pecháčková, Jitka ; Vaško, Martin (advisor) ; Mlejnková, Lena (referee)
The thesis tries to describe the complexity of tourism in the Third World. The topic can be only understood in context of the most recent trends of globalization, uneven economic growth and development, sustainability and issues concerning the environment. The thesis examines the tourism-poverty nexus in the form of assessing positive benefits and negative impacts of tourism on the poor residents. Special attention is devoted to new tourism forms with sustainable principles which respond to the needs of local communities and contribute to the poverty alleviation. Chosen case studies illustrate possible benefits of tourism for a particular region and its inhabitants.
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The Ethical Aspects of International Development Assistance and Humanitarian Aid
MILNAŘÍKOVÁ, Jitka
This thesis deals with the ethical aspects of the development assistance and the humanitarian aid. The provision of international assistance has brought lots of successes, however, it also faces a numer of failures and it is associated with many errors and prejudices. This thesis deals with the concrete ethical principles of the internetional aid such as humanity, solidarity, subsidiarity, justice or responsibility and their limits, as well as some of dilemmas of helping workers.
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