Chinese and US health diplomacy as a soft power tool during Ebola and COVID-19 epidemics

• Název práce v češtině: Zdravotní diplomacie USA a ČLR jakožto nástroj měkké síly během epidemií Eboly a Covidu-19
• Název v anglickém jazyce: Chinese and US health diplomacy as a soft power tool during Ebola and COVID-19 epidemics
• Klíčová slova: Zdravotnická diplomacie, soft power, Spojené státy americké, Čína, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Libérie, Ebola, COVID-19
• Klíčová slova anglicky: Health diplomacy, soft power, the United States, China, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Liberia, Ebola, COVID-19
• Akademický rok vypsání: 2020/2021
• Typ práce: diplomová práce
• Jazyk práce: angličtina
• Ústav: Katedra severoamerických studií (23-KAS)
• Vedoucí / školitel: PhDr. Jan Hornát, Ph.D.
• Řešitel: skrytý - zadáno vedoucím/školitelem
• Datum přihlášení: 30.09.2021
• Datum zadání: 30.09.2021
• Datum a čas obhajoby: 21.09.2023 08:30
• Místo konání obhajoby: Areál Jinonice, C322, 322, seminární místnost IMS
• Datum odevzdání elektronické podoby: 02.08.2023
• Datum proběhlé obhajoby: 21.09.2023
• Oponenti: doc. PhDr. Mgr. Francis Raška, Ph.D.

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Předběžná náplň práce

Diplomová práce zkoumá a srovnává využití zdravotnické diplomacie jako nástoj "měkké síly" (soft power) Čínou a USA ve třech afrických zemích, které byly nejvíce postiženy virem Ebola - Sierra Leone, Guinea a Libérie. V práci je porovnáváno, jakým způsobem se dařilo USA a Číně využívat zdravotnické pomoci k uplatňování vlivu během a po epidemii Eboly a jak se její využití promítlo ve třech zmínených zemích během epidemie COVIDu-19. Práce je rozdělena do 5 hlavních kategorií: Pomoc a podpora, Spolupráce a kooperace, Komunikace a sdělování informací, Dlouhodobé investice a partnerství, Dopad a přijetí. Práce analyzuje a vyhodnocuje účinnost a dopad konkrétních strategií na vzájemné vztahy mezi zeměmi. Cílem této práce je nabídnout čtenáři vhled do zdravotnické pomoci, spolupráce a komunikace USA a Číny během epidemií Eboly a COVID-19, porovnat způsoby pomoci během obou epidemií a vyhodnotit jejich vliv na dlouhodobé investice a vnímání amerického a čínského vlivu ve vybraných zemích západní Afriky.

Předběžná náplň práce v anglickém jazyce

The Master's thesis examines and compares the use of health diplomacy as a tool of 'soft power' by China and the USA in three African countries most affected by the Ebola virus - Sierra Leone, Guinea, and Liberia. The paper compares how the USA and China managed to use health aid to exert influence during and after the Ebola epidemic and how its use was reflected in the three mentioned countries during the COVID-19 epidemic. The work is divided into 5 main categories: Aid and Support, Cooperation and Collaboration, Communication and Information Dissemination, Long-term Investments and Partnerships, Impact and Acceptance. The paper analyses and evaluates the effectiveness and impact of specific strategies on mutual relations between the countries. The aim of this work is to offer the reader insight into the health aid, cooperation, and communication of the USA and China during the Ebola and COVID-19 epidemics, compare the ways of aid during both epidemics, and evaluate their influence on long-term investments and the perception of American and Chinese influence in the selected West African countries.