A new Canadian political party arose out of the depression years as a protest to the economic, social and psychological conditions of that period. In 1932 the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF) was established, and the founders of this new political movement believed that their ideology of democratic socialism was the solution for the problems facing Canada. The CCF, later renamed the New Democratic Party (NDP); was a movement that offered a critique of the prevailing society, and was committed to the principles of democratic socialism. The CCF was a reform movement and a political party that challenged the prevailing Canadian ideology of capitalism, and as a result, needed to educate people to its cause. The CCF devoted a great deal of energy and volunteer time to education of party members. It was the only political party that organized correspondence courses, established study groups, provided lengthy and detailed reading lists, published study guides for recognized political books and had six separate party newspapers in simultaneous publication. In addition, the CCF encouraged book clubs, education clubs and ran summer schools and held educational conferences. Political scientists and historians have acknowledged for some time that the CCF in its early years held a strong belief in the necessity to educate its membership (Avakumovic, 1978; Robin, 1973; Young, 1969b; Zakuta, 1964). However, there has never been an attempt by adult educationists to study the CCF and its educational programs. The present study is an examination of the educational programs conducted by the CCF in British Columbia from 1933 to 1961. In addition, the study is an analysis of' a shift in educational emphasis as a reform-political movement evolved into a competitive political party. The CCF movement was avowedly educational in its early years, recognizing the need to explain democratic socialism to its new membership. Major political successes and advances during the war years swayed the CCF towards education for the general public. The post-war years were a time when the CCF evaluated its political goals and direction, as well as its commitment to education. With the "Cold-War" and the affluent fifties, the CCF swayed once again from its original ideological and educational emphasis. In the late fifties and early sixties an effort was directed to forming a new political party, which emerged in 1961 as the New Democratic Party. This study on CCF membership education in British Columbia divides the evolution of the work into five periods. Economic and political concerns, a world war and national and provincial elections had a discernable effect on educational emphasis and programming, The research concluded that in British Columbia the content and extent of various educational programs, activities and the literature changed during the CCF's 28 year history. The early movement years were marked by a great deal of creative activity occurring in numerous educational projects. The later years saw a political party replacing its educational emphasis with an organizational and campaign emphasis. The educational program of the CCF was very much influenced by the political concerns of the CCF as it met its political obligations, and as it responded to a changing world. / Education, Faculty of / Educational Studies (EDST), Department of / Graduate

The aim of this diploma thesis is to analyze historical development, current situation and potential trends of future development of business enviroment in Russian Federation. This thesis shall provide sufficient information base especially for small and medium-sized Czech enterprises, that are deciding whether to export to the Russian market, or act on it directly. The thesis is also focussing on possible advantages of Czech enterprises in export to Russian market, as well as on various kinds of support, that are provided to them by governmental and non-governmental organizations in Czech Republic.

After two waves of the eastern enlargement of the European Union in 2004 and 2007, its territory reached borders of the former Soviet republics. The EU started immediately building up the business ties with these countries. To be able to cover its business activities with the common approach, the EU formulated the European neighbourhood policy. Within ENP structure was separated an eastern dimension based on the Polish-Swedish initiative called Eastern Partnership. The initiative includes both bilateral and multilateral dimension of the EU's cooperation with partner countries - Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Moldova and Ukraine. The objective of the thesis is to investigate the development of relations between the European Union and Russia as a background of the emerging and developing EU's Eastern Partnership initiative. The aim is to analyze how the process of implementation of the Eastern Partnership developed, to what extent did the project stakeholders promoted their objectives and identify factors limiting the smooth implementation progress of the initiative objectives. Finally, the paper also focuses on the definition of Russian attitudes to the Eastern Partnership, reveals the factors and circumstances that view Russia in the context of the shapers, and explores how this view changed over time.

The aim of the thesis is therefore to determine whether and how cultural differences exist between the Czech Republic and the Russian Federation, and how these factors influence the mutual communication and cooperation.

The thesis presents specifics of the turn-key investment's export to Russian Federation financed by Czech Export Bank Plc. (the "CEB"). The aim of this thesis is to outline the general procedure applied in CEB towards export financing of turn-key investments, as well as to the Russian market. Furthermore, this thesis describes mutual trade relations between the Czech Republic and the Russian Federation, as well as possible difficulties that might occur during the export to Russia. Theoretical knowledge is reflected to the final case study describing the financing in form of the buyer's credit provided by CEB.

The aim of the thesis is to analyze the current state of the international hotel industry and possibility of using international experience for the development of the hotel industry in Russia. The thesis is divided into three chapters. In the first chapter the hotel industry is examined from a theoretical point of view. The second chapter examines the trends of the international hotel industry, including the role of international hotel chains in the world. The third chapter is focused on the analysis of the influence of international hotel chains on the development and improvement of the hotel industry in Russia.

The thesis "The reflection of social changes during the period between September 1938 and December 1939 in a football environment according to the Rekord magazine" deals with the events forming Czech society during the period of the Munich crisis, The Second Republic and the first months of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia in connection with football organizations. It analyses the key moments that influenced individual components of public life. The study deals with general circumstances and the historical context. It analyses the way in which Rekord, the official bulletin of The Football Association and The Football Federation, used to work with these facts. The text discusses important matches with the political background, organizational changes in a football environment caused by new conditions, unifying trends, anti-Semitic arrangements, disestablishment of professionalism or Slovaks' effort to gain autonomy. It also deals with the direct impact of occupation of border regions and later of all Bohemian lands, influencing community life and the run of all championship competitions. The Czech self-determination in sport after the constitution of the protectorate in March 1939 and international contacts of Czech football teams until the end of the year 1939 is also included in the text....

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The Diploma Thesis seeks to evaluate key markets of the SKODA Auto company in terms of purchasing and supply possibilities. It analyzes both Skoda's external and internal environments and assesses current conditions in their key foreign supply market. Furthermore, it describes the purchasing process, methods of localization of suppliers, as well as possible methods of evaluation of Skoda's suppliers. The Thesis should provide the reader with an overview of current trends and opportunities in Skoda's supplier market.

Orientador: Fernando Andrade Fernandes / Resumo: A corrupção é um fenômeno ainda atual e que desde os primórdios acompanha a conduta humana, sendo estudado pelas mais diversas ciências, o que apesar disso podemos considerar insuficiente devido sua complexidade. Com manifestações em vários âmbitos, além do público e privado, o desportivo, área extremamente influenciada pelas paixões sociais, possui forte influência econômica, principalmente por grandes organizações, o que leva inclusive a reflexos legislativos, principalmente de cunho jurídico-penal. A corrupção no desporto merece atenção especial, seja devido sua importância na diminuição da impunidade, bem como na proteção da lealdade e verdade nas práticas desportivas. Nesse sentido, o escândalo de corrupção na Federación Internacional de Fútbol Asociación (FIFA) é exemplo de como pode ocorrer um aumento gradual e seletivo de intervenção criminosa no desporto em relação aos crimes que possuam um viés econômico e tal ocorrência pode ser identificada em diversos Ordenamentos Jurídicos. Por fim, mesmo que direcionando os devidos cuidados à observância dos princípios fundamentais da ultima ratio, apresenta-se fundamental como as Ciências Jurídico-Penais podem contribuir com o enfrentamento do problema objeto de pesquisa, a corrupção no âmbito desportivo. / Abstract: Corruption is a phenomenon that is still current and which, from the earliest years, is present in human conduct, being studied by the most diverse sciences, which in spite of this we can consider not enough due to its complexity. With manifestations in several areas, in addition to the public and private, the sport, an area extremely influenced by social passions, has a strong economic influence, mainly by large organizations, which leads to legislative reflexes, mainly of legal and penal nature. Corruption in sport deserves special attention, either because of its importance in reducing impunity, as well as in protecting loyalty and truth in sporting practices. In this sense, the corruption scandal in the International Federation of Soccer Association (FIFA) is an example of how a gradual and selective increase of criminal intervention in sport can occur in relation to crimes that have an economic bias and such an occurrence can be identified in several Legal Ordinances. Finally, even though directing the proper care to the observance of the fundamental principles of the last ratio, it is fundamental how the Legal-Penal Sciences can contribute to the confrontation of the problem under investigation, corruption in the sports field. / Mestre