This thesis offers a model for the underlying architecture of the narrative reality in science-fiction works by Philip K. Dick, arguing that Dick's fictional worlds are grounded in the pervasive metamorphosis - the overarching perception of the shifting - of the narrative fabric operating under the conditions of non-rationality and non-reality. The hyphenated coinages conveniently stand for the paradigms of the reality and mental configurations in PKD subverting the seemingly natural dichotomizing oppositions and hierarchies of the real/unreal and the rational/irrational. Bringing in Gilles Deleuze's ontology of difference, this thesis explains the non-rationality and non-reality of Dick's worlds in Deleuzian terms as, firstly, inducing the perception of fictional reality as realizing the innate potential of being by the perpetual becoming of being in multiplicity and, secondly, engendering - in the vein of Deleuzian simulacra - the impossibility of apprehending and categorizing fictional reality unequivocally. The thesis considers and evaluates the underlying assumptions and claims common to various approaches to the subject of reality in PKD's fictions in order to provide the essential context for the following development of the theoretical basis for non-rationality and non-reality shifting....

The thesis deals with the employment of direct forms of presentation in the genre of hard news. The texts for the analysis were excerpted from the main British broadsheet newspapers. The classification of forms of presentation is based on Semino and Short (2004) and focuses on their deictic and syntactic properties, interpreted in terms of the pragmatic concepts of perspective, faithfulness claims and the role of the reported and reporting speaker. Attention is paid to various direct forms, including direct speech, free direct speech and combined forms, i.e. non-direct forms appearing with a partial direct quote. The thesis draws heavily on the work by White (1998), whose approach to genre is informed by the ideas proposed by the Sydney School and Systemic Functional Linguistics. Hard news is characterised by the orbital generic structure, consisting of the nucleus and a number of specifying satellites (White 1998). The occurrence of direct and combined forms of presentation is explained by their deictic, syntactic and pragmatic properties, the generic role and characteristic features of the nucleus and individual satellites, and the overall function of hard news. The function of hard news and forms of presentation is also discussed in terms of the more general concepts of heteroglossia, dialogue...

This thesis covers the main problems related to loss of housing in the context of the institutional setting in the Czech Republic. The aim of this thesis is explaining the institutional setup of the system of prevention and help people / households that are at risk of losing housing and evaluate the system in terms of the possibility of prevention of social exclusion.The introductory part describes the characteristics of the key concepts in housing policy in relation to social housing and various approaches to social housing in selected countries (Sweden, Germany, Great Britain). The thesis focuses on the institutional analysis of the existing legal framework and possible solutions to the current housing shortage (welfare, social work, social services). In the research part of this thesis a case study of Louny municipality has been chosen as a model sample of resolving the current shortage of housing. Results of the analysis had been confronted and evaluated by perspective of people solving housing problems and relevant social workers working with poor people. In the end of the thesis, a SWOT analysis is delivered identifying strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of the system.

<p>Саобраћајно-географски и стратешки положај Книнске Крајине, условљавају сталну присутност овог подручја у балканским и европским збивањима, мада значај природних потенцијала није томе адекватан. Овим простором су пролазиле многе војске и владале бројне империје. Кроз бурне догађаје неки природни елементи су деградирани (вегетација, земљиште, укупан пејсаж), а дешавале су се и потпуне смене становништва, те рушења и паљења, што се веома негативно одражавало на привредну активност. Виталност становништва дуго је успешно надокнађивала стална исељавања. Међутим, стално погоршавање укупних природно-друштвених елемената, као и савремени привредни токови, поспешили су процес исељавања, па је крајем двадесетог века број становника у многим насељима пао на ниво из средине деветнаестог века. Сточарство је вековима било доминантна активност, али су деградација природне средине, слаба улагања и стално исељавање утицали на знатно опадање значаја ове гране. Ипак за равномеран развој, осим индустријализације, мора бити добро организована и пољопривредна производња. Пољопривредна делатност, на овом простору, мора тражити своју будућност и у производњи здраве хране, како у ратарству тако и у сточарству. Концентрација индустрије у Книну није добра за равномеран развој, а пошто изградња малих погона у неколико мањих наеља показује позитивне ефекте, мора се наставити у том правцу. Територијалне и политичке промене на простору бивше СФРЈ, утичу на појачање централних функција Книна, те он постаје значајан међурегионални и републички центар. Побољшању укупног развоја треба да допринесе и туристичка привреда, али и правилно валоризовање саобраћајног положаја и неких природних богатстава. Да би што боље оживела сеоска насеља, мора се побољшати функционално-комунална опремљеност локалних центара.</p> / <p>Saobraćajno-geografski i strateški položaj Kninske Krajine, uslovljavaju stalnu prisutnost ovog područja u balkanskim i evropskim zbivanjima, mada značaj prirodnih potencijala nije tome adekvatan. Ovim prostorom su prolazile mnoge vojske i vladale brojne imperije. Kroz burne događaje neki prirodni elementi su degradirani (vegetacija, zemljište, ukupan pejsaž), a dešavale su se i potpune smene stanovništva, te rušenja i paljenja, što se veoma negativno odražavalo na privrednu aktivnost. Vitalnost stanovništva dugo je uspešno nadoknađivala stalna iseljavanja. Međutim, stalno pogoršavanje ukupnih prirodno-društvenih elemenata, kao i savremeni privredni tokovi, pospešili su proces iseljavanja, pa je krajem dvadesetog veka broj stanovnika u mnogim naseljima pao na nivo iz sredine devetnaestog veka. Stočarstvo je vekovima bilo dominantna aktivnost, ali su degradacija prirodne sredine, slaba ulaganja i stalno iseljavanje uticali na znatno opadanje značaja ove grane. Ipak za ravnomeran razvoj, osim industrijalizacije, mora biti dobro organizovana i poljoprivredna proizvodnja. Poljoprivredna delatnost, na ovom prostoru, mora tražiti svoju budućnost i u proizvodnji zdrave hrane, kako u ratarstvu tako i u stočarstvu. Koncentracija industrije u Kninu nije dobra za ravnomeran razvoj, a pošto izgradnja malih pogona u nekoliko manjih naelja pokazuje pozitivne efekte, mora se nastaviti u tom pravcu. Teritorijalne i političke promene na prostoru bivše SFRJ, utiču na pojačanje centralnih funkcija Knina, te on postaje značajan međuregionalni i republički centar. Poboljšanju ukupnog razvoja treba da doprinese i turistička privreda, ali i pravilno valorizovanje saobraćajnog položaja i nekih prirodnih bogatstava. Da bi što bolje oživela seoska naselja, mora se poboljšati funkcionalno-komunalna opremljenost lokalnih centara.</p> / <p>The regional trafffic, geographic and strategic position of Knin Krajina was the main cause for its constant presence in Balcan and European events, though the inportantce its natural resources had not been adequate. Many armies passed through this region and a number of empires ruled it. Thruogh the turmoils of these events some natural elements were degraded (vegetation, soil, the whole scenery), total changes in its population emerged, destructions and arsons which had an-extremely negative effect on public economy. Vitality of the population had for a long time been successful in substituting for the constant migrations. However, constant deteriorating of natural and social elements, as well as modem natural movements, had influenced the speed of depopulation process, so that at the end of the XX centry a number of people in many settlements had decreased to the level equal to the middle XIX century period. Forming used to be dominant for centuries but the degradation of the nature and its qualities, poor investments and constant depopulation had affested it and made it inferior. Still, in order to have a balanced growth, apart from industralisation and agricultural production also needed to be very well organised. Agriculture, in this area, had to search for its future prospects in production of healthy food, both in cattle-breeding and in farming. The concentrated industry in Knin is not sufficiently good for a balanced growth and since building of new little factories in a few of small communities has showed positive effects, this direction should be followed. Changes in territory and in politics in the area of exYugoslavia, affects the increasing growth of central functions in Knin and therefore it has become an important internacional and republic center. Tourism should also contribute to the total development, and a proper evaluation of its traffic position and some natural resources as well. To make village communities more active some functional and communal facilities in local centres have to be improved.</p>