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Topics: Trust/Social Cohesion

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Values and Politics

Měření sociálního kapitálu. Koncepty, výzkumné projekty a zdroje dat

The article reviews sociological concepts and different measurements of social capital.. We offer different kinds of conceptualization, operacionalization and indicators of social capital used in empirical research.…

Topics: Social Capital

Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

The Europeanization of Social Movements in the Czech Republic: The EU and Local Women’s Groups

The goal of this paper is to analyze the impact the EU has had on Czech women‟s groups since the 1990s. Drawing on both Europeanization and social movement theories, the first section defines the theoretical standpoint of the paper. The second section is focused on the impact of changes in the funding of women‟s groups which, since the end of the 1990s, have relied more than before on European sources of funding. The third section analyzes the shift in the political context and the domestic political oppor…

Topics: European Union, Gender, Civil Society, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Values and Politics

Sociální koheze. Teorie, empirické přístupy, projekty a používaná data

Článek nabízí vstupní pohled do problematiky zkoumání sociální soudržnosti na lokální a makrospolečenské úrovni. Představena je teoretická diskuse pojmu a různé typy indikátorů, řada výzkumných projektů a typů analyzovaných dat.…

Topics: Trust/Social Cohesion

Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

Politická participace a její determinanty v postkomunistických zemích

The article focuses on the differences in political participationamong post-communist countries. First, it explores the variation in the levelof political participation among post-communist states. Second, it deals withthe differences in the determinants that account for political participation inindividual countries. The second objective is met by introducing a three-dimensionalexplanatory model of political participation: individual resources,motivations, and social networks. In an empirical analysis politic…

Topics: Civil Society, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Values and Politics

Staří, noví, radikální: politický aktivismus v České republice očima teorie sociálních hnutí

The goal of this text is to offer a systematic analysis of political activismin the Czech Republic. The article fi rst differentiates between and theoreticallydefi nes three types of political activism. These are old, new, and radicaltypes of activism. The fi rst is primarily represented by trade unions, thesecond by organisations with a post-materialistic orientation, and the third bypolitical groups positioned on the far right and left. To analyse them, the textutilises selected tools of social movement theo…

Topics: Civil Society, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Values and Politics

Český anarchofeminismus

Topics: Gender, Civil Society, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

Vliv volebních systémů na politickou reprezentaci žen v postkomunistických zemích

This paper examines the relationship between electoral systems and female political representation in post-communist states. West European research has suggested that more women are elected in proportional representation systems (PR) than in majoritarian ones, and points out PR’s characteristics (district magnitude, electoral thresholds and closed party lists) as the main explanatory factors. I find that unlike western democracies, post-communist states do not follow these presumptions. Neither basic elector…

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

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

Jak zkoumat sociální hnutí? Aktivismus ženských skupin v ČR

This paper provides a framework for the analysis of social movements, drawing on political process theory (PPT). The author argues that the concept of political opportunity structure is still adequate, although it has to be re-conceptualized at various points. Firstly, when analyzing contentious politics or collective action, it is much more suitable to handle the social movement as the unit of analysis rather then the protest event. Attention should also be paid to how the concept is applied. Finally, cultura…

Topics: Gender, Civil Society, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

Popelka na cestě do Bruselu: České skupiny prosazující rovnost mezi ženami a muži a Evropská unie

The goal of this article is to analyze the impact the EU has had on the Czech women’s groups since the 1990s. The first section debates possible theoretical approaches to the study of the Europeanization of political activism. The second section describes the transformation of the Czech political opportunity structure induced by the accession process. The third section focuses on the consequences for Czech women’s groups of their increased reliance on EU funding. The fourth section analyzes opportunities f…

Topics: European Union, Gender, Civil Society, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

Politická participace - teorie a koncepty

This paper aims at reviewing concepts and theories of political participation. First part presents classical Verba’s and Barnes and Kaase’s definitions of political participation. Subsequently it shows how the repertoire of political activities has changed since the time the classical concepts were formulated. The paper argues that the transformation of political participation happened in three distinct dimensions, i.e. goals, targets, and space. On this basis and drawing on Teorell et al. and Rosenstone a…

Topics: Civil Society, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

Občanská společnost v Brně

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Topics: Civil Society, Politics and Political Attitudes, Regions

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Sociální koheze. Teorie, koncepty a analytická východiska

Social Cohesion: Theories, Concepts, and Analytical Framework Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2008, 44(2): 247-270 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2008.44.2.02 The article focuses on the academic discourse of social cohesion. Two degrees of universality with respect to the use of the concept of social cohesion are identified and analyzed: 1) the creation of social order in general 2) particular mechanisms of social cohesion. In conclusion, the authors propose a conceptual framework…

Topics: Trust/Social Cohesion, Social Inequalities

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Values and Politics

Politika životního prostředí

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Topics: European Union, Public Policy

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Česká republika: Dvě parlamentní strany jsou považovány za extremistické

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Values and Politics

Vlivnější než realita

Topics: Public Policy, Standard of Living

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Values and Politics

Je to o pocitech

Topics: Public Policy, Standard of Living

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Values and Politics

Trh a stát

Topics: Public Policy

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Values and Politics

Soumrak stran kádrů

Topics: Public Policy

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Values and Politics

Síla mas

Topics: Public Policy

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Values and Politics

Otazníky nad žebříčky

Topics: Value Orientations, Public Policy

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Values and Politics

Víme, co je pro vás dobré

Topics: Public Policy

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Values and Politics

Kdo koho volí?

Topics: Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Values and Politics

Aktivity Svazu měst a obcí ČR v legislativním procesu (případ zákona o obcích a rozpočtového určení daní)

The text describes the activity of the interest group The Union of towns and cities during the construction of its own interest and during the lobbying in the legislative process. The author shows the success of the lobbying of this interest group and finds the main factors of its success in the political strength of this group which is caused by the overlapping membership of the mayors and municipal deputies on the one side and of the deputies and senators of the Czech parliament on the other side.…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Public Administration

Publication Type: Chapter in Conference Proceedings

Department: Values and Politics

Loajalita je cenný kapitál

Topics: Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Values and Politics

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11. září - Útok na důvěru

Měření sociálního kapitálu. Koncepty, výzkumné projekty a zdroje dat

The Europeanization of Social Movements in the Czech Republic: The EU and Local Women’s Groups

Sociální koheze. Teorie, empirické přístupy, projekty a používaná data

Politická participace a její determinanty v postkomunistických zemích

Staří, noví, radikální: politický aktivismus v České republice očima teorie sociálních hnutí

Český anarchofeminismus

Vliv volebních systémů na politickou reprezentaci žen v postkomunistických zemích

Jak zkoumat sociální hnutí? Aktivismus ženských skupin v ČR

Popelka na cestě do Bruselu: České skupiny prosazující rovnost mezi ženami a muži a Evropská unie

Politická participace - teorie a koncepty

Občanská společnost v Brně

Sociální koheze. Teorie, koncepty a analytická východiska

Politika životního prostředí

Česká republika: Dvě parlamentní strany jsou považovány za extremistické

Vlivnější než realita

Je to o pocitech

Trh a stát

Soumrak stran kádrů

Síla mas

Otazníky nad žebříčky

Víme, co je pro vás dobré

Kdo koho volí?

Aktivity Svazu měst a obcí ČR v legislativním procesu (případ zákona o obcích a rozpočtového určení daní)

Loajalita je cenný kapitál

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