The aim of this thesis is two-fold. My primary, theoretical aim is to present an alternative way for geographers to approach the study of tourist resort development. For over twenty years, resorts have been understood through the framework of evolutionary models, the most widely-used being Richard Butler's 1981 Tourist Area Life Cycle. I argue that the time is ripe for a more sophisticated approach which i) identifies the multiplicity of actors involved in the destination-making process and elucidates the interactions between them; and ii) situates the resort within a dynamic, capitalist economy, increasingly dominated by large corporations. I suggest that one way we can do this is to take particular moments in a resort's trajectory and examine the responses made by key players in the production of the resort. My starting point for my investigation into Whistler Resort, British Columbia is the merger in 1996 of its two ski mountains, Whistler and Blackcomb, under the ownership of Intrawest Corporation. A recent wave of consolidation in the North American ski industry has seen increasing numbers of once-independent ski areas coming under the control of four large corporations, Intrawest being one. My second aim with this thesis, therefore, is to shed light on the process of ski resort development in light of the recent industry reorganisation. In particular, I use my case-study of Whistler to interrogate the corporatisation thesis of historian Hal Rothrnan. Rothman's account of resort development in the twentieth-century American West leads him to view large corporations as extractive forces which pay scant respect to local communities and cultures, treating them instead as marketable commodities. The experience of Whistler, however, suggests a much greater degree of mterdependence and co-operation between the ski corporation and local stakeholders in the resort - a situation that arises because of its unique administrative, political and economic context. / Arts, Faculty of / Geography, Department of / Graduate

The subject of my diploma thesis is a draft of a mountain holiday resort. The building is three-story, semi-basement and with one above-ground floor and attic. There are employee utility rooms and two social rooms with a bar in the basement. Five apartments with own bathroom and kitchenette are built in the two above-ground floors. The building is designed to be made of ceramic and concrete blocks with additional thermal insulation. The roof of the building is saddle with saddle dormers. The land for this new building is situated on a sloping terrain and is located in the western part of Modrava village. The thesis contains a documentary and drawing part and is processed as documentation for the execution of the construction.

The topic of the diploma thesis was to design an architectural study of a ski hotel in Králíky. The proposed building is located close to the existing urban development south of the city and in the southwestern part of the defined location for the implementation of the sports and recreation centre Králíky. The design of the hotel follows the project of the urban-architectural study of the sports and recreational resort, which offers leisure activities for all ages. The proposed building will serve as a four-star hotel with apartment rooms for 60 people, a restaurant for 100 people, wellness, gym, service, rental, shop, massage, hairdresser, manicure, pedicure and children's corner. The hotel has one underground floor and five above-ground floors. It is shown in slightly sloping terrain, below the proposed ski slope.

La presente tesis consiste en la investigación y presentación del proyecto del “Complejo Turístico Vitivinícola en Lunahuaná”, en Cañete. Plantea llevar a cabo la infraestructura de una bodega vitivinícola y hotel que promuevan y difundan la vitivinicultura, invitando al poblador y al visitante a retomar contacto con una actividad rural, agrícola y cultural de dicha región. Además, se incluye el análisis territorial, los marcos conceptuales, históricos y referenciales para llevar a cabo la propuesta. Se plantea reflexionar sobre las carencias y falta de infraestructura de calidad en Lunahuaná en cuanto a bodegas vitivinícolas se refiere, tomando como punto de partida el buen aprovechamiento del paisaje y el entorno geográfico que el lugar ofrece. Adaptándolo al terreno y brindando al usuario una experiencia completa y enriquecedora que otras bodegas poco sensibles al paisaje no ofrecen. / This thesis consists in the investigation and presentation of the project "Complejo Turístico Vitivinícola en Lunahuaná ", in Cañete. It is proposed to carry out an infrastructure of winery and boutique hotel that promotes and spreads the viticulture, inviting the villager and the visitor to a contact with a rural, agricultural and cultural activity of said region. In addition, it includes territorial analysis, conceptual frameworks, historical data and references to carry out the proposal. It is proposed to reflect on the shortcomings and lack of quality infrastructure in Lunahuaná in terms of winery is concerned, taking as a starting point the good use of the landscape and the geographical environment that the place offers. Adapting it to the terrain and offering the user a complete and enriching experience that other wineries little sensitive to the landscape do not offer. / Tesis

Cette thèse analyse les opérations de crédit et d’émission de billets de la Banque de France, entre 1870 et 1897 et les relations entre l’État républicain et l’institution financière. Elle suppose que la Guerre franco-prussienne (1870-1871) et l’arrivée de Joseph Magnin, républicain, sous la Troisième République (mandat 1881-1897), ont influé sur la politique de la Banque de France. Après la Guerre et alors que l’Europe vit une période de stagnation économique, l’Allemagne et les États-Unis connaissent un développement rapide qui intensifie la concurrence entre les pays. La nomination d’un Gouverneur républicain à la tête de la Banque permet à l’État d’intervenir dans la politique de l’institution, pour permettre l’extension de l’offre de crédit. Néanmoins, beaucoup de dirigeants de la Banque insistent sur le fait qu’elle est encore une société anonyme, au nom de son indépendance. Cette opposition s’observe principalement dans la discussion sur le crédit agricole et l’extension du réseau de la Banque. L’intervention de l’État a aussi joué un rôle important pour le contrôle du désordre du marché résultant de l’échec du Comptoir d’escompte de Paris en 1889. Sous l’initiative du Gouverneur Magnin, l’accumulation de l’or à la Banque et l’augmentation de la monnaie fiduciaire se sont établies. En 1897, l’extension de l’offre de crédit est institutionnalisée lors de la discussion sur le renouvellement du privilège de l’émission des billets au Gouvernement et au Parlement et dans les années qui suivent, le Gouverneur Pallain permet le développement de l’accumulation de l’or. / This thesis analyses operations of credit and of issue of banknotes of the Bank of France between 1870 and 1897, and relations between the State and the financial institution. It supposes that the French-Prussian War (1870-1871) and the arrival of Joseph Magnin, republican (term 1881-1897), influenced the policy of the Bank under the Third Republic. After the war, and during a protracted recession in Europe, Germany and US achieved drastic economic growth and competition between countries escalated. The French government intervened the policies of the Bank of France by a republican assuming the post of the Governor of the Bank, and expanded credit facility. However, many executives of the Bank claimed the fact that it was still a private bank based on its independency. This conflict could be seen mainly in the discussion on expansion of agricultural credit and the base network of the Bank. The intervention of the State fulfilled an important role as well for the control of the confusion of the domestic market resulting from the collapse of the Comptoir d’escompte de Paris in 1889. Under the initiative of the Governor, Mr. Magnin, accumulation of gold was implemented and issuance of banknotes increased in the Bank. In 1897, expansion of credit facility was institutionalized in the discussion between the government and parliament on the renewal of the privilege to issue banknotes for the Bank, and after that, the next Governor Pallain further promoted accumulation of gold.

This degree work is devoted to the problems of recreational activities of Prague dwellers and interrelated change of the suburban landscape in the period of industrialisation. Particularly this work explores the period of 2nd half of 19th century and 1st decades of 20th century. In the theoretical part is briefly characterised the term industrialisation and relating term of the industrial revolution and further on this part is devoted to establishing and historical roots of recreational and leisure-time activities. The following chapter deals with the recreation in common in the period of industrialisation and relating particular chapter about the recreational activities of Prague dwellers in the explored periods. Theoretical part is concluded by the summary of scientifical study that explored the interwar Hradišťko summer resort. This study has served as an inspiration for the particular exploring mentioned in the empirical part of this work. This one is devoted to the conditions of the establishing and development of Prague- suburban Božkov summer resort in the interwar period. The conslusion of this work is devoted to genesis comparison of Hradišťko and Božkov summer resort.

Syftet med denna studie har varit att undersöka den diskursiva konstruktionen av ekonomiskt bistånd som yttersta skyddsnät inom ramen för handläggning och bedömning. För att besvara syftet har gruppintervjuer med handläggare på ekonomiskt bistånd genomförts. Vid intervjuerna har tre vinjetter presenterats som handläggarna fått möjlighet att diskutera. I uppsatsen används Laclau och Mouffes diskursteori som teori och analysmetod. Vår studie visar på konstruktioner av ekonomiskt bistånd som det yttersta skyddsnätet i form av tre diskurser; diskursen om ett yttersta skyddsnät då alla andra möjligheter är uttömda, diskursen om ett yttersta skyddsnät mot någonting samt diskursen om ett yttersta skyddsnät när andra välfärdssystem brister. Vi har identifierat den första diskursen, med betoning på klientens skyldigheter och egna ansvar, som hegemonisk. I den andra diskursen betonas klientens rättigheter och hjälpbehov samt handläggarnas ansvar för den enskilde. I den tredje diskursen ligger fokus på kommunens yttersta ansvar för sina invånare när andra välfärdssystem brister. Det finns en motstridighet mellan diskurserna, vilket får konsekvenser för biståndshandläggarna i form av ett komplicerat arbete. Studien visar på variation mellan kommunerna i de diskursiva konstruktionerna, frågan om att stå till arbetsmarknadens förfogande, förmildrande omständigheter samt innebörden av nöd & kris. Variationerna leder till en osäkerhet för den biståndssökande avseende utfallet på ansökan om ekonomiskt bistånd. Vår studie visar på potentiella brister i välfärdssystemet och i organiseringen av ekonomiskt bistånd. Vi anser därför att ekonomiskt bistånd kan behöva reformeras i grunden.

The Master's thesis focuses on the phenomenon of travel from the perspective of Czechoslovak citizens who travelled to destinations offered by travel agencies, trade unions or their employers from the 1970s to 17th November 1989. The time span is defined by the memory of the living narrators, who can refer to their travel in adulthood. The economic and social situation is addressed in the first part of the thesis, followed by issues related to tourism. The main part consists of interpretation of biographical narratives focused on the phenomenon of travel. Synthesis of biographical exploration and acquired data can result in a personal as well as historic view of the travel phenomenon within the defined time span. Findings about travelling and travel industry are summarized at the end of this master's thesis with regard to the present. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)

Cette recherche a pour objectif de clarifier les processus psychiques et la dynamique personnelle en jeu lors du temps judiciaire pour des adolescentes déclarant des violences sexuelles subies, dans le souci d'appréhender le potentiel institué par le trauma. La méthodologie de cette recherche s'appuie sur une approche phénoménologique qui permet d'explorer la nature intrinsèque du sujet et de son expérience. Des entretiens semi directifs avec ces adolescentes ont été retranscrits et analysés selon deux méthodes : une analyse lexicométrique par logiciel informatique et une analyse de contenu. En questionnant ce que vient révéler le trauma des violences sexuelles subies à l'adolescence de l'histoire de vie du sujet, cette recherche fait apparaître deux schémas de compréhension : - l'après-coup pubertaire réveille des traumas infantiles refoulés, sans pouvoir en proposer une résolution du fait des défaillances des objets internes. Le recours à l'acte traumatophillique apparaît comme possible issue, prenant la forme de la violence sexuelle subie. Ce trauma secondaire réactive les traumas primaires en en permettant un traitement, à travers la transformation du temps judiciaire en potentielle inscription de ces adolescentes dans une historicisation. - la violence sexuelle subie met à jour la problématique pubertaire par l'effraction du sexuel. La culpabilité des victimes provient de leur confusion face à leur désir adolescent. La mise sur la scène publique s'inscrit alors dans une quête de reconnaissance de leur désir génital. La violence sexuelle subie à l'adolescence est porteuse d'un potentiel créatif, dans la tentative de résolution qu'elle propose des conflits intrapsychiques amenés par l'après-coup pubertaire. / The objective of this research is to clarify the psychic processes and the personal dynamics at play during judicial time for teenagers declaring suffered sexual abuse, in order to explore the potential established by the trauma. The methodology leans on a phenomenological approach which allows to investigate the intrinsic nature of the subject and its experience. Semi directive interviews with these teenagers are retranscribed and analyzed according to two methods : a lexical analysis by software and a content analysis. By questioning what the trauma of suffered sexual abuse in the adolescence comes to reveal about the life story, this search lightens two ways of understanding : - the afterwards of the pubertal wake repressed infantile traumas, without being able to propose a resolution because of the failures of the internal objects. The resort to the traumatophillique act appears as a possible outcome, taking the form of the suffered sexual violence. The secondary trauma revives the primary traumas and allows their treatment, by the transformation of judicial time into a potential inscription of these teenagers in a historicization. - The suffered sexual violence brings to light the pubertal problematic, by the sexual breaking. The guilt feeling of the victims results from their confusion in front of the adolescent desire. The exposure on the public scene comes in quest for admission of their genital desire. The suffered sexual violence in the adolescence carries a creative potential, as an attempt of resolution that she proposes for the intrapsychics conflicts brought by the pubertal afterwards.

Why do interest groups participate in state courts of last resort by filing amicus curiae briefs? Are they influential when they do? This dissertation examines these questions using an original survey of organized interests that routinely participate in state supreme courts, as well as data on all amicus curiae briefs and majority opinions in over 14,000 cases decided in all fifty-two state supreme courts for a four year period. I argue that interest groups turn to state judiciaries to achieve the dual goals of influencing policy and organizational maintenance, as amicus briefs can help organized interests achieve both outcomes. Furthermore, I contend that amicus briefs are influential in shaping judicial policy-making through the provision of legally persuasive arguments. The results suggest that interest groups do file amicus briefs to both lobby for their preferred policies and to support their organization's long-term viability. Additionally, the results indicate that organized interests also participate in counteractive lobbying in state courts of last resort by filing amicus briefs to ensure their side is represented and to dull the effect of oppositional amici. The findings also demonstrate support for the influence of amicus briefs on judicial policy-making on state high courts, as amicus briefs can influence the ideological direction of the court's majority opinions. Overall, this research extends our understanding of interest group lobbing in the judiciary and in state policy venues, and provides insight into judicial politics and policy-making on state courts of last resort.