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Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

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Mechanismy inkluze a exkluze žen v politice v České republice

The article studies cause of lower involvement of women in political functions in the Czech Republic. It focuses on following barriers of entry of women in political functions – institutional rules, functioning of political parties, attitudes of Czech public or public discourse.…

Topics: Gender, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

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Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

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Sociologie na českém internetu

Topics: Media, Sociology of Sciences

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

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The Role and Position of Committees of the House of Deputies of the Czech Republic in the Period of Transformation

The article provides analysis of the gradual institutionalization of the committees of the Czech Parliament between 1993 and 1999 and shows that in the committees, gradual expert and political professionalization of the deputies occurs ů deputies acquire a new type of supra-sector specialization. In addition, there have been significant changes in the perception and evaluation of individual committees by the deputies, during the period under study.…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

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Úloha a postavení výborů Poslanecké sněmovny Parlamentu ČR v procesu transformace

The article offers an analysis of the gradual institutionalization of the committees of the House of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic between 1993 and 1999. The committees are viewed as structures of expertise and politics. Article also examines the impact of the change of the Rules of Procedures on the work of committees. During the time period under discussion, parliamentary committees acted as an important tool of positive institutional transformation of the parliament.…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Transformation

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

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The Constitutional Debate: A One Man Show? Václav Klaus and the Constitutional Discourse in the Czech Media

Based on a discourse analysis of Czech media coverage of EU Constitutional ratification and rejection between October 2004 and October 2005, this article identifies and analyses the following aspects of the Czech debate: (1) A shift from substantive towards procedural issues within the ratification period (2) the involvement of a relatively low number of non-political actors (3) polarisation and a high level of contestation and politicisation. It argues, first, that Czech ‘Euroscepticism’ is an effect of b…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

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Publication Type: Chapter in Conference Proceedings

Department: Values and Politics

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Committees of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Ženy na kandidátkách vybraných politických stran a srovnání se zahraničím

Ženy na kandidátkách vybraných politických stran a srovnání se zahraničím

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

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Srovnání porozumění a významu demokracie v České republice a v Německu

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Volby do Evropského parlamentu z pohledu genderu

Volby do Evropského parlamentu z pohledu genderu

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Topics: European Union, Gender, Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Názory české veřejnosti na třetí sektor a občanskou participaci

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Česká politika: Ženy v labyrintu mužů?

Česká politika: Ženy v labyrintu mužů?

The main question examined in this book is why are there relatively few Czech women involved in parliamentary politics. Using an empirical analytical approach, this study also investigates public attitudes towards the participation of women in politics in the Czech Republic. In addition, this research also outlines the barriers to women’s entrance to national politics, i.e. individual, social and institutional factors. In surveying policies that aim to increase the number of women in politics this book prese…

Topics: Gender, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Zygmunt Bauman in Prague – a New Impulse for Czech Sociology

The article informs about visit of renowned sociologist Zygmunt Bauman in Prague, where he received an honorary doctorate from Charles University. It reviews also his lecture, he gave at this occasion at the Faculty of Social Sciences.…

Topics: History of Sociology

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

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Why Czech Parliamentary party Groups Vote less Unitedly. The Role of Frequent Voting and Big Majorities in Passing Bills

The text aims to explain voting unity in the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic based on data from the years 1998–2002. It introduces the basic terminology and theoretical framework used in literature on the behaviour of parties in parliament and the basic institutional rules that should result in the unity of political parties in the Czech Parliament. Although the institutional incentives are similar to those in Western European countries, they do not secure the same level of voting…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Values and Politics

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Parties in the Parliament. Why, When and How do Parties Act in Unity? Parliamentary Party Groups in the Chamber of Deputies in the years 1998–2002

The main objective of the work is to answer the question of how Czech MPs and PPGs makedecisions. Thus main concerns of the authors are issues of PPG unity, the adopted mechanismsof internal control and negotiation and, primarily, the factors that influence, structureand restrict the behaviour of individual MPs and PPGs. The work focuses on the 3rd electoralterm of the Chamber of Deputies (1998–2002) in some cases a comparison with previousterms is provided.In the first chapter the authors briefly outline th…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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The More Parties Vote and the Bigger Their Majority is, the Less United They Are

The More Parties Vote and the Bigger Their Majority is, the Less United They Are

The text aims to explain the voting unity in the Chamber of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic building upon data from the years 1998ů2002. The article presents basic institutional rules which should lead to the unity of political parties in the Czech Parliament and then data measuring the unity of Czech parliamentary party groups. The initial presupposition that institutional factors found within the parliament and political parties will result in an increased unity of PPGs in the Czech Republi…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Central European Parliaments. First Decade of Democratic Experience and Future Prospectives

Central European Parliaments. First Decade of Democratic Experience and Future Prospectives

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Topics: European Union, Civil Society, Public Policy

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Třetí sektor a občanská participace v České republice

Třetí sektor a občanská participace v České republice

The paper aims to make a complex analysis of how the third sector and civic participation function in the CR. It describes the types and structures of Czech NGOs, introduces a new typology of NGOs based on selected criteria, evaluates how the Czech third sector functions in the CEE context, and further elaborates on notions of participation among Czech citizens. The paper summarises the strengths and weaknesses of Czech NGOs and points to future opportunities and possible risks in this context.…

Topics: Civil Society, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Chapter in Conference Proceedings

Department: Values and Politics

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Shrnutí

Shrnutí

This study explores why the third sector is an important agent for promoting civic participation and interest representation. The empirical evidence presented in a first part of the study is organized using an analytical typology based on two key criteria: (a) type of organizational structure evident within specific non-governmental actors and (b) the organisational composition of the entire third sector in the Czech Republic. By using this methodological approach this research maps organisational structures w…

Topics: Civil Society, Public Policy

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Česko-slovenské sociologické dny. Sborník z konference

Česko-slovenské sociologické dny. Sborník z konference

The volume contains papers presented at the international Czecho-Slovak Sociology Days, a conference held 10-12 May 2004 in Prague and jointly organised by the Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, the Institute of Sociology of the Slovak Academy of Sciences, and the Masaryk Society of Czech Sociology. The volume is focused on Czech and Slovak sociological research on public opinion, political sociology, local issues, family, housing, and methodology.…

Topics: Housing, Research Methodology, Politics and Political Attitudes, Regions, Family, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Český neziskový sektor v kontextu střední Evropy

Český neziskový sektor v kontextu střední Evropy

This study explores why the third sector is an important agent for promoting civic participation and interest representation. The empirical evidence presented in a first part of the study is organized using an analytical typology based on two key criteria: (a) type of organizational structure evident within specific non-governmental actors and (b) the organisational composition of the entire third sector in the Czech Republic. By using this methodological approach this research maps organisational structures w…

Topics: Civil Society, Public Policy

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Členství v neziskových organizacích a vnímání a hodnocení NNO občany

Členství v neziskových organizacích a vnímání a hodnocení NNO občany

This study explores why the third sector is an important agent for promoting civic participation and interest representation. The empirical evidence presented in a first part of the study is organized using an analytical typology based on two key criteria: (a) type of organizational structure evident within specific non-governmental actors and (b) the organisational composition of the entire third sector in the Czech Republic. By using this methodological approach this research maps organisational structures w…

Topics: Civil Society, Public Policy

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Teoretický rámec a shrnutí situace organizované občanské společnosti v České republice

Teoretický rámec a shrnutí situace organizované občanské společnosti v České republice

This study explores why the third sector is an important agent for promoting civic participation and interest representation. The empirical evidence presented in a first part of the study is organized using an analytical typology based on two key criteria: (a) type of organizational structure evident within specific non-governmental actors and (b) the organisational composition of the entire third sector in the Czech Republic. By using this methodological approach this research maps organisational structures w…

Topics: Civil Society, Public Policy

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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