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Foreign policy statements of American presidential candidates
Malická, Kateřina ; Dvořáková, Vladimíra (advisor) ; Eichler, Jan (referee)
The objective of this thesis is to analyze the extent in which candidates discussed foreign policy during the presidential campaign in 2016 and their positions to certain foreign policy issues. The primary research questions are: In what extent did the candidates discuss foreign policy issues on their official websites? On which foreign policy issues did the candidates agree and disagree on? What was the consistency of their opinions throughout the campaign? The content of this thesis is created mostly by using a content analysis and the method used in the last chapter is a comparison of different objects under the same conditions. The thesis is divided into four chapters. The first chapter presents the traditions and basic features of American foreign policy and explains the role of its main actors. The second chapter explains specific features of the American election system and describes the election process and the results and analyzes the time devoted to foreign policy during presidential debates. The third part examines the space that the candidates devoted to foreign policy issues on their official websites. The last part analyzes and compares particular stances of the candidates on selected foreign policy issues.

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