Changes in the Perception of the Role of Government After the Crisis. The Czech Republic in Comparative Perspective

Projekt
The project offers a comparative perspective of changes in perception of the role of the state and form of responsible governance in the Czech Republic after the financial and economic crisis, which in addition to changing redistributive expectations has increased distrust of gov...
Trvání projektu: 2016 - 2018
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Trust in Transition: Culturalist and institutionalist debate reflected in the democratization process in the Czech Republic 1991-2008

Publikace
Authors: Sedláčková, M., J. Šafr
On the basis of the discussion between cultural and institutional theories, and taking into account the specific development in post-communist countries, we study three elements of the democratic system - specifically, social trust, institutional trust, and systemic trust (legiti...
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Political Sociology

Oddělení
The department of Political Sociology focuses on the systematic study of the basic processes in the democratic political system of the Czech Republic and some of its bodies. Attention is also paid to the social changes in contemporary Czech society, the nature and determinants of...
Vedoucí oddělení: PhDr. Zdenka Mansfeldová, CSc.
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Důvěra, občanská participace a legitimita demokracie v České republice

Publikace
Authors: Sedláčková, Markéta, Jiří Šafr
This chapter, employing data from European Values Survey 1991, 1999 a 2008, analyses whether legitimacy of democracy in Czech Republic is boosted by trust in institutions, satisfaction with governance and also by collective social capital (social trust, networks of civic engageme...
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Library

Oddělení
The Sociological Library is a modern specialised library, which is intended to serve the needs of researchers, students, and the wider academic community. Library collection contains just about 25 thousand volumes. All items are available for use in the library study hall and abo...
Vedoucí oddělení: Mgr. Nela Hesová
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Praha zažije největší setkání sociologů a socioložek v evropské historii

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ESA 2015
Na konci srpna, 25.–28. 8. 2015, se bude v Praze konat významná, již 12. mezinárodní sociologická konference Evropské sociologické asociace. Zúčastní se jí rekordní počet 3500 vědců a vědkyň, především z Evropy, ale i z mnoha mimoevropských zemí. Konferenci pořádá Sociologický ús...
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