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British foreign policy in the context of the partition of India
Lacko, Daniel ; Soukup, Jaromír (advisor) ; Jeřábek, Martin (referee)
The thesis deals with the decolonization process of the partition of India from 1947 and its consequences. Its goal is to draw conclusions regarding the role of British foreign policy (the British government) in this process, from which two new sovereign states emerged - India and Pakistan, whose relations are still characterized by their rivalry. Specifically, the thesis seeks to answer two research questions. First, whether British foreign policy actions had an impact on the emergence of the Indo-Pakistani rivalry. Second, if so, were those actions the main causes of this rivalry, or were other events (unrelated to British action) responsible for it. In its first part, the thesis also discusses the phenomenon of decolonization from a theoretical point of view. The second part is dedicated to a case study of the partition of India. This part is in the second chapter devoted to a detailed description of the most important events from the period 1857-1947, which has the task of providing the reader with an image of how the partition of India itself took place in 1947 and what was a role that the British played in it. The third chapter, still part of the case study, begins by briefly describing the aftermath of the partition of India and the origin of the Indo-Pakistani rivalry. Then the connection...
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The Anglo-American "Special Relationship" in the Period of Gordon Brown's Government: the Case Study of Finding Solutions to Financial Crisis
Bábiková, Jana ; Váška, Jan (advisor) ; Raška, Francis (referee)
The central theme of the bachelor thesis is the phenomenon of the "special relationship" between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America. The "special relationship" that is most often associated with cooperation in military and security, is applied on the field of economic diplomacy during the time of financial crisis and finding a solution to it. At first, the thesis argued whether it was possible to claim the "special relationship" in economic cooperation. Then it continued to argue, to what extend could the "special relationship" influence crisis-solution finding. Thesis used the examples of economic diplomacy before and during G20 leaders' summits as the most obvious manifestation of the role of the "special relationship". Another focus of the thesis is the period of Gordon Brown's government. Besides summarizing the events leading to finding crisis solution, thesis also describes the main events that happened and shaped the evolution of the "special relationship" during the period of Gordon Brown's government. Most of the thesis is, however, centered on the role of Brown and Anglo-American diplomacy in finding solution to financial crisis.
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Culturaly established ideas about legal and illegal migration
Kurucová, Alexandra ; Lupták Burzová, Petra (advisor) ; Jakoubek, Marek (referee)
Starting in 2015 European migration crisis very strongly influenced social discourse across the continent. A debate about migration crisis goes on not only in media, but it is also part of everyday lives and conversation among ordinary people. The goal of this master thesis was to identify culturaly established ideas about legal and illegal migration, immigration and immigrants at Czech and British students. A research was taking place in Czech Republic and Great Britain in- depth interviews, questions were also aimed at students' orientation in this issue, their ideas about immigrant integration or their view on xenophobic attitudes in society. The data obtained were analyzed by using the grounded theory and the result of this thesis is a theory drawn from them. Key words: students, migration, Great Britain, Czech Republic
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The formation of the Sikh diaspora in Great Britain
Ivanková, Bianka ; Štipl, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Bendíková, Soňa (referee)
The main objective of this bachelor thesis is to summarize and analyze the history of the migration of Sikhs to Great Britain from the mid 19th century to the end of the 20th century. It describes the forming process of one of the largest and most influential diasporas in British society. The thesis is divided into three main chapters. The first chapter will briefly overview the sikhism and its relantionship towards Indian government. The second chapter focuses on the general examination of indian diaspora, migration history from India to Great Britain, and finally it concentrates on the concept of diaspora and the possibility of its application to the British sikh community. The third chapter presents the main stages of sikh migration to the UK, starting with the first recorded immigrant, prince Duleep Singh, the period of the First World War up to the first wave of mass mmigration after 1945. Special attention is given to the arrival of sikh immigrants from East Africa in 1970s. The final part concerns about the impact of 1984 critical events in Punjab on British sikh society. Key words sikhism, Great Britain, diaspora, migration
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Analysis of the Special Relationship between the USA and Great Britain from the Clinton to the Trump Administrations
Veliký, Samuel ; Soukup, Jaromír (advisor) ; Ditrych, Ondřej (referee)
This thesis, entitled "Analysis of the special relationship between the US and the UK from the Clinton administration to the Trump administration", aims to provide a comprehensive overview of this Anglo-American alliance, in the mentioned period. The work is anchored on the concept of the concept of "special relationship", which has established itself in political practice to describe the political, diplomatic, cultural, economic, military and historical relations between the United Kingdom and the United States. The first opportunity for this concept to become popular was after it was used in a speech in 1946 by the British Prime Minister Winston Churchill, who tried to ensure Anglo-American cooperation in the post-war period. From that moment on, this unofficial term serves to describe transatlantic cooperation between the two nations, across all regions. This transatlantic cooperation did not end during the Cold War, but on the contrary, the two states were able to cooperate very closely in averting the communist threat. The thesis focuses primarily on the analysis of relations in the period after President Clinton took office as President of the United States, looking at how the Anglo-American alliance developed in the period after the end of the Cold War. In the next part of the work, it is...
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Relationship between Edward Heaths government and trade unions - is reform possible?
Kližanová, Júlia ; Váška, Jan (advisor) ; Kasáková, Zuzana (referee)
In this thesis the author is concerned with relationship between trade unions and the Edward Heath government from 1970 to 1974. This thesis will be also concerned with period of time before the Edward Heath government. It will be describing the development of relationship between post-war governments and trade unions. The author will be describing the Labour party government (1945-51), Conservative party government (1951-64) and again the Labour party government (1964-70). We can divide the period of Conservative party government into two parts. During the first one, which is set between 1970 to 1972, the government was trying to change the post-war consensus and undermine the influence of trade unions. During this period the main part of legislation was introduced, which was aimed to improve the relationship with trade unions and limit its influence. Then the thesis will be concerned with miners strike in 1972, which led to the change of governments policy. It will be also describing the last years of the government. During these years the government was not able to challenge the demands of trade unions, as well, the bad economic situation. The most important event of this period was again miners strike in 1974, which led to the fall of Conservative party government. The aim of this thesis will...
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The formation of the Sikh diaspora in Great Britain
Ivanková, Bianka ; Štipl, Zdeněk (advisor) ; Bendíková, Soňa (referee)
The main objective of this bachelor thesis is to summarize and analyze the history of the migration of Sikhs to Great Britain from the mid 19th century to the end of the 20th century. It describes the forming process of one of the largest and most influential diasporas in British society. The thesis is divided into three main chapters. The first chapter will briefly overview the sikhism and its relantionship towards Indian government. The second chapter focuses on the general examination of indian diaspora, migration history from India to Great Britain, and finally it concentrates on the concept of diaspora and the possibility of its application to the British sikh community. The third chapter presents the main stages of sikh migration to the UK, starting with the first recorded immigrant, prince Duleep Singh, the period of the First World War up to the first wave of mass mmigration after 1945. Special attention is given to the arrival of sikh immigrants from East Africa in 1970s. The final part concerns about the impact of 1984 critical events in Punjab on British sikh society. Key words sikhism, Great Britain, diaspora, migration
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Culturaly established ideas about legal and illegal migration
Kurucová, Alexandra ; Lupták Burzová, Petra (advisor) ; Jakoubek, Marek (referee)
Starting in 2015 European migration crisis very strongly influenced social discourse across the continent. A debate about migration crisis goes on not only in media, but it is also part of everyday lives and conversation among ordinary people. The goal of this master thesis was to identify culturaly established ideas about legal and illegal migration, immigration and immigrants at Czech and British students. A research was taking place in Czech Republic and Great Britain in- depth interviews, questions were also aimed at students' orientation in this issue, their ideas about immigrant integration or their view on xenophobic attitudes in society. The data obtained were analyzed by using the grounded theory and the result of this thesis is a theory drawn from them. Key words: students, migration, Great Britain, Czech Republic
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The Anglo-American "Special Relationship" in the Period of Gordon Brown's Government: the Case Study of Finding Solutions to Financial Crisis
Bábiková, Jana ; Váška, Jan (advisor) ; Raška, Francis (referee)
The central theme of the bachelor thesis is the phenomenon of the "special relationship" between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the United States of America. The "special relationship" that is most often associated with cooperation in military and security, is applied on the field of economic diplomacy during the time of financial crisis and finding a solution to it. At first, the thesis argued whether it was possible to claim the "special relationship" in economic cooperation. Then it continued to argue, to what extend could the "special relationship" influence crisis-solution finding. Thesis used the examples of economic diplomacy before and during G20 leaders' summits as the most obvious manifestation of the role of the "special relationship". Another focus of the thesis is the period of Gordon Brown's government. Besides summarizing the events leading to finding crisis solution, thesis also describes the main events that happened and shaped the evolution of the "special relationship" during the period of Gordon Brown's government. Most of the thesis is, however, centered on the role of Brown and Anglo-American diplomacy in finding solution to financial crisis.
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