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Corruption as a risk for an individual and the state

Corruption as a risk for an individual and the state

This chapter deals with the topic of corruption as a risk for individuals and the state and points out the differences in the level and diversity of corruption in different European countries. First, it discusses the problems of defining corruption, then presents the most important theories explaining corruption from a sociological point of view. The chapter focuses mainly on deviations, norms, theories of rational choice, principal agent theory, and finally on corruption as a systemic risk. Furthermore, this …

Topics: Value Orientations, Corruption

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Hodnoty a politika

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Kutilství: Od „udělej si sám“ po DIY

Kniha vztahuje kutilství k obecnějším otázkám o současné společnosti, jejím vývoji a proměně a otevírá tak kutilství jako téma a terén, skrze který je možné tyto otázky nově nahlížet a zkoumat. Ukazuje, v čem a proč je kutilství zajímavé (nejen) pro společenskou vědu nikoli samo o sobě, ale jako prostředek, skrze který je možné lépe porozumět palčivým problémům současnosti. Jde tedy o knihu více teoreticky zaměřenou, jejíž kapitoly představují jednotlivá pole…

Topics: Housing, Gender, Value Orientations

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

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Comparison of Reliability in Seventeen European Countries Using the Quasi-Simplex Model

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Czech Social Science Data Archive

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Financializace bydlení. Když se z domova stává investice.

The chapter discusses the structural and cultural aspects of housing financialization and points to its negative effects as related mostly to the private rental housing. It also focuses on the mode of collective protection and resistance against its negative impacts on citizens.…

Topics: Housing

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Svépomocné bydlení v době pozdního státního socialismu: responsibilizace, ideologie a beton

Self-help housing has been proposed as a solution to provide qualitatively adequate and affordable housing not only nowadays, but also during the late state socialism in the 1970s and 1980s in the for- mer Czechoslovakia. In this article, we focus on how the self-help housing provision was during that era linked with the responsibilisation of households, a technique of governance usually associated with neoliberal regimes. On the case of self-help housing construction in town Myjava, which was supported by l…

Topics: Housing, Intergenerational Relations

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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The pace of “the good life”: Connecting past, present, and future in the context of a housing affordability crisis

This article focuses on the topic of the young adult’s cleft habitus influenced by a housing affordability crisis in the Czech Republic and examines how this situation affects the young adult’s relation to the imagination of a temporally structured life course and synchronization of life spheres (housing, family, and work). This article is based on qualitative in-depth interviews conducted in the four cities most affected by the house and rent price increase. The general question addresses if and how soc…

Topics: Housing, Intergenerational Relations, Social Inequalities

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Discover. Chapter 7

Topics: Sociological Data

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Czech Social Science Data Archive

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Černá skříňka: měsíčník rozhlasového pořadu Reflexe: Filozofie

Topics: Gender, Culture, Social Inequalities, Sociological Theory, Sociology of Sciences

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Czech Social Science Data Archive

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Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Czech Social Science Data Archive

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Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Czech Social Science Data Archive

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Nemožný únik do konzumu

Topics: Sociological Theory

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Czech Social Science Data Archive

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Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Czech Social Science Data Archive

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Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Czech Social Science Data Archive

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Muži a ženy pečující o seniory v rodině

Current data show that most elderly care in the Czech Republic, as well as worldwide, is provided by family members and in most cases women. Men also provide care, but they are less likely to do so, the intensity of the care they do provide is not as great, and the care activities they engage in are of a different type than those performed by women. This article seeks to answer two questions: What share of Czech women and men are caring for an elderly member in the family? Do the experiences of sons and daught…

Topics: Gender, Care, Age and Aging

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Gender & Sociology

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Kutilství: Od „udělej si sám“ po DIY

Kutilství: Od „udělej si sám“ po DIY

The book Bricolage: From “self-led manual projects” to DIY connects bricolage (kutilství) with broad questions regarding today´s society, its development and change. It treats bricolage as a topic and research terrain that allows us to shed new light on these issues. The book shows what makes bricolage interesting for social sciences not (just) per se but as a means to understanding today´s pressing issues. Its chapters focus on individual fields of research interest showing how bricolage can help to im…

Topics: Housing, Lifestyle

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Kutilství... DIY

Kutilství... DIY

Kutilství jako svépomocná tvorba nejběžnějších praktických, nejrůznějších dekorativních i neobvyklých specializovaných předmětů představuje nedílnou součást moderní společnosti. Když se pozorně rozhlédneme, nalezneme stopy kutilství všude kolem nás, v domácnostech, na zahradách i ve veřejném prostoru. Kutilství má mnoho podob a patří do něj nejrůznější manuální výrobní činnosti, které mohou z řady důvodů vykonávat v různých situacích různí lidé s růz…

Topics: Culture, Lifestyle

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Jak na změnu: Genderová rovnost ve výzkumné instituci.

Jak na změnu: Genderová rovnost ve výzkumné instituci.

Tato metodika přináší praktický návod pro ty, kdo se snaží sobě i druhým vytvořit férové a otevřené pracoviště s cílem zajistit v něm genderovou rovnost. Příručka Jak na změnu přináší návod, užitečné rady, praktické postupy a doporučeni jak pro zahájení iniciativ v otázkách rovných příležitostí ve výzkumných a vzdělávacích institucích, tak i praktické návody pro samotnou implementaci plánu genderové rovnosti.…

Topics: Gender, Interpersonal Relations

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

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Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Social Stratification

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Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

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Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Values and Politics

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Důvěřuj a riskuj: Mezigenerační přenos generalizované důvěry a ochoty přijmout riziko

Topics: Trust/Social Cohesion, Intergenerational Relations, Family

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Czech Social Science Data Archive

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Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Values and Politics

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Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

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Department: Values and Politics

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