The final thesis covers a situation of a second housing in Czech Republic. It analyzes an origin and a development of this phenomenon during 20th century. Thesis is focused on the second half of 20th century especially, emphasizes the variety of motivations for having the hobby of second housing and also discusses the issues with constructions or reconstructions of cottages and chalets. Particularly, insufficiencies of building materials and lack of craft services that are closely related to underground economy, which is also discussed here.

The main goal of this diploma thesis is to map the development of China's competitiveness in the period from 1970's to the present and to outline the development of the economy in the next 2 decades. The simplified view of the Chinese competitiveness is used in the thesis, which means that we can identify 2 strategies aimed at the development of the Chinese competitiveness. The first chapter contains a definition of term competitiveness and introduces the way of its measurement. The first strategy was applied in China in the period 1978-2005 and is described in the 2nd, 3rd and the 4th chapter. The main goal of these 3 chapters is to describe the reforms adopted by the government and to evaluate the impacts of these reform measures on pillars of the Chinese competitiveness. The latest strategy is described in the last chapter and a special attention is paid to the reform measures aimed at boosting China's innovation performance.

This thesis focuses on the analysis of the economic impact of Brazil and China in the context of BRICS countries on the world economy. The first chapter sets out the specifics of the BRICS group, with emphasis on Brazil and China. The second chapter analyzes the current economic situation of the two selected states through economic, social, political and technological indicators. In the final chapter, on the basis of the previous analysis identifies the main factors of economic power of Brazil and China, their possible future developments and risks associated with the dynamic development of these countries.

Community supported agriculture is an alternative food system based on a cooperation between farmers and consumers who socially interact in a community. It was settled in the USA and spread all over the world while changing and evolving its form, although it is a grassroots movement grown from the anthroposofical background in the Europe. A couple of years ago it came to the Czech Republic and now it seeks its own individuality and circumstances which support its livelihood. Which criteria are crucial for thriving CSA in Czech is a key point of this paper.

The aim of this thesis is to answer the question, whether Québec still has a chance to become independent one day? Firt part of the thesis shows theoretical definitions of nationalism, minorities, conflicts and possible solutions. Then there are historical relationships and conflict between anglophone and francophone people. Second part analysis québec´s separatism and his political support. Last part is dedicated to possible economical consequences if Québec separates from Canada.

The subject matter of my research is Turkey as a destination of international tourism. The main aim of my diploma thesis is to assess the overall standing of Turkey as a destination on the international tourism market with respect to both positive and negative externalities. The first chapter is dedicated to a theoretical definition of international tourism including the conditions of its development. The second chapter presents basic information on Turkey, current economic situation and effects of tourism on Turkish economy. In the last chapter, an international comparison is made to analyse Turkish tourism itself.

The Diploma Thesis deals with estimation of tax evation of value-added tax in the Czech Republic during 2006-2010. For the estimate we have used the concept of tax gap (in the case of VAT we speak about VAT gap), which is based on comparison of theoretical tax liability of the economy with the actual tax receipts. An international comparison of the Czech Republic VAT gap with available data of other countries has been made as well. The Thesis includes further description of tax evation types specific for VAT and other approaches to measurement of tax evation. Role of the shadow economy measurement used for tax evation estimates is accounted for.

Thesis "Regional differentiation of the Republic of India" is focused on the analysis of regional differentiations within particular Indian states and territories and as well as on the analysis of economic indicators and state of the Indian economy as a whole. In order to analyze the indicators at national level, the thesis includes direct comparison with the indicators of the Chinese economy, which is India's main trading partner and competitor in the Asian region at the same time. The results of economic, demographic and socio-economic analysis are summarized in the final chapter of the thesis. The main goal of the thesis is to outline the perspectives in moderating economic differentiations of India and to design solutions to mitigate these differentiations.

This thesis deals with the issue of civil society organizations in the Czech Republic. First, it presents a selection of related theories of civil society, civil sector and the sector of NGO's. It also deals with the concept of social economy and related themes. The third chapter explores the current state of the civil sector in the Czech Republic and the definition of its problem areas. Fundamental is the final analysis of the civic association Amelie, which is based on the previous text and applies the theory to specific organization and analyzes its activities and evaluates its functioning.

Rostoucí význam turismu klade nároky na přesnou identifikaci a ukotvení jeho postavení v národních i světových ekonomikách. Cílem disertační práce bylo zpracování návrhu systému politiky turismu v ČR, z pohledu veřejné správy v kontextu turismu EU, a to na národní úrovni. Hlavním důvodem pro zpracování tohoto návrhu je skutečnost, že ČR má vysoký potenciál pro rozvoj turismu, ale plně jej nevyužívá. Navržený systém a jeho aplikace do praxe ČR by mohl významně napomoci realizaci ambiciózních cílů Koncepce státní politiky cestovního ruchu pro období 2007-2013 a tím zároveň zlepšení postavení českých turistických regionů na mezinárodním trhu turismu.