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Bytová politika: teorie a inovace pro praxi

The objective of the book is to inform social sector practitioners, policy makers, government officials and analysts about the specific features of housing market operation and discuss the role of housing policy in general and in the Czech Republic in particular. In the second section, the book offers three best practices (innovations) that are suitable for application in the Czech housing policy context. The book is framed by economic and sociological theories and includes mathematical proofs relating to hous…

Topics: Housing, Public Policy

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

Revolta stylem. Hudební subkultury mládeže v České republice

The monography studies youth music subcultures in a contemporary Czech republic. It focuses on issues of values, political aspects of subcultures, relation to mainstream culture, inner differentation of subcultures and alternative lifestyles. Four popular music subcultures (punk, skinheads, techno and hip hop) were analysed by qualitative research approach and by insider perspective which understands subcultures through inner meanings and interpretations of members of these groups.…

Topics: Value Orientations, Culture, Politics and Political Attitudes, Lifestyle

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Local and regional studies

Samospráva venkovských obcí a místní rozvoj

The book concerns the functioning of local governments in rural municipalities in the Czech Republic and their possibilities to impact local development. The authors describe formal and informal features of local governments in rural municipalities, their agenda and decision making processes. At the same time, they deal with the problem of local development potentials and development opportunities and deficiencies of rural communities.…

Topics: City and Village, Politics and Political Attitudes, Regions, Public Administration

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Local and regional studies

Důvěra a demokracie. Přehled sociologických teorií důvěry od Tocquevilla po transformaci v postkomunistických zemích

The book treats the problem of functioning of democracy from the perspective of trust. Three main types of trust are defined in the democratic system: systemic trust (legitimacy of the regime), trust in institutions and general trust in other people. The work analyzes the role of these different types of trust as well as consequences of distrust on different levels of democratic system. This concept of trust is used also to analyze the transformation process in the Czech Republic after 1989. …

Topics: Value Orientations, Legitimacy, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Pracovní dráhy žen v České republice

In the background of the historical development of Czech society in the context of theoretical approaches to the study of feminist sociology of work and family we analyze biographical interviews with women of different age groups in different stages of family cycle and in different situations on the labor market. The book also specifically focuses on cross-cutting theme of the continuing practice of discrimination against women in the labor market, along with the theme of different options for combining work a…

Topics: Gender, Identity, Work

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Gender & Sociology

Kvalita sociálněvědních výběrových šetření v České republice

The book has following major objectives: (1) to provide an overview of the criteria of quality considered desirable in sample surveys (2) to evaluate the survey climate in the Czech Republic and (3) to perform an in-depth analysis of two key topics: the nonresponse problem in sample surveys in the Czech Republic, and the quality of election polls in the Czech case. …

Topics: Research Methodology, Sociological Data, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Czech Social Science Data Archive

Fenomén bezdětnosti

The book focuses on the phenomenon of childlessness in the Czech society. Specifically, the aim of the book was to identify the factors contributing to childlessness and the increase in the percentage of the childless in young adult population, and to explore the understanding (definitions) of childlessness by the childless. …

Topics: Gender, Parenting

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Gender & Sociology

Nerovnosti ve vzdělávání. Od měření k řešení

The book follows up on the monograph (Un)equal chances for education (Academia 2006). Authors update findings on inequalities in compulsory education, on multi-year gymnasia, on inequalities in tertiary education, on the impact of the structure of the system of upper secondary education on education aspirations. They also add other important topics: further education, education of Roma children and early school leavers. The publication reflects the current situation in the Czech Republic from the perspective o…

Topics: Social Inequalities, Public Policy, Education

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

Zrazení snu? Struktura a dynamika postojů k politickému režimu a jeho institucím a jejich důsledky

The book analyses four main dimensions of attitudes towards political regime and its institutions and describes changes in the attitudes within the Czech society between 1996 and 2006. These attitudinal dimensions are regime legitimacy, institutional disaffection, individual disaffection and political dissatisfaction. The main argument of the book is that the political events between 1997 and 1998 caused incredible increase in the dissatisfaction with politics and political parties and it had never get back to…

Topics: Legitimacy, Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Péče o nejmenší. Boření mýtů

Authors of the book reveal and deconstruct seven myths that block open discussion and reforms in the area of childcare policy in the Czech Republic, and formulate the principles of non-discriminatory childcare policy.…

Topics: Gender, Care, Parenting, Family

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Gender & Sociology

Spolupráce, partnerství a participace v místní veřejné správě: význam, praxe, příslib

The main objective of this book is to analyse the processes of cooperation, partnership and participation in local public administration. The authors ask: How local actors understand to these processes, what are main assets and shortcomings of mentioned processes? The book contains both theoretical framework and practical examples in studied area of partnership and participation in municipalities and regions. …

Topics: Civil Society, Regions, Public Administration

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Local and regional studies

Akademické poznávání, vykazování a podnikání. Etnografie měnící se české vědy

The goal of the book is to contribute to current debates of the research and development transformation in the Czech Republic based on qualitative research and theoretical and conceptual approaches in STS and gender studies. The book offers a sociological reflection of the transformations of everyday research practices, career paths, science policies and their effects, usage and reshaping in research institutions in social and natural sciences. The concluding chapter offers their comparison.…

Topics: Sociology of Sciences

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Gender & Sociology

Cesty k datům. Zdroje a management sociálněvědních dat v České republice

The main aim of this book is to provide researchers on Czech society, politics and economy with two key resources: (1) a useful tool for working with data sources available for the study of Czech society and (2) a ready source of information and advice for processing their own research data. This book is divided into two parts where there is a progression in the first part from general features of data archiving and methods for searching data repositories toward consideration in part two of data resources in a…

Topics: Research Methodology, Sociological Data

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Czech Social Science Data Archive

Nejisté vyhlídky. Proměny vědecké profese z genderové perspektivy

The publication explores gender aspects of researchers’ career plans, academic mobility, combination of research and parenthood, image of science in the media and gender equality policies in science. The introductory chapter discusses current changes in research and position of women in Czech science. The concluding chapter summarises main findings and explores the impact of the changes in the research profession on gender equality and professional outlook of women and men in Czech science.…

Topics: Gender, Work, Family, Sociology of Sciences

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

Vzdělanostní nerovnosti v české společnosti. Vývoj od počátku 20. století do současnosti

The monograph describes the major turning points in the research of educational inequalities, presents basic quantitative data regarding transition to higher education in the Czech Republic, and summarizes the development of educational inequalities in access to secondary and tertiary education. It also provides a new analysis of intergenerational transmission of educational attainment from the parents to their children, using mobility tables and log-linear models.…

Topics: Social Inequalities, Education

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

Protest proti globalizaci. Gender a feministická kritika

The books addresses gender aspects of globalization and anti-globalization movement globálky and in the Czech Republic. It focuses on a question where the anti-globalization critique meets the feminist critique of globalization. The text presents feminist critique of globalization and its inclusion in the anti-globalization discourse. The book drala with several aspects of the contemporary anti-globalization movement – its ideological frames, composition and tactics.…

Topics: Gender, Globalization, Identity, Civil Society, Work

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Local and regional studies

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