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The Impact of Neoliberal Reforms on Latin American Population
Feťko, Jozef ; Kučerová, Irah (advisor) ; Soukup, Jaromír (referee)
Neoliberalism evokes strong reactions in the minds of both its proponents and detractors. With the so-called second Pink Tide washing over Latin America recently and the growing rejection of the legacy of neoliberalism in countries like Chile, many academics have started proclaiming it dead and outlived. Yet there are still those who defend its legacy and claim it should have gone much further. This thesis critically engages with these arguments using both theoretical and empirical arguments that point to the inherent contradictions baked in the neoliberal theory, its flawed assumptions, as well as the high social costs that neoliberal reforms inflict on the populations affected by them. Additionally, it explores the historical development of neoliberalism during the Pinochet rule and its transformation after the 1982 crisis in Chile, which has famously been called the "lab of neoliberalism" and was long used as a model for economic development by many mainstream economists and international financial institutions.
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Competitive Balance the of selected football leagues in Europe, their development and comparison
Mráček, Václav ; Šíma, Jan (advisor) ; Procházka, Jan (referee)
Title: Competitive Balance of the selected football leagues in Europe, their development and comparison. Goals: Determining the competitive balance in the six top European football competitions. This is a Czech Gambrinus liga, Dutch Eredivisie, German Bundesliga, Austrian Bundesliga, Ukrainian Premier liha Hungarian OTP liga, compare to competition and an outline of the development trend. Methods: The standard deviation of percentage wins, correlation coefficient, the presentation of results based on percentages, graphs, trends. Results: All results are presented in the analytical part of the work, verify predetermined hypotheses and are an important source of comparison for each event and outline trends. Keywords: Competition, equilibrium, European football league, football league, static balance, dynamic balance, season, club, reform, UEFA, sport, decreased balance, standard deviation, correlation coefficient.
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Greek and Roman reformers
Grigoryan, Hračja ; Skřejpek, Michal (advisor) ; Bělovský, Petr (referee)
The goal of this thesis on roman and greek reformers was to create a methodical summary of the most important constitutional reforms in ancient Rome and Greece. It is mostly focussed on the history of ancient Rome or Roman reformers, respectively. I call these reforms constitutional for their undoubted life-changing impact on the society as a whole - some of the reforms changed the ancient societies for the upcoming decades and even centuries, some changed them, as I believe, forever. For example a struggle between Lucius Cornelius Sulla and Gaius Marius had a far- reaching impact on Rome as too much of "unbreakable" rules were broken - which, of course, led to another and another heavy and unprecedented interventions which ultimately led to the fall of the republic and the beginning of the new, Imperial, era. Main sources of this thesis are the texts of ancient authors, such as Plutarch Suetonius and Appian, as it was one of my goals to use primary literature as much as possible.
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Reforms of the ACZ after the NATO accession (comparison with selected armies)
Křikava, Richard ; Kofroň, Jan (advisor) ; Bahenský, Vojtěch (referee)
This bachelor's thesis, Reforms of the ACZ after the NATO accession (comparison with selected armies), concerns with development of armies of Czech Republic, Poland and Finland after Cold war. Goals of this thesis are to find out which reforms ACZ undergone after joining NATO, if these reforms are present in other armies, especially in case of Armed forces of Republic of Poland and if membership in NATO decreases combat ability of member armies. Attention will be focused especially on state of armies after joining NATO. The work will analyze the development of military reforms of each army. Based on this analysis, the impact of reforms on armies in question will be evaluated and the combat capabilities of the armies in connection with NATO will be assessed.
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Reforms of the Ukrainian Energy Industry
Balahura, Milan ; Svoboda, Karel (advisor) ; Lídl, Václav (referee)
The energy sector of Ukraine is of strategic importance not only within the national economy, but is also significant from a European perspective, because it includes transit energy networks that are essential for a large part of Europe. The fundamental problem still remains low energy efficiency of the economy, obsolete infrastructure, dysfunctional system and the absence of major reforms. At the moment, another round of reforms is taking place under the influence of a rapprochement with the European Union, to modernize the sector and adapt it to European standards. This work describes the development of the sector and the reform efforts since independence until today with a particular focus on the gas sector and the period 2014 to 2017. This is particularly the developments in the energy market, pricing policies, availability, security and decentralization of the system. In addition, the work also focuses on the development of energy efficiency, the environment and renewable energy sources. Following on the theoretical basis (especially the theory of institutional economics) through analysis of described facts assesses developments in the reforms and their impact on the whole sector including evaluation of the role and influence of oligarchs in these reform attempts. In terms of reforms, four...
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Saudi Arabia and its "Soft" Approach in Counterterrorism
Rakovská, Petra ; Bureš, Oldřich (advisor) ; Charvát, Jan (referee)
The thesis deals with the phenomenon of global terrorism and Saudi's counterterrorism strategy. This strategy consists of several "soft" counterterterrorist measures, which represent some sort of innovation in the field of counterterrorism. The first part is an introduction into the background of the thesis. It introduces the key terms, such as terrorism, counterterrorism and its main concepts, typology and root causes of terrorist activity. Saudi Arabia is presented as islamic country and corrupt interpetation of the islamic ideology is supposed to be the cause of extremism. Other parts of the thesis are dealing with the "soft" approach itself, which was launched in the aftermath of Rijad terrorist attacks in 2003. There is an attempt to explain its individual components, whilst the PRAC strategy is considered to be the key part. PRAC strategy offers counselling and rehabilitation to extremist individuals or sympathizers with terrorists. Saudi authorities have implemented some other countermeasures, which are then clarified by the author. Eventually, the author evaluates the approach and outlines its advantages and disadvantages.
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Social Issues in the Documents Related to the Assumption of Power by the Xi Jinping Leadership (2012 - 2013)
Procházková, Alice ; Klimeš, Ondřej (advisor) ; Hudeček, Jiří (referee)
The present paper's aim is to observe the reflection of problematic social phenomenons in China in the key Party documents related to the assumption of both party and state power of the 5th generation leadership headed by Xi Jinping (born 1953), concretely the Report on the Work of the Government of the leaving 4th generation leadership delivered at the 18th National Congress in November 2012 and the Resolution delivered at the 3rd Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China in November 2013. Key words: Report on the Work of the Government, Resolution, Xi Jinping, Hu Jintao, 18th National Congress in November 2012, 3rd Plenary Session of the 18th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, social policy, social security, social insurance, migrant workers
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Gaidar's reforms
Horáček, Pavel ; Svoboda, Karel (advisor) ; Litera, Bohuslav (referee)
This bachelor thesis diserts on the topic of economic reforms in Russia in the year 1992 and the role of the creator of the reform plan Yegor Gaidar. The emphasis is put on the explaining of context of the reforms. Thesis explains especially historical context in the meaning of clarifying the endeavour after the economic reforms in Soviet Russia at the end of the 1980's and the political context of the assembly of Gaidar's government. Thesis mentions different approaches to the trasformation from plan to market economy and the legitimacy of choosing the shock therapy as the right attitude in the case of Russia. As a conclusion thesis mentions why Gaidar's reforms can be considered successful and what was the role of Yegor Gaidar.
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