|
|
Presumption of illegitimacy of the state power
Gregárek, Matěj ; Kysela, Jan (advisor) ; Maršálek, Pavel (referee)
The thesis challenges the established "myth of easy legitimacy" and argues for more cautious attitude toward involuntary social arrangements by shifting the burden of proof in favour of the rigorous individual rights. Any State action shall be held for impermissible unless it is shown to be unavoidable - beyond reasonable doubts. With the assumption of existence of individual rights as a starting point, the thesis inquires into the attempts to derive State's legitimacy from individual rights. Finding this task virtually impossible, it comes to the conclusion that the only way how to legitimize the State is to compromise the individual rights somehow. Yet, to maintain some meaning of the rights, this compromise need to be restricted in scope, so the thesis analyses further the meaningfulness of "necessary and proper" provisos and the notion of "ideology" as a factor driving collective action and as the ultimate check of the State's power.
|
|
|
A Competition on Market with Protection
Koubele, Jakub ; Gregor, Martin (advisor) ; Fišerová, Tereza (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to model a market with protection, where protection providers can compete for their clients by price competition, but also by military forces. Besides the analytical approach, we examine an agent-based computational model which simulate market with protection. We found out that ability of protection providers to take into account the long-term impact of their actions is necessary condition for emergence of tax competition, and we also described how various factors can influence behavior of protection providers. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
|
|
|
The Political Consequences of Early 21st Century Changes in the Global Balance of Power: Scenarios for the Future
Flechet, Thomas ; Garlick, Jeremy Alan (advisor) ; Havlová, Radka (referee)
This thesis had the purpose to study the current international system. After presenting its features in theories, the aim was to understand how it is constructed through an analytical approach. In this thesis, it is supposed that the international system, and in particular its polarity, is currently facing some changes due to several reasons which are exposed. It will be identified the different actors of the international system which are susceptible to upset the polarity of this system. Nation-states, IGOs and MNCs will thus be described and presented, and their strength into the completion of such achievement will be identified. To conclude, the thesis will end with a last chapter dedicated to the construction of future scenario which will aim at forecasting the potential international system in which one will be evolving in the coming future.
|
|
|
A Competition on Market with Protection
Koubele, Jakub ; Gregor, Martin (advisor) ; Fišerová, Tereza (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to model a market with protection, where protection providers can compete for their clients by price competition, but also by military forces. Besides the analytical approach, we examine an agent-based computational model which simulate market with protection. We found out that ability of protection providers to take into account the long-term impact of their actions is necessary condition for emergence of tax competition, and we also described how various factors can influence behavior of protection providers. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
|
|
|
Růžena Hotová, born 21.7. 1921 , dead 1. 10. 2015
ANTLOVÁ, Romana
Bachelor's thesis describes the simple life of "ordinary" women - Mrs. Ruzena Hotova, who was born in 1921 and died at the age of 93 in 2015. This woman lived only pre-war period, the war and the period after World War 2, but also the onset of Communists in 1948, the normalization period and at the end of life period and regained freedom and democracy. Work itself follows a part of life, from birth Růženy finished after 1948. While working I used mainly unpublished memories of Mrs. Hotova. There are both family memories and memories of events that have an impact not only on the family but also the entire Czech nation. Her view of certain historical events, I also confronted with unpublished recordings made by native from New Krenov, chronicler Jan Valentin and further information from the literature.
|
|
|
Presumption of illegitimacy of the state power
Gregárek, Matěj ; Kysela, Jan (advisor) ; Maršálek, Pavel (referee)
The thesis challenges the established "myth of easy legitimacy" and argues for more cautious attitude toward involuntary social arrangements by shifting the burden of proof in favour of the rigorous individual rights. Any State action shall be held for impermissible unless it is shown to be unavoidable - beyond reasonable doubts. With the assumption of existence of individual rights as a starting point, the thesis inquires into the attempts to derive State's legitimacy from individual rights. Finding this task virtually impossible, it comes to the conclusion that the only way how to legitimize the State is to compromise the individual rights somehow. Yet, to maintain some meaning of the rights, this compromise need to be restricted in scope, so the thesis analyses further the meaningfulness of "necessary and proper" provisos and the notion of "ideology" as a factor driving collective action and as the ultimate check of the State's power.
|
|
|
Monopolization of the Protective Agencies: Is the State Inevitable?
Jonáš, Josef ; Šíma, Josef (advisor) ; Běláčková, Vendula (referee)
This diploma thesis deals with the sustainability and stability of anarchy in the long run. Theories of Robert Nozick, Tyler Cowen and Randall G. Holcombe, which point to inevitable emergence of the state from the state of nature, are evaluated and compared with empirical observations of stateless societies. Proposals for the potential avoidance of state emergence despite the possible tendency of anarchy toward monopolization in the form of vertically integrated proprietary communities, remedial state and ideology are also introduced and analyzed. As result, the diploma thesis challenges the theories describing the inevitable emergence of the state and the first two proposals, which were designed to solve this problem. The role of ideology is highlighted in the conclusion as a crucial factor in achieving and maintaining anarchy in the long run.
|
|
| |
guest ::
