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Metropolitan Areas in the Czech Republic - Definitions, Basic Characteristics, Patterns of Suburbanisation and Their Impact on Political Behaviour
This study is based on the first stage of research on political change in metropolitan areas in the Czech Republic, conducted within the framework of the International Metropolitan Observatory Project (IMO). In the first part of the study the authors examine how metropolitan areas are defined. Given that there is currently no official definition of metropolitan areas in the Czech Republic, the criteria for their delineation were developed on the basis of existing definitions of metropolitan areas in other coun…
Topics: Migration and Mobility, Regions
Politické dráhy regionálních elit
This chapter describes political careers of regional elites between years 1988 and 2004. There was created typology of 7 types of political careers on the basis of similarity. Political career is comprehended as moving between particular levels of municipal, district, regional and national self-government and public administration.…
Topics: Elites, Politics and Political Attitudes, Regions, Public Administration
České pohraničí v odborné literatuře po roce 1993
In this paper are described various definitions of borderland in the Czech Republic and national composition of region Orlicko before World War II. Some results of survey in Czech borderland are described at the end of this paper.…
Topics: Regions
Spolupráce obcí - anketa ve svazcích
As the municipalities were disintegrated into autonomous territorial units there simultaneously emerged the first groupings of municipalities, the purpose of which was cooperation to achieve common aims. There are several hundred of such groupings in 2005. In order to obtain information on the unions and how thay function and on the attitudes of representatives of such unions an electronic survey was conducted among them. The results are used to describe and analyse the position of this new political entity at…
Topics: City and Village, Politics and Political Attitudes, Regions, Public Administration
Územní změny obcí v ČR od roku 1990
Description of a process of municipalities disintegration during 90’s in the CR that happened as an effect of political changes. Basic information covers: 2199 new municipalities emerged as a result of division of 1032 municipalities. Disintegration touched small municipalities mainly 65 % municipalites had up to 2 th. inhabitants before the division. The new municipalities have been almost all small, 99 % have had fewer than 2 th. and one half even up to 200 inhabitants.…
Topics: City and Village, Politics and Political Attitudes, Regions, Public Administration
Participace občanů v Blatné, Českém Krumlově a Velkém Meziříčí
Main objective of this chapter is to describe how the inhabitants of three small towns in the Czech Republic (Blatná, Český Krumlov and Velké Meziříčí) express their interest for participation in local government.…
Topics: City and Village, Civil Society, Public Administration
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
Autonomie a spolupráce: důsledky ustavení obecního zřízení v roce 1990
This study examines two processes that public administration went through at the local level beginning in the early 1990s: a process whereby municpalities were broken up into autonomous units, and a process whereby these autonomous municipalities voluntarily came together to form cooperative groups or unions of municipalities. The study also contains a discussion of the size of municipalities, the effectiveness of their administration, a review of inter-municipal cooperation in some European countries, and loo…
Topics: City and Village, Regions, Public Administration
Sociální kapitál v České republice a v mezinárodním srovnání
Jakou roli může hrát sociální kapitál v teoriích regionálního rozvoje? Jaké jsou souvislosti sociálního kapitálu v České republice? Jaký vztah je mezi sociálním kapitálem jednotlivců a jejich sociodemografickým, sociokulturním, socioekonomickým a teritoriálním zázemím? A jak si stojí české regiony v úrovni sociálního kapitálu v kontextu evropských regionů? To jsou základní otázky, na které se Sociologické studie Sociální kapitál v České republice a v mezinárodním…
Topics: Civil Society, Politics and Political Attitudes, Regions, Lifestyle
Poznatky a závěr
Cílem publikace je analýza role sociálního kapitálu a jeho jednotlivých složek při překonávání důsledků ekonomické krize obyvatelstvem. Text se soustředí na detailní analýzu obyvatelstva Kraje Vysočina, v němž se předpokládá vysoká úroveň sociálního kapitálu, a Ústeckého kraje, s předpokládanou nízkou úrovní sociálního kapitálu. Vícerozměrnými statistickými metodami dat, získaných reprezentativním dotazníkovým šetřením v obou krajích v roce 2010, jsou ident…
Topics: Economy, Regions, Social Capital, Standard of Living
Individuální sociální kapitál v Kraji Vysočina a v Ústeckém kraji
A role of social capital and of its individual dimensions working at overcoming the impacts of economic crises is analysed. Study focuses on a detailed analysis of the inhabitants of the Kraj Vysočina with a supposed high level of social capital, and of Ustecky kraj with a supposed low level of social capital. Multidimensional statistical methods are used to analyse data collected by survey in these regions in 2010. The aspects of social capital are identified that play an important role to overcome the impac…
Topics: Regions, Social Capital
Sociální kapitál Orlicka
Cílem publikace je představení regionu Orlicko ve vědecko-výzkumných pracích několika týmů, které se podílejí na řešení projektu Rozvojové zájmy pohraničí. Region Orlicko je v projektu případovým územím pohraničí. Geograficky a společensky je region Orlicka vymezen obcemi Sdružení obcí Orlicko v Pardubickém kraji, v okrese Ústí nad Orlicí. Region je představen v několika vzájemně provázaných aspektech. Historie, geonika, ekonomika a sociologie, každý obor svými metod…
Topics: Civil Society, Regions, Lifestyle
Obraz českého pohraničí v roce 2008
Cílem publikace je představení regionu Orlicko ve vědecko-výzkumných pracích několika týmů, které se podílejí na řešení projektu Rozvojové zájmy pohraničí. Region Orlicko je v projektu případovým územím pohraničí. Geograficky a společensky je region Orlicka vymezen obcemi Sdružení obcí Orlicko v Pardubickém kraji, v okrese Ústí nad Orlicí. Region je představen v několika vzájemně provázaných aspektech. Historie, geonika, ekonomika a sociologie, každý obor svými metod…
Topics: Regions, Standard of Living
Kulturní infrastruktura v krajích České republiky
The first part of the book brings the description of the concept of culture, the overview of legislation, analyses of conceptual and strategic documents related to culture, analyses of available data about the culture infrastructure and an overview of available financial sources for the area of non-industrial sectors of culture. The second part deals with the results of own survey Culture in the regions of the ČR 2011. The third part presents profiles of individual regions of the Czech Republic.…
Topics: Regions, Lifestyle
Kultura v krajích České republiky
Culture is also in the Czech Republic an important factor in the development of territorial units, regions and municipalities (especially large cities), in connection with changes in the economy and the labor market, the growing emphasis on education, creativity and innovation. On the other hand, culture is associated with quality of life, social cohesion and identification with the region. Some of the results of the project Social and Institutional Conditionality of Culture Development and Cultural Heritage M…
Topics: Culture, Regions, Public Policy, Public Administration
Spolupráce - rozvojová strategie Orlicka
This study focuses on social capital and the network of links between the organisations involved in activities geared towards the development of tourism in the Pardubice Region. The analysis of their network displays interconnectedness, the trust they show each other in their cooperation and that they place in the process of decision-making on supporting projects to advance tourism. A part of the study focuses on the micro-region of Králicko, the territory at the heart of the Králický Sněžník Tourism Zon…
Topics: Civil Society, Politics and Political Attitudes, Regions, Social Capital
Dráhy bydlení
This chapter consists of the theoretical description of common approaches used by analysis of housing careers in studies of foreign researchers. The approaches based on the concepts of the life cycle, life course and housing consumption are explained. With the use of the data from the survey Housing Attitudes in the Czech Republic 2001 is presented basic knowledge about the housing careers of the Czech households in the period 1960 - 2001. This knowledge is also compared with the findings of selected research …
Topics: Housing, Lifestyle
Je koncept PPP šancí pro investiční akce obcí střední velikosti?
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: Regions, Public Administration
Občanská participace prostřednictvím internetu
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: Media, Civil Society, Public Administration
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
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