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The parliamentary election in the Czech Republic, May 2010

In May, 2010, the Czech Republic held parliamentary elections. The two parties that partnered with the ODS after the 2006 elections in minority government, the KDU-ČSL and the Green Party, are now absent from parliament. Two new parties, TOP 09 and Public Affairs, sprung onto the scene with over 10% votes each. The two pillars of the party system, the ODS and the CSSD, lost substantial support in the election. The new majority government is comprised of the ODS, TOP 09 and Public Affairs.…

Topics: Public Policy, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Values and Politics

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Patterns of family life courses in Europe – between standardization and diversity. A cross-national comparison of family trajectories and life course norms in European countries

Based on data from the ESS, round 3 we investigate 1) to what degree there still exist standardized patterns in the timing and sequencing of family transitions, 2) the relationship between family patterns and socially established norms. Our results confirm that the degree of destandardization varies across Europe. The most obvious tensions between rather traditional family patterns and liberalised norms were identified in Southern Europe.…

Topics: Value Orientations, Family

Publication Type: Working Paper

Department: Values and Politics

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Hans-Jürgen Andreß and Dina Hummelsheim: When Marriage Ends: Economic and Social Consequences of Partnership Dissolution

The book under review focuses on the situation after partnership dissolution in terms of 1. change in disposable income, 2. female labour market participation, 3. residential mobility, and 4. living conditions. It provides a comprehensive analysis of the economic consequences of divorce and its gender differences across European countries. Methodologically, it combines case studies with comparative micro-macro analyses using individual and institutional context data.…

Topics: Family, Standard of Living

Publication Type: Published review

Department: Values and Politics

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Department: Values and Politics

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Je manželství přežitkem? Změny postojů k manželství a nesezdanému soužití v České republice

This paper focuses on attitudes towards marriage and unmarried cohabitation and the diffusion of unmarried cohabitations and unmarried cohabitations with child in the Czech Republic. In the second part, based on qualitative study shows the diversity of attitudes of unmarried parental couples and reasons of their potential postponement or considering of entry to marriage.…

Topics: Value Orientations, Interpersonal Relations, Parenting, Family

Publication Type: Chapter in Conference Proceedings

Department: Values and Politics

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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: Gender, Work, Parenting, Family

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

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Základní charakteristika prožensky orientovaných neziskových organizací v České republice

The article describes character of activities and thematic areas of Czech non-profit organizations that focus on promoting gender equality and women’s rights in 1990s. Beside the women’s organizations the attention is paid to identify the other projects aimed at supporting women or gender equality, but addressed by non-profit organizations whose main object of activity is broader. The shifts in topics and activities of Czech women’s organizations are identified in process of EU accession and particularly…

Topics: Gender, Work

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

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Nejdříve dítě, potom svatba? Rodinné dráhy neprovdaných matek

Using SEPM 2006 data this paper explores factors influencing a probability that unmarried mothers will marry after childbirth. The findings show that for the third of them unmarried parenthood is rather a new phase of family life-course leading to marriage than long term family arrangement. The higher probability to experience transition to marriage have unmarried mothers living in unmarried cohabitation, with higher education and who postponed marriage due a pregnancy.…

Topics: Interpersonal Relations, Parenting, Family

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

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Department: Values and Politics

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Typy rodinných drah mladých

Topics: Parenting, Family

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Values and Politics

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Důvody svobodného mateřství

Topics: Value Orientations, Parenting, Family

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Values and Politics

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Department: Values and Politics

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Otcové „mimo manželství"

Topics: Interpersonal Relations, Parenting

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Values and Politics

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Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Values and Politics

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Analýza voleb do Evropského parlamentu 2004 v ČR. Platí stále teorie voleb druhého řádu?

Topics: European Union, Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

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What’s your Preference Madame? Home, Work, or Home-Work

Topics: Gender, Work, Family, Standard of Living

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Values and Politics

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Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Values and Politics

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Rozdělení domácí práce a hodnocení jeho spravedlnosti ve vybraných evropských zemích

The aim of this paper is to compare the division of housework and the perceptions of its fairness in seven European countries based on data from ISSP 2002. The main focus is given on the relation of the perceived fairness of the proportional share of housework and time investments into housework and particularly to differences according to the character of involvement into economic activity of both partners.…

Topics: Work, Family

Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

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Diferenciace motivů svobodného mateřství: proč neprovdané matky nevstoupily před narozením svého prvního dítěte do manželství?

This paper, based on data from survey Social and economic condition of motherhood 2006, examines on micro-level reasons, by which unwed mothers have explained their family situation at the childbirth. In the first part three types of motivation of non-marital motherhood are identified: absence/disapproval of partner, liberal orientation and pragmatic (economic) motivation. Further, the analysis focuses on social-demographic characteristics and a character of family arrangements of these three groups of unwed m…

Topics: Interpersonal Relations, Parenting, Family

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

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Výzkum životní dráhy a analýza sekvencí: možnosti studia rodinných drah

The article presents specific method of the study of the life-course which focuses on the life-course trajectories as a whole – the sequence analysis. Contrary to event-oriented perspective holistic approach does not focus mainly on single life event but on a whole sequence of events. It enables to identify typical patterns of trajectories and to study the change in their diversity. The article also presents several examples using data on family history.…

Topics: Family

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

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Ideální věk rodičovství v České republice a v evropském srovnání

Stať vychází z konceptu věkových norem a srovnává představy o ideálním věku rodičovství v České republice a v dalších evropských zemích. Dále se zaměřuje na diferenciaci představ o ideálním časování rodičovství v České republice podle vzdělání a kohortní příslušnosti. Zjištění ukazují, že ideální věk, kdy se stát matkou, je v České republice kladen do nižšího věku než v zemích západní Evropy. Naproti tomu, pokud jde o věk, kdy se stát otcem, řadí se…

Topics: Parenting

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

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Letní škola Metod a technik ECPR

Letní škola Metod a technik ECPR

Topics: Research Methodology

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

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Faktory ovlivňující dělbu domácí práce v českých domácnostech a hodnocení její spravedlnosti

Drawing on data from ISSP 2002 the author examines whether the absolute and the relative time investment of men and women in household work in Czech household differs 1) according to time availability and constraints, 2) according to their income level in comparison with their partner, 3) according to their level of education, and whether these factors influence the way people evaluate their contribution to household work.…

Topics: Work, Family

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Values and Politics

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Postoje k imigrantům a dopadům migrace v evropských zemích

The article focuses on a comparison of attitudes towards migration in twenty European countries. It analyses data from the European Social Survey 2002. The first part of article contains a brief outline of current state of migration in Europe and a summary of the available sources of data on migration. The second part examines the host population’s willingness to accept immigrants, perception of the impact of immigration on the host country and the attitudes towards different forms of integration of immigran…

Topics: Migration and Mobility

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Values and Politics

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