Trust in Transition: Culturalist and institutionalist debate reflected in the democratization process in the Czech Republic 1991-2008

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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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Legitimation strategies and national parliaments: The case of anti-corruption Emilija Tudjarovska

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Authors: Tudzarovska Emilija
The book examines and investigates the legitimacy of the European Union by acknowledging the importance of variations across actors, institutions, audiences and context. The book chapter examines the role of the national parliaments and party politics in exercising the legitimiza...
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Library

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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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Důvěra a demokracie v české společnosti

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Authors: Sedláčková, Markéta
The article analyzes the democratization process in the Czech Republic in the last twenty years from a perspective of symbiosis between trust and democratic system. We focus on the area of civic participation, citizen’s attitudes toward democratic system (legitimacy) and tr...
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