The diploma thesis deals with the development of Burma after the establishment of civilian government rule in 2011. The research is focused on the characteristic of the changes that occurred during the current government and their comparison with the previous period. The theoretical part defines terms associated with undemocratic regimes, democratization processes, sanction policy and describes the concept of geopolitics. The practical part focuses on the analysis of changes and events using collected data. As an additional source were used opinions of interested persons wich were gained through qualitative research using structured questionnaire.

This diploma thesis deals with tendencies of contemporary Czech lexis. The aim of this work is to show which tendencies can be seen in the Czech lexis and how they appear. This dissertation is divided into two parts, the theoretical and the practical one. The first of them deals with the historical background of the Czech language, the lexical system and mainly it describes the advancement tendencies appearing in the language and lexis. The following practical part is focused on analysis of the contemporary Czech newspaper and magazine articles. The words are devided according to particular tendencies and also their word meaning. The problematic and not so common words have got short comments.

Since the end of the 80s there has been a great and unprecedented proliferation of democracy over the African continent. The first two chapters of the essay are dealing with the analysis of its cause and course. In connection with the first part of the essay the third and longest chapter ensues by the analysis of the prospects of this process, with regard to the initial conditions and actual processes on the continent.

The purpose of this thesis was to observe, examine and describe the state of democracy in Latin American countries. I chose the major independent countries (19) in the region to describe the trends of democracy in Latin America. The theoretical part deals with the terms democracy and democratization and explains historical concepts of democracy. To be able to understand the current state of democracy an explication of historical, socioeconomic and cultural background of the region was necessary. In this part I am also showing its relation to democracy and democratic values in the society. To evaluate the level of democracy in the individual states I used three different reports or indexes. First of them is the Polity score, second Bertelsmann transformation index and the third is the annual report of Freedom House -- Freedom in the World. In the final part I am designing the possible perspectives of democracy in the region, which with few exceptions I consider very positive.

The diploma thesis examines prospects of democracy in developing countries. The first part deals with the notion democracy, ways of its measuring and its conditions. The second part introduces democratization processes during the twentieth century. Next chapters outline contemporary situation in three developing continents -- Latin America, Africa and Asia. Final part summarizes prospects of democracy in today's world.

The thesis examines the impacts of globalisation on the spheres of economy, politics and culture of the developing world, in the sense of understanding globalisation as interconnecting the civilisational, regulatory and spiritual human constructs into a global system. This scheme is extended to the environmental dimension as a reflection of the conflict between the global system created by man and the pre-existent and superior global system of the ecosphere. In each dimension, the aim is to identify the particular impacts of globalisation on developing countries considering the positive or negative influences on their situation and problems.

The aim of the work is to analyze and evaluate the ideological background of Turkish society and its influence on economic and political development of Turkey and thus to bring a new complex explanation of Turkish problems on the way to the EU and prospects of their solution. The work maps socioeconomic development of the Ottoman Empire and Turkey, the influence of specific Turkish values on this development and the political efforts to modernize the system. On the basis of this analyse, it evaluates Turkish potencial for adoption of new values and their application for modernization and democratization of society. Work also analyses values of Turkish people, discovered by various opinion polls, and compares them with the standards of the EU. Consequently, it explains the differences in values by analysis of Turkish ideologies and the cleavages between them. Eventually, the work maps ideological fundamentals of contemporary Turkish political system, their reflection in Constitution, laws and political practice. It also concentrates on ideologies and goals of Turkish political parties and movements, their influence on Turkish society and their compatibility with the standards of the EU. The principal aim of this analysis is to evaluate influence of specific Turkish ideologies on Turkish political and economic development and fulfilment of political standards of the EU.

This diploma thesis deals with the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the Georgian soviet socialistic republic and its transformation into an independent democratic state. The thesis analyses how soviet political institutions have turned into democratic ones. In connection with that the thesis will stress the general social situation including the civil war in the 1990s and the relationship of the new state towards the Russian Federation. The thesis will focus on time of the second half of 1980s until the first half of 1990s. Key words Georgia, Soviet Union, transformation, demokratization, transition

This paper deals with compatibility of islam and democratic values. The main goal is to analyze compatibility of islam and democratic values. But it also deals with current policy of conservative elites and possibility to import democracy to muslim countries through hard power.

This thesis deals with the African women standing in their societies and attemps to find out what are their possibilities, within this standing, to participate in the current processes of democratization. It tries to identify important facts - by mapping their role in the traditional society and describing its changes during the French colonialism and after the decolonization - that determine women's current status. This serves as a basis for the research of ways in which women participate in the democratization processes that are currently under way in francophone Africa. The thesis focuses not only on their possibilities to take part in the decision-making within the elected bodies, but is also concerned with their chances to influence the politics in a less formal way. The emphasis is on the activities of women's organizations that seem to be an appropriate tool of democratization of the African society.