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The monograph summarizes main explanations of electoral participation and its decline. It presents a systematic own theory of electoral participation which stresses the importance of mobilization by external actors and individual motivations (instrumentál, expressive and normative). This theoretical framework is used to explain the level and decline in electoral participation. This decline was caused mainly by the decreasing engagement of people in social networks, growing critical evaluation of political par…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Vybrané dopady volební reformy

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Volby do Poslanecké sněmovny 2002 - voličské profily stran podle názorových štěpení

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Objektivní a subjektivní hodnocení finanční dostupnosti bydlení v ČR v průběhu 90. let

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Topics: Housing, Wages and Incomes, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Manželství nebo nesezdané soužití: analýza finanční výhodnosti různých forem soužití

The article focuses on the Czech social system and primarily on the measures and benefits aimed to help single mothers. Through an analysis of the social welfare payment system the authors try to define if, and under what conditions, it is more profitable for mothers to be married rather than unmarried in years 2005, 2006 a 2007.…

Topics: Gender, Wages and Incomes, Parenting, Social Policy

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

(Ne)rovné šance na vzdělání. Vzdělanostní nerovnosti v České republice

The volume offers detailed discussion of the most significant aspects of educational inequalities formation in the Czech Republic and presents them in historic and international contexts. The first part of the publication reflects educational inequalities theoretically and historically and compares the skills of Czech pupils internationally. The second part deals with formation of educational aspirations. The third part deals in detail with inequalities in transition from secondary to tertiary education.…

Topics: Social Inequalities, Education

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Sociology and Political Science in the Czech Republic in the Transition Period

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Chapter in Conference Proceedings

Department: Values and Politics

Bilanz der tschechischen Innenpolitik im Jahre 1993

Der vorliegende Beitrag gibt einen Überblick über die innenpolitische Situation der Tschechischen Republik nach Teilung der Föderation. Das Jahr 1993 war von der Suche nach nationaler Identität im neuen selbständigen Staat gekennzeichnet. Die Verhandlungen über die gegenseitigen Beziehungen zwischen der Tschechischen Republik und der Slowakei wurden in Form eines Abkommens festgelegt. Die Währung wurde getrennt und eine Zollunion gebildet. Das Parteiensystem zeigt nach den Wählerpräferenzen von 1993 d…

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

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

Family Changes and Exchanges over the Life Course – Rationale and Design of a Detailed Content in the CHPS

Topics: Family

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

Comments on the Canadian Household Panel Draft Version 2.6

Topics: Family

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

Evaluation of the conjugal and parental histories in the Living in Canada Survey (LCS) pilot data

Topics: Interpersonal Relations, Parenting

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

Evaluation of the Measures of Parental Leave in LCS Pilot Data

Topics: Care, Parenting

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

Evaluation the Information Collected in the Employment Histories and Comparing Work Interruption and Parantal Leave Data in the Pilot Living in Canada Survey

Topics: Work, Parenting

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

Female Supported Households in Sub-Saharan Africa: A life course perspective

Single motherhood in sub-Saharan Africa has received surprisingly little attention, although it is widespread and has critical implications for children’s well-being. Using survival analysis techniques, we estimate the probability of becoming a single mother over women’s life course and investigate the relationship between single motherhood and child mortality in 11 countries in sub-Saharan Africa. Although a mere 5 % of women in Ethiopia have a premarital birth, one in three women in Liberia will become m…

Topics: Parenting

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

Public Opinion to EU Membership in the Czech Republic and the Role of Political Elites

Topics: Elites, European Union, Politics and Political Attitudes, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Working Paper

Department: Values and Politics

The Pluralistic System of Interests Representation in Czech Society

Topics: Civil Society, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Chapter in Conference Proceedings

Department: Values and Politics

The First Parliament of the Czech Republic as Seen by Its Members

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Chapter in Conference Proceedings

Department: Values and Politics

EU-Enlargement and Labour Relations: New Trends in Poland, Czech and Slowak Republic

Topics: European Union, Politics and Political Attitudes, Work

Publication Type: Working Paper

Department: Values and Politics

Tschechische Republik

The study evaluates the tranformation process and its outcomes in the Czech Republic. It was written acording given outline and criteria as a part of recherche studys for Carl Bertelsmann Price 2001 for succesfull strategies in development and transformation. The study includes a part analyzing the starting position after the change in 1989, parts on political, economic and social transformation. Attention is paid also to the political culture and acteurs of transformation.Die Studie is ein Teil eines Sammelba…

Topics: Economy, Politics and Political Attitudes, Transformation

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Denki Rengo International Workers Attitude Survey: Czech Republic

Paper summarizes the outcomes from the Czech part of international survey on working life and industrial relations in electric industry. It was a part of a third wave of comparative international survey.…

Topics: Work

Publication Type: Chapter in Conference Proceedings

Department: Values and Politics

The Quality of Democracy in the Czech Republic

The main aim of the paper is to assess the quality of democracy in the Czech Republic. The functioning of the Czech democracy is evaluated according to the international comparative methodology – Bertelsmann Transformation Index (BTI). This method has allowed the authors to analyse democratic processes in the Czech Republic in terms of comparative and theoretically grounded criteria while at the same time contextualising the overall domestic development within the setting of Central and East European and oth…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Working Paper

Department: Values and Politics

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Regionálna identita ako faktor rozvoja destinácie cestovného ruchu

Regionálna identita v slovensko-poľskom pohraničí

Teritoriálna identita obyvateľov Česka a Slovenska

Formovanie regionálneho povedomia a jeho úloha v regionálnom rozvoji so zreteľom na slovensko-poľský prihraničný región

Kam se ztratili voliči? Vysvětlení vývoje volební účasti v České republice v letech 1990-2010

Vybrané dopady volební reformy

Volby do Poslanecké sněmovny 2002 - voličské profily stran podle názorových štěpení

Objektivní a subjektivní hodnocení finanční dostupnosti bydlení v ČR v průběhu 90. let

Manželství nebo nesezdané soužití: analýza finanční výhodnosti různých forem soužití

(Ne)rovné šance na vzdělání. Vzdělanostní nerovnosti v České republice

Sociology and Political Science in the Czech Republic in the Transition Period

Bilanz der tschechischen Innenpolitik im Jahre 1993

Family Changes and Exchanges over the Life Course – Rationale and Design of a Detailed Content in the CHPS

Comments on the Canadian Household Panel Draft Version 2.6

Evaluation of the conjugal and parental histories in the Living in Canada Survey (LCS) pilot data

Evaluation of the Measures of Parental Leave in LCS Pilot Data

Evaluation the Information Collected in the Employment Histories and Comparing Work Interruption and Parantal Leave Data in the Pilot Living in Canada Survey

Female Supported Households in Sub-Saharan Africa: A life course perspective

Public Opinion to EU Membership in the Czech Republic and the Role of Political Elites

The Pluralistic System of Interests Representation in Czech Society

The First Parliament of the Czech Republic as Seen by Its Members

EU-Enlargement and Labour Relations: New Trends in Poland, Czech and Slowak Republic

Tschechische Republik

Denki Rengo International Workers Attitude Survey: Czech Republic

The Quality of Democracy in the Czech Republic

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