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Mýtus sedmý: Česká rodinná politika vychází z odborných poznatků
This chapter presents a short overview of childcare policies implemented in Scandinavian countries, France and Germany, and shows that these policies stem from different ideologies. Based on an institutional analysis the authors then discuss the ways in which Czech conservatives have managed to gain great influence over Czech childcare policy.…
Topics: Care, Parenting, Public Policy
Mýtus pátý: Češi a Češky jesle nechtějí
Public opinion research shows that most Czechs think children should stay at home the first three years. But the situation is more complicated and filled with contradictions.…
Topics: Care, Parenting
Mýtus čtvrtý: Pro děti je přirozené, aby se svou matkou zůstavaly doma až do věku třílet
The chapter reveals that the myth that children below the age of three do not benefit from quality daycare is not based on current scientific knowledge and that the myth does not exist in all countries.…
Topics: Gender, Care, Parenting
Mýtus třetí: Jesle jsou vynálezem komunistů
Based on analysis of historical documents the author deconstructs the myth strongly held in the Czech Republic that nurseries are communist invention, and analyzes their operation in Czechoslovakia before 1989.…
Topics: Care, Parenting
Sedm mýtů o péči o nejmenší
In this chapter the authors name seven myths that they have identified in Czech society, which block development of Czech childcare policy.…
Topics: Care, Parenting, Family, Public Policy
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
Proměny časování a způsobu návratu matek do zaměstnání
In a European comparison, the Czech Republic is one of the countries where motherhood has the biggest negative impact on women’s employment participation. Some researchers explain this situation as resulting from Czech mothers’ preferences for a long‑term interruption to their labour market participation. Others stress that preferences are structurally and culturally embedded and identify barriers to the return of Czech mothers to the labour market. In this article, the author first introduces a critiqu…
Topics: Gender
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