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33 Publications

Making Direct Democracy Work: Czech Local Referendums in Regional Comparison

Making Direct Democracy Work: Czech Local Referendums in Regional Comparison

In the Visegrad states there have been few democratic devices of citizen participation in local politics that have been widely utilized in pratice. On eexception to this are local referendums. The chapter thus overviews data on the politics of local referendums in the Czech Republic from 2000-2006 and compares the Czech experience with that of Poland, Hungary and Slovakia.…

Topics: Civil Society, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Vnímání a realita korupce v České republice : nové výzkumy, metody a postupy

Vnímání a realita korupce v České republice : nové výzkumy, metody a postupy

Topics: Corruption

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Občané v politice: Studie k participativní a přímé demokracii ve střední Evropě

Občané v politice: Studie k participativní a přímé demokracii ve střední Evropě

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Topics: Civil Society, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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The Uneasy Balance between Participation and Representation: Local Direct Democracy in the Czech Republic

The Uneasy Balance between Participation and Representation: Local Direct Democracy in the Czech Republic

This chapter overviews legislation on local referendums in the Czech Republic from the early 1990s to the present. It also provides data on the number and kinds of local referendums that have taken place over that time, and discusses factors that shape referendum turnout. The chapter also discuss the local referendum in Brno in 2004 as an example of a local Czech referendum in practice.…

Topics: Civil Society, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Přímá demokracie v praxi: politika místních referend v České republice

Přímá demokracie v praxi: politika místních referend v České republice

Not only do citizens in most Central European countries have the right to initiate referendums that are binding on local government, this book also shows that citizens in this region are also making greaer use of this possibility. The book focuses on the indentification of factors that lead to the ability of citizens to successfully initiate referendums on locally controversial questions, even in cases when local representatives are hostile to direct democracy.…

Topics: Civil Society, Politics and Political Attitudes, Regions

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Šance na dosažení vysokoškolského vzdělání očima patnáctiletých žáků. Česká republika v mezinárodním srovnání

Šance na dosažení vysokoškolského vzdělání očima patnáctiletých žáků. Česká republika v mezinárodním srovnání

The aspirations and expectations of pupils are one of the most significant causal factors on achieving higher education. Educational expectations are also incfluenced by the social status of the family, the institutional context of educational systems, and other factors. The goal of this chpater is to further empirically test the relationship between educational expectations and the institutional character of educational systems on the basis of a comparative analysis of data from PISA 2003 survey and OECD stat…

Topics: Social Inequalities, Public Policy, Education

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Rozdílné mechanismy - stejné nerovnosti. Změny v determinaci vzdělanostních aspirací mezi roky 1989 a 2003

Rozdílné mechanismy - stejné nerovnosti. Změny v determinaci vzdělanostních aspirací mezi roky 1989 a 2003

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: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Trendy a příčiny korupce v České republice. Krátká inventura empirických důkazů.

Trendy a příčiny korupce v České republice. Krátká inventura empirických důkazů.

Cílem této knihy je představit laické veřejnosti přístupným způsobem práci sociologů, demografů, ekonomů, politologů a geografů, kteří působí v Sociologickém ústavu AV ČR, v.v.i. Autorům a autorkám nejde o předložení ucelené zprávy o české společnosti, ale spíše o odpovědi na některé často kladené otázky, ověření/ neověření platnosti různých předsudků a představ, které sami o sobě máme. Sociální vědci poukazují i na jevy, které sama společnost příli…

Topics: Corruption

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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