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Finanční podpora v mateřství v evropských zemích

Topics: Care, Parenting, Social Policy

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Values and Politics

Jak uspěly parlamentní strany u voličů v devadesátých letech

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

Who Supports Whom? Family Policy in Light of ‘New Social Risks

Using the model family method and child benefit packages this text illustrates how family policies in seventeen European countries deal with New Social Risk through the financial support provided to families by governments.…

Topics: Family, Social Policy

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Values and Politics

Volby do Evropského parlamentu z pohledu genderu - genderově diferencovaný pohled na kandidátní listiny politických stran a volební účast

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

Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

Postavení neprovdaných matek v sociálním systému

Topics: Parenting, Family, Social Policy

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Values and Politics

Neprovdané matky na trhu práce

Topics: Work, Parenting

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Values and Politics

Mechanismy inkluze a exkluze žen v politice v České republice

The article studies cause of lower involvement of women in political functions in the Czech Republic. It focuses on following barriers of entry of women in political functions – institutional rules, functioning of political parties, attitudes of Czech public or public discourse.…

Topics: Gender, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

Division of Labour or Sharing the Burden? State Support for Competing Family Models in Central and Eastern Europe

Topics: Work, Family, Social Policy

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Values and Politics

Stav finanční podpory rodin s dětmi na Slovensku a v České republice v roce 2004 z evropské perspektivy

Topics: European Union, Wages and Incomes, Parenting, Social Policy

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Values and Politics

Symposium 'Civil society Revisited'

Topics: Civil Society

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

Zpráva z mezinárodní letní školy New Risks and New Governance in Europe

Topics: Social Policy

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

Sociologie na českém internetu

Topics: Media, Sociology of Sciences

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

Mateřská dovolená ve vybraných evropských zemích

The article discusses the policies concerning the institution of maternity leave in several European countries. Discussed are primarily the length and conditions of maternity leave and the amount of compensation paid through the maternity benefit. The outcome is a scale of all the countries based on a variable that combines the effects of both the amount of a monthly compensation in relation to the average income and the amount of maternity benefit paid during the whole course of maternity leave.…

Topics: European Union, Wages and Incomes, Care, Parenting, Social Policy

Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

Mateřská dovolená: Jak si stojíme v porovnání se Evropou?

The article discusses in detail policies of maternity leave in several European countries. The prime focus is on the length and conditions of maternity leave and the amount of compensation paid through the maternity benefit. The outcome is a scale of all the countries based on a variable that combines the effects of both the amount of a monthly compensation in relation to the average income and the amount of maternity benefit paid during the whole course of maternity leave.…

Topics: European Union, Wages and Incomes, Parenting, Social Policy

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

The Role and Position of Committees of the House of Deputies of the Czech Republic in the Period of Transformation

The article provides analysis of the gradual institutionalization of the committees of the Czech Parliament between 1993 and 1999 and shows that in the committees, gradual expert and political professionalization of the deputies occurs ů deputies acquire a new type of supra-sector specialization. In addition, there have been significant changes in the perception and evaluation of individual committees by the deputies, during the period under study.…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

Maternity Leave: Where We Stand Compared to Europe

The article discusses in detail policies of maternity leave in several European countries. The prime focus is on the length and conditions of maternity leave and the amount of compensation paid through the maternity benefit. The outcome is a scale of all the countries based on a variable that combines the effects of both the amount of a monthly compensation in relation to the average income and the amount of maternity benefit paid during the whole course of maternity leave.…

Topics: European Union, Wages and Incomes, Care, Parenting, Social Policy

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

Úloha a postavení výborů Poslanecké sněmovny Parlamentu ČR v procesu transformace

The article offers an analysis of the gradual institutionalization of the committees of the House of Deputies of the Parliament of the Czech Republic between 1993 and 1999. The committees are viewed as structures of expertise and politics. Article also examines the impact of the change of the Rules of Procedures on the work of committees. During the time period under discussion, parliamentary committees acted as an important tool of positive institutional transformation of the parliament.…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Transformation

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

Financial Support of Families in the Czech Republic and Slovakia from European Perspective: More Similar than Different?

Paper explores the character and impact of financial pro-family measures in a number of European countries. A micro-level analysis is applied to examine how much financial benefit is obtained by different types of families using a Model Family Method. The key questions addressed are: Do the Czech Republic and Slovakia still employ a similarly focussed and generous financial support for families with children? How do family subsidies in these two countries compare to those in other European states?…

Topics: Wages and Incomes, Family, Social Policy

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Values and Politics

Návrat do zaměstnání po rodičovské dovolené: rozdíly podle rodinného uspořádání.

The paper explores the timing of the return from parental leave to the labour market according the family situation of mothers and the reasons of their decision to return to an employment or stay at home. The paper is based on analyses data from social survey Social and economic conditions of motherhood from 2006 and on the analysis of model families which explores impacts of social system on economic activity of mothers with young children.…

Topics: Work, Parenting

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

The Constitutional Debate: A One Man Show? Václav Klaus and the Constitutional Discourse in the Czech Media

Based on a discourse analysis of Czech media coverage of EU Constitutional ratification and rejection between October 2004 and October 2005, this article identifies and analyses the following aspects of the Czech debate: (1) A shift from substantive towards procedural issues within the ratification period (2) the involvement of a relatively low number of non-political actors (3) polarisation and a high level of contestation and politicisation. It argues, first, that Czech ‘Euroscepticism’ is an effect of b…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

Jak je výhodné míti manžela

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 author tries to define if, and under what conditions, it is more profitable for mothers to be married rather than unmarried.…

Topics: Parenting, Social Policy

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Establishment of the Party System and the Party-Voter Linkages: the Case Study of the Czech Republic

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Chapter in Conference Proceedings

Department: Values and Politics

Committees of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Maxime Forest, Georges Mink (eds.): Post-communisme: Les sciences sociales à l’épreuve

The book reflects the impacts of the social reality of the communist regime and the process of transformation in Central and Eastern Europe on the development in the social sciences. The multidisciplinary approach enables an analysis of the relationship between different disciplines that are present in the volume: anthropology, geography, economics, history, political science, European studies, sociology and gender studies.…

Topics: Sociology of Sciences, Transformation

Publication Type: Published review

Department: Values and Politics

Ženy na kandidátkách vybraných politických stran a srovnání se zahraničím

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

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Publications

Finanční podpora v mateřství v evropských zemích

Jak uspěly parlamentní strany u voličů v devadesátých letech

Who Supports Whom? Family Policy in Light of ‘New Social Risks

Volby do Evropského parlamentu z pohledu genderu - genderově diferencovaný pohled na kandidátní listiny politických stran a volební účast

Postavení neprovdaných matek v sociálním systému

Neprovdané matky na trhu práce

Mechanismy inkluze a exkluze žen v politice v České republice

Division of Labour or Sharing the Burden? State Support for Competing Family Models in Central and Eastern Europe

Stav finanční podpory rodin s dětmi na Slovensku a v České republice v roce 2004 z evropské perspektivy

Symposium 'Civil society Revisited'

Zpráva z mezinárodní letní školy New Risks and New Governance in Europe

Sociologie na českém internetu

Mateřská dovolená ve vybraných evropských zemích

Mateřská dovolená: Jak si stojíme v porovnání se Evropou?

The Role and Position of Committees of the House of Deputies of the Czech Republic in the Period of Transformation

Maternity Leave: Where We Stand Compared to Europe

Úloha a postavení výborů Poslanecké sněmovny Parlamentu ČR v procesu transformace

Financial Support of Families in the Czech Republic and Slovakia from European Perspective: More Similar than Different?

Návrat do zaměstnání po rodičovské dovolené: rozdíly podle rodinného uspořádání.

The Constitutional Debate: A One Man Show? Václav Klaus and the Constitutional Discourse in the Czech Media

Jak je výhodné míti manžela

Establishment of the Party System and the Party-Voter Linkages: the Case Study of the Czech Republic

Committees of the Parliament of the Czech Republic

Maxime Forest, Georges Mink (eds.): Post-communisme: Les sciences sociales à l’épreuve

Ženy na kandidátkách vybraných politických stran a srovnání se zahraničím

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