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Authors: Bernard, Josef, Decker, Anja, Vojtíšková, Kateřina, Mikešová, Renáta
In the article, manifestations of social disadvantage in peripheral rural settings in the Czech Republic are investigated. Based on the theory of local opportunity structures, the authors identify various aspects of the spatial context that intersect with individual handicaps of...
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Authors: Kostelecký, Tomáš, Martina Mikeszová
The popular image of Prague is that the city is rich and its citizens earn high salaries and have high living standard. The chapter asks two questions: Do higher average salaries of Prague citizens mean higher purchasing power? Are all citizens of Prague better-off than people li...
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Authors: Červenka, Jan
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Authors: Červenka, Jan
The text is focused on development and differentiation of living standard of Czech households in line with household’s constellation.  
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Authors: Vlachová, Klára
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Authors: Fialová, Kamila, Mysíková, Martina
Cílem této studie je identifikovat hlavní faktory, které mohou působit na odolnost českých domácností vůči finančním šokům skrze vliv na vytváření úspor – krátkodobé finanční rezervy.
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Authors: Mikeszová, Martina, Martin Lux, Anne Morisseau
The article deals with an analysis of regional differences in rental housing affordability following rent deregulation in the Czech Republic. The objective is to identify the types of households potentially at risk of being unable to afford housing, to map the development of pote...
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Authors: Červenka, Jan
The text deals with the issue of subjective indicators of socio-economic situation and development, their explanatory value, and their relationship to the real development and its objective indicators, and some of pitfalls of their interpretation.
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Authors: Jiří Večerník
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Authors: Mysíková, Martina, Želinský, Tomáš, Jirková, Michaela, Večerník, Jiří
The at-risk-of-poverty rate, the relative income poverty indicator applied in the EU, can be highly sensitive to the equivalence scale used to transform household income to an equivalent for individuals. This study applies two well-established approaches to estimate the equivalen...
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Authors: Tuček, Milan
The first part of the study looks at various theoretical approaches encompassed with the concept of elites in sociology and at various techniques used to study elites. The second part presents a factual analysis of the development of political and economic elites over the past fi...
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Authors: Vlachová, Klára
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Authors: Straková, Naděžda
Pěstování vlastní zeleniny a ovoce se v posledních letech opět stalo oblíbeným koníčkem. S urbánním geografem a antropologem Petrem Gibasem o historii českých zahrádkářských kolonií. V čem se české osady liší od svých evropských obdob? Jaké má zahrádkaření cel...
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Authors: Vobecká, Jana
The chapter shows the context in which the local politics and different forms of development partnership are executed. It analyses the position of three small and mid-sized municipalities according to their geographic location, its local economic atractiveness and socio-economic...
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Authors: Lux, Martin, Martina Mikeszová
The paper aims to show the most common paths to homelessness in the Czech Republic. The theoretical approach applied in this paper attempts to move beyond the structure–agency debate by focusing on the characteristics that most homeless people share on their paths to homele...
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Authors: Bernard, Josef
This article contributes to the rural-urban quality of life comparison issue by investigating territorial differences in quality of life using indices of poverty, satisfaction and opportunity deprivation. The article introduces three innovative elements. First, rural-urban differ...

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