The Disappointed and Disgruntled. A Study of the Return in the 1990s of Czech Emigrants from the Communist Era

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Authors: Nešpor, Zdeněk R.
The article provides a strong theoretical basis for a study of Czech emigration to the West and the return of the emigrants in the 1990s, which spreads from P. Berger´s and T. Luckmann´s theory of socialization, and compares it with a point of view of socio-economics,...
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New Innovative Solutions to Adapt Governance and Management of Public infrastructures to Demographic Change: E-book for tackling infrastructure costs in shrinking regions

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Authors: Tomay Kyra, Lea Kőszeghy, Lívia Kelenné Török, Martin Šimon
The e-book is especially targeted to practitioners at the local and regional level who face demographic change (ageing, population shrinking, selective migration) in their everyday work, or will be possibly exposed to such changes in the future. Information provided in the e-book...
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Results from a Survey of Foreigners’ Incomes, Expenditures and Remittances. Main Findings Concerning Remittances.

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Authors: Leontiyeva, Yana, Blanka, Tollarová
The report presents the main findings of a project funded by the Czech Statistical Office whose principal goal was to gather quantitative data in order to improve the methodology employed to estimate the remittances made by migrants. The primary task of the project implemented by...
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Contemporary Czech Society

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Authors: Pat Lyons and Rita Kindlerová (eds.)
Do Czechs want equality?Are Czechs a nation of grumblers?Are Czechs prejudiced?How do Czechs spend their time?Czexit?What do Czechs think about migrants and do Czechs fear foreigners?Price of the book 350 CZK or US$14 (552 pages)The book is available from a number of on...
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The politics of the makeshift city: materiality, symbolic boundaries, and social relations in squatter settlements in Latin America (Interview with María José Álvarez Rivadulla)

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Authors: Vašát, Petr
Petr Vašát (PV): Maria, first of all, thank you for meeting with me. For our interview, I have prepared questions spanning from informal urbanism to building techniques to politics. Some of these questions are more related to research, while some are more about urban development....
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Stávají se pracovní dráhy mladých mužů nestabilními?

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Authors: Hamplová, Dana
This paper explores the stability of men’s the first employment in the Czech Republic between 1989-2005. The first hypothesis based on globalization theory predicts an increase of job mobility. The second one expects that changes in job mobility reflect economic cycle, wher...
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Exploring Counterurbanisation in a Post-Socialist Context: Case of the Czech Republic

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Authors: Šimon, Martin
Urban-rural research in post-socialist countries has focused on urban transformation, the impact of international migration and the spread of suburbanisation; little attention has been paid to counterurban migration. The aim of this article is to propose a typology of counterurba...
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Kontraurbanizace: chaotický koncept?

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Authors: Šimon, Martin
This paper presents an overview of past and current debates over the conceptualization of migration into rural areas – counterurbanization. First, it starts with the history of the term itself leading us from its original use to contemporary plurality of its meanings. The k...
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Reemigrace českých západních emigrantů v 90. letech 20. století z hlediska ekonomické sociologie

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Authors: Nešpor, Zdeněk R.
The author applies perspektive of economic sociology to his survey on Czech western re-emigrants in the 1990s and their perception of contemporary Czech society, economic-cultural institutions, and business/entrepreneurial behaviour. He concludes that fundamentals differences bet...
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