Národní identita v mezinárodních vztazích a její vliv na ekonomickou prosperitu zemí: komparativní analýza České a Korejské republiky

The aim of this thesis is to analyze a relationship between national identity and economic prosperity on a comparative case study of Czech and Korean Republic. Economic prosperity is usually seen as a determinant of national identity, however, an underlying assumption of this thesis is an opposite relationship that national identity, and factors that forms it, can be seen as determinants of economic prosperity themselves. What is the relationship between national identity and economic prosperity in case of Czechia and Korea? And what factor is the most important for economic prosperity? A comparative analysis of several factors of national identity, their intermediary factors and economic outcomes is employed to answer these questions. Results of the analysis show that the most important factor of national identity that influences economic prosperity is the role of significant others for Korea and strength, or rather weakness, of national identity for Czechia.