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The book presents descriptions, analyses, and interpretations of social identities, territorial identities, national identity, images of European Union, and attitudes towards immigration in the Czech Republic in comparative perspective. Results of the analyses presented in chapters are based not only on unique Czech data collected by the Institute of Sociology CAS and Institute of Psychology CAS, but mainly on the analyses of the international data sets from the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP), Eu…

Topics: European Union, Value Orientations, Identity, Civil Society

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Analýza chybějících hodnot. Srovnání metod při zkoumání determinantů politické znalosti a příjmu

V dotazníkových šetřeních respondenti často odmítají odpovídat na některé otázky (např. osobní příjem). Vybraná místa datové matice tak neobsahují platné hodnoty. Tato monografie detailně představuje problém chybějících hodnot v datech. Čtenář se postupně seznámí s různými metodami řešení tohoto problému. Vlastní simulační studie pak na praktických příkladech detailně ilustrují výhody a nevýhody jednotlivých metod. Použití nevhodné metody přitom může …

Topics: Research Methodology, Politics and Political Attitudes, Sociological Data

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

47 odstínů české společnosti

CO SI ČEŠI NALHÁVAJÍ O ČEŠÍCH?MÁ JMÉNO VLIV NA NAŠI KARIÉRU?JE U NÁS NÁBOŽENSTVÍ MRTVÉ?JSOU ČESKÉ HODNOTY VÝJIMEČNÉ?JAKÉ JE „NÁZOROVÉ KLIMA“ V ČESKÉ REPUBLICE?Cena knihy je 190 Kč (378 s.)O KNIZE 47 ODSTÍNŮ ČESKÉ SPOLEČNOSTICo si Češi nalhávají o Češích? Proč nedůvěřují policii a soudům? Co si dnes myslíme o sametové revoluci nebo o rozdělení Československa? Může mít jméno vliv na naši kariéru? Proč nám nevadí bezpečnostní kamery? Je u …

Topics: Value Orientations, Identity, Culture, Civil Society, Sociological Data, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Comparative Discourse Analysis of the Security-Privacy Dilemma: Salience of Security Issues in Printed Media.

New technologies represent opportunities (to ensure safety) and threats (to privacy and freedom), and also emphasize key tensions - between security and freedom/privacy and between security and its various costs (economic, health, public support, etc.). The dilemma of our times, for civil society, governments, the media, and individual citizens, is the level of safety we desire and at what price. In this process, the role of the media surpasses that of an intermediary and is important in the following five way…

Topics: Media

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Values and Politics

Pocit bezpečí v kriminologickém kontextu

Topics: Criminality

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

Indikátory obav z kriminality v českých sociálněvědních výzkumech

While fear of crime is frequently discussed internationally, it is currently addressed by only a limited number of Czech studies. The aim of the paper is to present the main methodological concepts that have influenced the research on fear of crime and the design of indicators by which this phenomenon is measured. Furthermore, we evaluate and compare fear of crime measures in three surveys – the Euro-Justis pilot project, the fifth wave of the large-scale international European Social Survey and a survey of …

Topics: Criminality

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

Willingness to Cooperate with the Police in Four Central European Countries

Social order and security depend on mutual cooperation between the police and the public. Since the majority of crime is not detected by the police itself, informal control is needed to ensure order in society. This article aims to describe the circumstances under which people´s willingness to cooperate with the police is enhanced. Recent studies show that public compliance and cooperation with authorities who carry out criminal proceedings are linked with the extent to which people perceive these authorities…

Topics: Trust/Social Cohesion, Legitimacy

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Values and Politics

Proč potřebujeme rodinu, práci a přátele

The book explores the issues of happiness and life satisfaction in the contemporary Czech society. Chapters focus on the concept of happines, work, money, family, and social capital.…

Topics: Intergenerational Relations, Care, Work, Family, Public health

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Czech Religion at the Beginning of the 3rd Millennium

Topics: Religion and religiosity

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Is the Cohabitation-Marriage Gap in Money Pooling Universal?

Topics: Family

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Values and Politics

Discourses and Justification of Security and Risk

This deliverable presents a comparative analysis of discourses and justifications of security and risk in newspapers in ten countries both within EU (Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Spain, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland) and outside of the EU (Mexico, the USA) as well as in four security expert blogs. Deliverable analyses channels and patterns of communication and risk prevention for specific target groups.Předkládaný text popisuje a srovnává analýzu diskursů a zdůvodnění témat bezpečnosti a r…

Topics: Criminality, Media, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Working Paper

Department: Values and Politics

Communication Patterns and Effective Channels of Communication

This deliverable combines qualitative and quantitative survey methods to provide an analysis of communication channels and patterns between policy makers, stakeholders (i.e. companies), and citizens in the areas of security and risk in regards to three specific areas – air transport, public transport, and critical national infrastructure in ten countries. Analysis focuses on the trade-offs among security, privacy, health and personal dignity.Předkládaný text analyzuje za použití kvalitativních a kvanti…

Topics: Media, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Working Paper

Department: Values and Politics

Rodina a zdraví - jejich vzájemné souvislosti

The goal of the book is to explore the link between individual’s family situation and health. The book is divided into 8 chapters. They focus on the data description, definition of health, and link between health and healthy life style and partnership status, parenthood, or quality of partnership. The final chapter is devoted to the caring function of the family. Permalink: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0239866…

Topics: Care, Family, Public health

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics