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Czecho-Slovak reactions to the Hungarian uprising of 1956
Guziar, Matúš ; Vojtěchovský, Ondřej (advisor) ; Koura, Jan (referee)
This bachelor thesis analyses events of the Hungarian uprising in the autumn of 1956 and the Czecho-Slovak reactions related to them. It examines development of political situation in Hungary which advanced towards outbreak of the uprising, its progress and following response in Czechoslovakia. It focuses on emergency measures applied by the Czechoslovak government, image of the uprising presented in the Czechoslovak press and also contemporary reactions of citizens, especially those living in Slovakia, to the revolutionary events. Keywords: communism, socialism, Hungary, uprising, 1956, revolution, Czechoslovakia, Imre Nagy
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Post-Socialist Corruption as a Legacy of the Past? The Experience of Central European Countries
Matis, Maroš ; Svoboda, Karel (advisor) ; Jędruchów, Tomasz Dawid (referee)
This Bachelor's thesis deals with the phenomenon of post-socialist corruption. Corruption is a frequent topic of discussions within society, yet almost always the focus is on the current situation and contemporary scandals. This work tries to apply a more in-depth approach. It examines to what extent corruption in Central Europe is a legacy of the socialist regimes and of the subsequent period of transition. Corruption is not a modern phenomenon, it has been present in Central Europe for centuries. However, it seems that the beginning of socialism represents a turning point, which changed whole structure of the society. This work examines structural characteristics of the former regimes such as: their hierarchical nature, shortage economies and its effects on the emergence of corrupt practices, and the mechanism beyond it. Social norms and clientelist networks created in the former regimes survived even after year 1989. Moreover, the period of transition brought new options for corruption such as: privatisation, legislative and institutional vacuum, and economic recession. An analysis of certain aspects relevant for corruption in the period of socialism and transition could help us better understand contemporary corruption in the countries of Central Europe.
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Social security vs. Personal liberties. So called normalization and transformation period from Krompachy citizens'perspective. Biographic Narrations
Merjavá, Jana ; Schindler-Wisten, Petra (advisor) ; Houda, Přemysl (referee)
The aim of this thesis is to affect opinions and attitudes of residents of a small town in the east Slovakia to the society during the period of normalization and transformation. These aims are achieved by exploiting the method of oral history and using mainly data obtained in biographical interviews with eight locals as a primary source of information. Their statements are thoroughly analysed and interpreted in two counterparts. Regarding the normalization period, social security was the main subject for analysis, namely the phenomenon of labour, housing, and social services for families with children, while in respect of the period of transformation, personal freedom of expression, movement, and religion has been analysed. Finally, all the obtained conclusions are compared with the available scientific literature in the given field. This thesis aims to affect mainly how the mentioned phenomena were perceived by the individual narrators and how this perception has changed after the year 1989. As part of the conclusion and using all the findings this work provides a comparison of the studied periods; however, an imaginary battle between social security and individual freedoms remains undecided. Moreover, beside the actual analysis the thesis contains a methodological section as well as a section...
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