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Institucionální zázemí české sociologie před nástupem marxismu

The study traces the development of Czech sociology to 1948, broken down into several periods: the period during which sociology established itself as an independent academic discipline (G. A. Lindner, T. G. Masaryk, the Catholic sociologists), the period of Masaryk’s students, who while they established departments of sociology only partly engaged in empirical sociology (I. A. Bláha, E. Chalupný, J. Král), and finally the period of the third pre-Marxist sociological generation, genuine practitioners in t…

Topics: History of Sociology

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

Educational Aspirations in a Comparative Perspective. The role of individual, contextual and stuctual factors in the formation of educational aspirations in OECD countries

The aim of the paper is to assess the effect of education system stratification, its vocational specificity and permeability on the formation of educational aspirations in OECD countries participating in PISA 2003. Particular emphasis is placed on the role of ability, gender, and socioeconomic background.…

Topics: Social Inequalities, Education

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Vnímání a utváření sociálních distancí a třídních nerovností v české společnosti

This text focuses on how Czech people re-construct the divisions and inequalities, how they define social categories and classes in the Czech society, and how people distinguish and distance themselves from or identify with these categories/classes. The qualitative analysis is based on 30 in-depth interviews with men and women with various educational backgrounds and social statuses and on qualitative analysis of the concept of social class in Czech media discourse.…

Topics: Media, Social Inequalities

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Pracovní a rodinné role a jejich kombinace v životě českých rodičů: plány versus realita

This study is the outcome of an analysis of a questionnaire survey that focused on the degree to which Czech parents develop individual and family strategies for combining work and family life, and the objective was to examine the situation and strategies of parents currently living with dependent children.…

Topics: Gender, Work, Family

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Gender & Sociology

Rodičovství a bezdětnost ve vybraných časopisech pro ženy a pro muže

This study examines whether and in what way parenthood and childlessness are reflected in the gender-specific media targeting men and women in Czech society. The study presents the results of a qualitative and a quantitative analysis of selected women’s magazines and a qualitative study of selected men’s lifestyle magazines published in the Czech Republic after 1989, that is, during a period when important changes in reproductive behaviour have been under way in the population.…

Topics: Gender, Media, Parenting

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Gender & Sociology

Social Distances and Stratification: Social Space in the Czech Republic

The monograph deals with stratification by means of interaction distances: analyses of Bogardus scale for occupational categories / friendship patterns and in-depth interviews. We pursue 1. homophily (like-me) hypothesis, 2. existence of subjective social class boundaries, 3. images of occupations and the society and using qualitative analysis 4. the perception of social classes and 5. how people distinguish and distance themselves from or identify with these categories/classes.…

Topics: Social Inequalities

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Local and regional studies

Evolution and Determination of Educational Inequalities in the Czech Republic between 1955 and 2002 in the European Context

The aim of this work was to identify the trends in the influence of socio-economic, cultural and gender factors in the reproduction of educational inequality in access to tertiary education in the five chosen countries (CR, Switzerland, Sweden, Germany and Poland) between 1955 and 2002. We were eminently interested in seeing whether educational inequality has increased or decreased since 1989, which factor drives the trend and which of the other countries is closest to the Czech context.…

Topics: Gender, Migration and Mobility, Social Inequalities, Education

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

Aktéři rozvoje regionu - Orlicko

The objective of the study is to describe two factors that have a significant impact on regional development. One is the level of civil society development and the other is a nature of social network of local development actors. The focus of this study is Orlicko in the Pardubice region. Indicators of political and civic participation, and partnership between sectors are examined on the basis of publicly available sources. The social network of the most important actors is approximated on the basis of 35 insti…

Topics: Civil Society, Politics and Political Attitudes, Regions

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Local and regional studies

Soudržnost společnosti z pohledu české veřejnosti

This publication is based on the results of project research and is aimed at being more than just a volume of studies by individual authors. The introductory, theoretical chapter, devoted to a discussion of concepts of research on social solidarity (J. Šafr, M. Sedláčková, (with a supplement by P. Machonin)), is followed by a series of empirically based studies that deal successively with how social solidarity is interpreted by the Czech public (J. Šafr), values (O. Špaček) and norms (L. Gatnar and M. T…

Topics: Trust/Social Cohesion, Social Capital, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

Věda jako věc veřejná: vědní politiky a média

Based on expert interviews conducted in autumn 2004 we discuss in this publication processes which are currently shaping science and research – the emphasis on economic aspects of knowledge production and commercialization of research results efforts to preserve the traditional perceptions of science as a sphere of its own controlled only by research communities the functioning of journalists as mere translators of science to society but not as a critical voice translating or presenting or confronting scienc…

Topics: Media, Civil Society, Sociology of Sciences

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Gender & Sociology

Politická informovanost občanů: teorie, měření a role při zkoumání politických postojů

This study explores political awareness of Czech citizens from the point of view of both its distribution within the society, its dimensionality and sources, and its effect on political attitudes and their constraints. The study shows that Czech citizens know most about local and national politics and political players, and are least informed about international affairs. Moreover, the distribution of political knowledge is systematically biased and this results in specific forms of political inequality. These …

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Menšinová problematika v ČR: komunitní život a reprezentace kolektivních zájmů (Slováci, Ukrajinci, Vietnamci a Romové)

The study focuses on minority ethnic groups and populations that have become a recognisable presence in the Czech Republic: Slovaks, Ukrainians, Vietnamese, and Roma. The main objective of the study is to map the situation of these communities or populations in the Czech Republic. Chapters devoted to Slovaks, Ukrainians, and Vietnamese concentrate mainly on the current community life and various activities of individual groups associated in ethnic and expatriate organisations and groups claiming to represent t…

Topics: Migration and Mobility, Civil Society

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Czech Social Science Data Archive

Social Standing and Lifestyle in Czech Society

The author address two associated issues concerning culture consumption and stratification: hypothesis social classes in the Czech Republic are intensively associated with distinct lifestyles and social sources of cultural omnivorousness. In the introductory part cultural consumption and lifestyle theories along with research agenda related to social stratification are introduced. Using data Market & Media & Lifestyle TGI 2004 (MEDIAN s.r.o.) the autor deals with three dimensions of cultural consumptio…

Topics: Consumption, Lifestyle

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Obraz vědy v českém veřejném mínění

This study reports on the results of the study “The Image of Science in Czech Public Opinion”, which was conducted by the Public Opinion Research Centre at the Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in February 2006 as a part of “Our Society”, a continuous public opinion research project. The study aims to show what kind of image contemporary Czech society has of science, how it views science, what science and scientific research represent in the public’s view, and how they…

Topics: Sociology of Sciences, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

Sociální kapitál. Koncepty, teorie a metody měření

This study reports on the results of the study “The Image of Science in Czech Public Opinion”, which was conducted by the Public Opinion Research Centre at the Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic in February 2006 as a part of “Our Society”, a continuous public opinion research project. The study aims to show what kind of image contemporary Czech society has of science, how it views science, what science and scientific research represent in the public’s view, and how they…

Topics: Social Capital

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Endogenní rozvojové potenciály malých obcí a místní samospráva

This study focuses on the development of small rural municipalities, their endogenous developmental potential, and the role of the local authority in setting and achieving development goals. The authors apply a complex approach to examine the issue of local development. Given that small rural municipalities above all fulfil a residential and recreational function, the concept of local development here also encompasses social changes in the municipality that positively affect its population’s quality of life …

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

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Local and regional studies

Základní charakteristiky členské základny KDU-ČSL

This study describes the socio-demographic structure of the membership base of the Christian Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People’s Party (KDU-ČSL) and the party’s voters. It is based on a questionnaire survey carried out among the party’s membership base in the middle of 2005. Only part of the survey’s results is used in this study. The membership base is examined according to when member-respondents joined the party and where they reside – Bohemia or Moravia. The analysis focuses mainly on…

Topics: Sociological Data, Public Policy

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Volby do Senátu 1996 až 2008

The book examines elections to the Senate of the Parliament of the Czech Republic during all its previous existence. The main objective is to analyze the impact of majority electoral system and specifics of the candidates´ support in elections. This also book focuses on electoral success and representation of individual parties. Then we look at long-term record low turnout.…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Mimomanželská plodnost v České republice po roce 1989: sociální a ekonomické souvislosti

This volume is devoted to the subject of non-marital fertility in the Czech Republic during the period between 1990 and 2005.…

Topics: Parenting, Education

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Zobrazování nerovností a hodnotová poselství v časopisech pro děti a mládež na příkladu časopisu Bravo

Essay examines content of magazine Bravo from the point of view of life style intermediation, inequality reproduction and value orientation. Values that the magazine shows on young celebrities’ stories are success, diligence, independence, physical attraction and traditional family values. In the sections pointed on advices in the field of relationship dominate values as private happiness, personal benefit and self-fulfilment. The magazine lays emphasis on visual aspects and attractiveness as a precondition …

Topics: Gender, Value Orientations, Media, Social Inequalities, Lifestyle

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Fenomén bezdětnosti v sociologické a demografické perspektivě

The study examines the phenomenon of voluntary and involuntary childlessness, focusing in particular on its occurrence in Czech society. The aim of the study is to analyse childlessness (the current increase in the number of people who remain childless, the decline in fertility, and the postponement of childbearing) in Czech society in the context of a) how these phenomena are reflected professionally and in the Czech media, b) international demographic data on childlessness, and c) how these phenomena and chi…

Topics: Parenting, Family

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Gender & Sociology

Český parlament ve druhé dekádě demokratického vývoje

The Czech political system is construed as a parliamentary democracy with a bicameral Parliament the Parliament’s role is key even with regard to its role in creating other political institutions. The presented study deals successively with the legislative process, the role of political parties in the system of representation, the relationship between parliament and government, characteristics of deputies. The last chapter analyses the role of deputies and its perception by deputies. The study made use a bro…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Participace, demokracie a občanství v evropském kontextu

This study focuses on the relationship between participation and citizenship and their influence on the formation and functioning of effective representative democracy. In the first part of the study the authors introduce the theoretical framework they apply to their study of democracy, participation and citizenship. In the second part, which contains an analysis of democracy, they outline a practical framework of how democracy functions and apply this in further analysis using data from the ISSP 2004 on citiz…

Topics: Civil Society, Public Policy

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Rodinné a pracovní dráhy mladých: holistická perspektiva

This study focuses on work and family trajectories between the ages of 18 and 35. It uses sequence analysis, which provides a complex description of trajectories in the holistic way. Based on module on work and family history collected as a part of ISSP 2002 in the Czech Republic, types of early work and family trajectories of cohorts born 1919–1967 are identified and the development of diversity of trajectories across cohorts is explored.…

Topics: Work, Parenting, Family, Age and Aging

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Aplikace principů partnerství a participace v prostředí malých měst České republiky

In this volume of Sociological Studies, readers are presented with the results of a number of studies that examined the participation of citizens in the decision-making process at the local level and in the partnership between public administration (the municipal authorities) and NGOs or even businesses. The objective of the authors of the individual chapters in this volume was to contribute to the understanding of how the principles of the democratic administration of society are applied in the Czech Republic…

Topics: City and Village, Civil Society, Regions, Public Administration

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Local and regional studies

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