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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

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Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Současná a budoucí podoba příspěvku na bydlení v České republice

The article examines housing allowance models as an important tool of social and housing policies, used as such in most EU countries. Some drawbacks of the current system are mentioned, especially the fact that the real housing costs, as paid by households, are disregarded in the calculation, thus endangering the social justice of such housing allowance model. In this respect, a draft of a new concept of rent allowance is outlined. Based on the results of simulation models, contrived by experts of the Czech Ac…

Topics: Housing, Social Policy, Public Policy

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Efektivnost vybraných nástrojů bytové politiky v České republice

The article begins by citing selected examples of state intervention inthe area of housing in the Czech Republic, which dates back to the founding ofthe First Czechoslovak Republic in 1918, and a brief description is provided ofthe most important milestones in the evolution of housing policy since 1989. Thesecond part of the article is devoted to empirically testing the effectiveness of se-lected housing subsidies applied in the Czech Republic at the end of the 1990s.Housing affordability declined after 1989 a…

Topics: Housing, Public Policy

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Stěhování českých domácností za pracovními příležitostmi a trh s bydlením na regionální úrovni

The aim of the article is to highlight the connection between the labour and housing markets, focused on the barriers potentially obstructing the labour migration. Negative influence of growing share of owner-occupied housing on willingness to move was documented for the Czech Republic. The regional differences in housing affordability are another factor which poses barrier for labour migration, especially for individuals/households of lower qualifications.…

Topics: Housing, Migration and Mobility, Work, Regions

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Bydlení v ČR - představy a ekonomická realita

Bydlení v ČR - představy a ekonomická realita

This paper deals primarily with the problem of the accessibility of housing in the Czech Republic. On the basis of data drawn from the study on Attitudes to Housing in the Czech Republic 2001, the satisfaction of the Czech population with current housing is assessed. The second part of the paper focuses on an evaluation of housing accessibility in the Czech Republic. Physical accessibility is compared with the situation in other selected countries. The financial accessibility of privately owned housing is dete…

Topics: Housing, Wages and Incomes

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Nájemní bydlení v ČR

Nájemní bydlení v ČR

In the chapter are described different forms of rent applied in the Czech Republic, the chapter contains comparison of the structure of housing stock in the Czech Republic with the structure of housing stock in other EU countries, description of possible future form of second generation rent control and possible future form of housing allowance.…

Topics: Housing, European Union, Social Policy, Public Policy

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Základní charakteristiky nájemního bydlení

Základní charakteristiky nájemního bydlení

In the chapter are described basic characteristics of rental housing and its parts (private rental housing, municipal rental housing and social housing) The chapter comprise the definition of the first-generation rent control and second-generation rent control.…

Topics: Housing, Social Policy, Public Policy

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Kritická diskursivní analýza: Sociální konstruktivismus v praxi

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Local and regional studies

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Nástin mediálního diskursu o Janově: Kriticko-diskursivní přístup

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Local and regional studies

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Základní koncepty Pierra Bourdieu: pole – kapitál – habitus

Základní koncepty Pierra Bourdieu: pole – kapitál – habitus

Topics: History of Sociology, Research Methodology, Sociological Data

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Local and regional studies

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Studium bezdomovectví v USA: Inspirace pro výzkum v České republice

Studium bezdomovectví v USA: Inspirace pro výzkum v České republice

Topics: History of Sociology, Research Methodology, Social Inequalities

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Local and regional studies

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Mezi rezistencí a adaptací: Každodenní praxe třídy nejchudších

Mezi rezistencí a adaptací: Každodenní praxe třídy nejchudších

The article studies homelessness in the city of Pilsen, but instead of the traditional perspective, which works with the common definition of a ‘homeless person’, it introduces and defines the relational concept of the poorest class. The advantages of this class concept are that: (1) it does not rule out the possibility of the construction of a notion of home by members of this class (2) it provides more information about social practices generally (3) it focuses on the agent-individual, avoiding the reifi…

Topics: Housing, City and Village, Migration and Mobility, Social Inequalities

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Local and regional studies

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Únik z měst na venkov

Únik z měst na venkov

Topics: City and Village, Migration and Mobility, Lifestyle

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Local and regional studies

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Úspěšná integrace rumunské komunity z Bílé Vody

Úspěšná integrace rumunské komunity z Bílé Vody

Topics: Value Orientations, Migration and Mobility

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Local and regional studies

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Kontraurbanizace: chaotický koncept?

Kontraurbanizace: chaotický koncept?

This paper presents an overview of past and current debates over the conceptualization of migration into rural areas – counterurbanization. First, it starts with the history of the term itself leading us from its original use to contemporary plurality of its meanings. The key issues in the process of defining counterurbanization are examined in the light of historical development of the term. The article illustrates the shift of counterurbanization research from the study of settlement system to the study of…

Topics: Economy, Migration and Mobility, Lifestyle

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Local and regional studies

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Exploring Counterurbanisation in a Post-Socialist Context: Case of the Czech Republic

Exploring Counterurbanisation in a Post-Socialist Context: Case of the Czech Republic

Urban-rural research in post-socialist countries has focused on urban transformation, the impact of international migration and the spread of suburbanisation little attention has been paid to counterurban migration. The aim of this article is to propose a typology of counterurban migration strategies based on quantitative research in rural areas in the Czech Republic. Firstly, the article discusses the differences and similarities of counterurbanisation in western and post-socialist countries by bringing toget…

Topics: Economy, Migration and Mobility, Lifestyle

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Local and regional studies

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Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Local and regional studies

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Sociální bydlení v zemích EU

Topics: Housing, Social Inequalities, Social Policy

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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„Zázemí“ a „bojiště” v usilování o spravedlnost: textová analýza odborářského, feministického a lidskoprávního diskursu

„Zázemí“ a „bojiště” v usilování o spravedlnost: textová analýza odborářského, feministického a lidskoprávního diskursu

The study is a computer-assisted text analysis of corpora obtained from the web pages of nine volunteer, non-governmental organisations and interest groups. The analysis encompasses three areas of justice claims: trade unions (the relationship between employers and employees), feminism (the relationship between men and women), and human rights (the relationship between citizens, foreign nationals, and the state). The aim of the study, based on Foucaultian concepts, is to determine whether media communicati…

Topics: Gender, Media, Sociological Data

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Local and regional studies

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Social Housing in the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovakia

Topics: Housing, Social Inequalities, Social Policy

Publication Type: Working Paper

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Interakce rodiny a školy pohledem matek

The quality of the family-school relationship is considered to be one of the key factors influencing the school achievement of children. As such it contributes to processes of inter-generational reproduction of education opportunity and differential advantages among children (Katrňák 2004, Lareau 2003). The text focuses on the description of situations where family and school are in conflict, the mother´s account of parent participation, and the process and outcome of parent-school interaction. The results …

Topics: Family, Education

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Local and regional studies

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Teorie ekonomiky bydlení

Topics: Housing, Economy

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Školní úspěšnost a její (re)produkce na základní škole

Školní úspěšnost a její (re)produkce na základní škole

The article presents the results of an ethnographic study focusing on eighth- and ninth-year students at two basic schools in Prague. The author conceives academic success and failure as categories that need to be explained it is necessary to demonstrate how they are produced and ascribed with meaning in the everyday practice of student evaluation. Student evaluations are generally based on a combined assessment of a student’s aptitude and diligence, and they also reflect a student’s conduct at school cond…

Topics: Social Inequalities, Education

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Local and regional studies

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