{"title":"International Relations in the Czech Republic: Where Have All the Women Gone?","authors":"Blanka Nyklová, Kateřina Cidlinská, Nina Fárová","doi":"10.32422/MV.1616","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32422/MV.1616","url":null,"abstract":"In this article, we strive to explore what are some of the causes of the scarcity of women researchers in Czech international relations in comparison to the representation of women students in the field. To answer this question, we analysed a set of semi-structured interviews with international relations students and accessible syllabi using the conceptual framework of Sandra Harding´ s gendered universe, which differentiates between the operations of gender on the individual, structural and symbolic level. We identified some gendered barriers that might be blocking women researchers´ access to the field. On this basis we suggest that the lack of women researchers in the field parallels the situation in other social sciences and humanities disciplines, but the situation in international relations is further exacerbated by the local circumstances of the foundation of the discipline, which shaped it as a predominantly masculine field with a specific gender-blind version of doing research and academic careers.","PeriodicalId":311735,"journal":{"name":"Czech Journal of International Relations","volume":"21 6","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132805607","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Matteo Vergani: How is Terrorism Changing Us? Threat Perception and Political Attitudes in the Age of Terror.","authors":"Jose de Arimatéia da Cruz","doi":"10.32422/MV.1607","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32422/MV.1607","url":null,"abstract":"This book examines how the perception of terrorism threat erodes civil liberties, sows doubt about the loyalties of immigrants, and heightens the left-right ideological divide. The book presents original analysis of survey data and experiments conducted in Australia, Europe and the United States.Research in the book posits questions that others have largely avoided: How does the threat of terrorist violence undermine multicultural democracies? What are the psychological and social mechanisms that explain how the threat of terrorism can change political attitudes? What is the relationship between terrorism and death threats? What is the role of media in shaping the perception of terrorism threat? And what are the ethical responsibilities of journalists? This book will help readers distinguish between groundless speculation and solid scientific knowledge of the topic. Moreover, it provides concrete recommendations on how to prevent the most negative consequences of the polarization of political attitudes, such as social divisions, exclusivism and conflict. Given the broad geographical scope of the research presented in the book, specifically North America, Europe and Australia, this book will appeal to broad scope of readers.","PeriodicalId":311735,"journal":{"name":"Czech Journal of International Relations","volume":"96 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132513296","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Karin Aggestam and Ann E. Towns: Gendering diplomacy and international negotiations.","authors":"J. Mildorf","doi":"10.32422/MV.1606","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32422/MV.1606","url":null,"abstract":"This path-breaking book addresses the oft-avoided, yet critical question: where are the women located in contemporary diplomacy and international negotiation? The text presents a novel research agenda, including new theoretical and conceptual perspectives on gender, power and diplomacy. The volume brings together a wide range of established International Relations scholars from different parts of the world to write original contributions, which analyse where the women are positioned in diplomacy and international negotiation. The contributions are rich and global in scope with cases ranging from Brazil, Japan, Turkey, Israel, Sweden to the UN, Russia, Norway and the European Union. \u0000This book fills an important gap in research and will be of much interest to students and scholars of gender, diplomacy and International Relations. The volume also reaches out to a broader community of practitioners with an interest in the practice of diplomacy and international negotiation.","PeriodicalId":311735,"journal":{"name":"Czech Journal of International Relations","volume":"102 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115130228","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Central and Eastern Europe and the Decline of Russia in the United Nations Administrative Bodies: 1996-2015","authors":"Michal Pařízek, Ekaterina Ananyeva","doi":"10.32422/MV.1615","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32422/MV.1615","url":null,"abstract":"In international organizations, states seek representation not only in decision-making and political fora but also in the administrative bodies, or secretariats. This article maps the representation of Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries in the secretariats of 36 bodies of the United Nations (UN) system in the years 1996-2015. The CEE region is interesting due to the deep political divide between Russia and the Western-oriented new EU member states. Using new empirical evidence regarding the participation of CEE countries’ citizens on the professional staff of the UN bodies, we show that Russia has dramatically lost much of its representation in the UN administration over the last twenty years. In contrast, a number of other CEE countries have considerably improved their position in it. In spite of that, the countries of the entire CEE region belong to those with an overall weak representation in the administrative bodies of the UN.","PeriodicalId":311735,"journal":{"name":"Czech Journal of International Relations","volume":"23 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132223317","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Jan Hornat: Transatlantic Democracy Assistance. Promoting Different Models of Democracy.","authors":"V. Bílková","doi":"10.32422/MV.1605","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32422/MV.1605","url":null,"abstract":"The approaches of EU institutions and the US to democracy assistance often vary quite significantly as both actors choose different means and tactics. The nuances in the understandings of democracy on the part of the EU and the US lead to their promotion of models of democratic governance that are often quite divergent and, in some respects, clashing. \u0000This book examines the sources of this divergence and by focusing on the role of the actors’ \"democratic identity\" it aims to explain the observation that both actors use divergent strategies and instruments to foster democratic governance in third countries. Taking a constructivist view, it demonstrates that the history, expectations and experiences with democracy of each actor significantly inform their respective definition of democracy and thus the model of democracy they promote abroad. \u0000This book will be of key interest to scholars, students and practitioners in democracy promotion, democratization, political theory, EU and US foreign policy and assistance, and identity research.","PeriodicalId":311735,"journal":{"name":"Czech Journal of International Relations","volume":"47 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"125994438","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Podávání zpráv v rámci lidskoprávních smluv: analýza hlavních univerzálních smluv","authors":"Jan Karlas","doi":"10.32422/MV.1604","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32422/MV.1604","url":null,"abstract":"Klíčový vstup do monitorování implementace univerzálních lidskoprávních smluv přestavují národní implementační zprávy. Navzdory důležitosti těchto zpráv dochází k výrazným rozdílům v tom, do jaké míry je jednotlivé státy dodávají. Dosavadní výzkum tohoto tématu je výrazně omezený, především pokud jde o jeho empirický záběr. Tento text testuje několik vysvětlujících hypotéz, které obsahuje současná literatura zabývající se účastí států v lidskoprávních smlouvách a vnější transparentností států. Empirická analýza obsažená v textu zahrnuje data z nedávného období pro všechny ústřední lidskoprávní smlouvy. Analýza přináší poznatek, že faktorem, který nejvýrazněji ovlivňuje to, jak jednotlivé státy zprávy odevzdávají, je míra odevzdávání zpráv v rámci příslušného regionu.","PeriodicalId":311735,"journal":{"name":"Czech Journal of International Relations","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"130467930","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evropská unie po brexitu","authors":"Jarolím Antal","doi":"10.32422/mv.1614","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32422/mv.1614","url":null,"abstract":"Odchod Velké Británie z Evropské unie je tématem, o kterém se diskutuje a píše z mnoha hledisek. Skupina autorů z Právnické fakulty Univerzity Karlovy si vybrala perspektivu zaměřenou na právně-institucionální aspekty nejen odchodu Velké Británie z EU, ale i dalšího vývoje evropské integrace bez jednoho z jejích dosavadních klíčových aktérů. \u0000Autoři se v jednotlivých kapitolách zaměřili na velmi konkrétní oblasti působení EU, jako je volný pohyb osob, dohled nad finančním systémem, mezinárodní ochrana lidských práv atd. Tato témata rozebírají nejen s ohledem na aktuální stav jednání o brexitu na jaře 2018 a záměrně se také vyhýbají „věštbám“ o budoucí podobě EU. V jednotlivých kapitolách najde čtenář hluboké zamyšlení nad samotnými institucionálními základy EU, jejich silnými a slabými stránkami a nad tím, co může sama EU i její občané udělat pro to, aby myšlenka evropské integrace překonala krizi vyvolanou odchodem Velké Británie. \u0000V závěru knihy každý z autorů odpovídá na následující otázky: Kam Evropská unie po brexitu směřuje? Kde bude za osm až deset let? Jaké tendence v ní převládnou? Které vnitřní problémy musí vyřešit, aby výzvu představovanou brexitem úspěšně překonala?","PeriodicalId":311735,"journal":{"name":"Czech Journal of International Relations","volume":"19 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"126573124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Threat and Security Production at Václav Havel Airport Prague","authors":"Sarah Komasová","doi":"10.32422/MV.1601","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32422/MV.1601","url":null,"abstract":"Building on empirical qualitative research, this article explores the nature of security and threat resulting from the contemporary security practice at Václav Havel Airport Prague. The article, building on Actor-Network Theory, interprets a security check as a chain of translation, the possibility of threat deployment as a program of action, and activities aiming to disable threats as a security antiprogram. Deployment of threats is further conceptualised as a failure of a security chain implementation, its design, threat program expectation, and the sole existence of a particular program. Considering inflight explosions as the main threat to be identified, the article proceeds by finding divergences between travellers and employees regarding the subject of protection, and analyses the notion of terrorism present in practice as well as its consequences. Security is then identified as a service of agency take-over. The article indicates the importance of security agency and the ANT-based inquiry enabling its exploration.","PeriodicalId":311735,"journal":{"name":"Czech Journal of International Relations","volume":"10 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132695180","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Karel Černý: Velká blízkovýchodní nestabilita: Arabské jaro, porevoluční chaos a nerovnoměrná modernizace 1950-2015","authors":"Ľubomír Zvada","doi":"10.32422/MV.1595","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32422/MV.1595","url":null,"abstract":"Současná nestabilita arabského světa se projevuje různě: revolucemi, politickým islámem, terorismem, migrací a hroucením celých států. Kniha vysvětluje kořeny nestability s pomocí teoreticky původní a empiricky podložené historicko-sociologické srovnávací analýzy. Ta vychází z teze o vysoce nerovnoměrném tempu změn v jednotlivých dimenzích modernizace. Jedná se tak o důsledek rychlých socio-demografických změn, jako je populační růst, urbanizace, expanze médií a vzdělanosti, pomalejšího vývoje hospodářství, neznatelné či regresivní politické změny projevující se erozí schopnosti států vládnout či absencí demokratizace. Výsledkem je kumulace společenského napětí, jež se manifestuje trojím deficitem: prosperity, demokracie a bezpečí. ","PeriodicalId":311735,"journal":{"name":"Czech Journal of International Relations","volume":"6 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"114955245","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Václav Hubinger: Diplomatické Theatrum mundi.","authors":"Petr Skalník","doi":"10.32422/MV.1599","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.32422/MV.1599","url":null,"abstract":"Kniha není jen popisem profese diplomata, ale ukazuje, jak diplomat vidí „divadlo světa“, bez kterého jeho práce nemá smysl. Autor vychází z vlastní zkušenosti, ze zkušeností a vzpomínek kolegů i předchůdců. Život diplomata je blízký každodenní realitě „obyčejných lidí“, a současně je od ní vzdálený tak, že nikdo mimo diplomatů nemá dobrou představu o tom, jaký vlastně je.","PeriodicalId":311735,"journal":{"name":"Czech Journal of International Relations","volume":"36 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2019-05-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131921728","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}