Přístupy k chilsko-bolívijskému sporu o území na pobřeží Tichého oceánu

Jan Nohovec

Diplomová práce

Approaches to the Chile-Bolivia Border Dispute over the Coast of Pacific

Abstract:

The present Master’s thesis focuses on investigating the Bolivian sea access issue, specifically in the 2005-2015 period. The primary aim was to study the discursive strategies of key foreign policy decision-makers in both Bolivia and Chile in order to find out the driving forces behind their decisions. Subsequently, these results were to help in finding a solution to the issue that has strained relations between both countries at least since the middle of the 19th century. To this aim, a mixture of methods and theoretical approaches was employed, including Foreign Policy Analysis, Critical Discourse Analysis and Corpus Linguistics, all meeting under the umbrella of constructivism. Given the fact that blending several approaches together with Politic Science and related fields is quite uncommon, another central aim of the present Master’s thesis was to investigate whether such methods are even useful to study politics.The investigation has shown that most of all, the issue is caused by the clash of opposing identities of the two countries, which explains why it has been so difficult for the two sides to overcome it and why the Bolivian rhetoric is so emotive. All other aspects, such as Bolivia’s claims that a sovereign sea access would facilitate its economic development are demonstrated to be less relevant than this core finding. Similarly, the awaited ruling by the International Court of Justice is also considered to be of little help to solve the issue. Having outlined the results of the analysis and having examined the history of the issue, the author suggests a cautious neutrality as a feasible way for future relations between the two countries. Finally, the combination of the methods used in the investigation has proven to be fruitful to study complicated conflicts involving identity, such as the Bolivian sea access issue, thus opening a wide area of possibilities for further research.

Klíčová slova

Bolívie, Chile, kritická diskurzivní analýza, korpusová lingvistika, identita

Keywords

Bolivia, Chile, Critical Discourse Analysis, Corpus Linguistics, identity

Jazyk práce: angličtina

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 20. 6. 2017

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Obhajoba proběhla 22. 8. 2017
• Vedoucí: Mgr. et Mgr. Pavlína Springerová, Ph.D.
• Oponent: Mgr. et Mgr. Lenka Špičanová, Ph.D.

Univerzita Hradec Králové

Filozofická fakulta

Magisterský studijní program / obor:
Politologie / Politologie - latinskoamerická studia