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Regionální kriminalita a její odraz v kvalitě života obyvatel

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Delikvence mládeže: Trendy a souvislosti

Delikvence mládeže: Trendy a souvislosti

Monografie podává přehled výsledků nejnovějšího reprezentativního výzkumu delikvence u žáků 7.–9. tříd základních škol a gymnázií v ČR z roku 2013 a nabízí jejich srovnání s rokem 2007. Podrobně a systematicky analyzuje vliv prakticky všech relevantních individuálních (sebekontrola, osobní morálka) i sociálních faktorů, například rodiny, školy nebo vrstevníků, zvláště pak delikventních kamarádů. Využívá získaných poznatků k ověření některých starších…

Topics: Criminality

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Nevěřící, apatheisté nebo skrytí věřící? Charakteristika osob, které se v rámci sčítání lidu nepřihlásily k žádné denominaci

For many years, the legal protection of personal data prohibited the analysis of individual census data in the Czech Republic thus, this is the first article to provide a detailed analysis of data on religion. Employing individual data for the whole population, the authors confirm several trends in the recent religious development of the country, including general out-churching, the expansion of certain smaller denominations, and, especially, an increase in the number of people declaring themselves religious, …

Topics: Religion and religiosity, Sociological Data

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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„Rozhodovaní o hlubinném úložišti jaderného odpadu v Česku – několik postřehů“

The contribution shows why it is useful to integrate social sciences researchers into negotiation about location of a deep geological repository of nuclear waste.…

Topics: Environment

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Local and regional studies

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Vztah mezi individuálními charakteristikami a vysokoškolským vzděláním: role osobnosti, fyzické atraktivity a sebehodnocení

Vztah mezi individuálními charakteristikami a vysokoškolským vzděláním: role osobnosti, fyzické atraktivity a sebehodnocení

Focusing on a subject largely neglected in mainstream Czech social stratification research so far, this study seeks to examine to what extent tertiary educational attainment and educational mobility are affected by personal factors, such as personality traits, physical attractiveness, and self-esteem. It is based on data drawn from a large-scale representative survey carried out in the Czech Republic (Neglected Human Capital Dimensions 2015) as the second follow-up to the OECD PIAAC project. The results show t…

Topics: Gender, Education

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Values and Politics

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Jak zajistit dostupné bydlení?

Jak zajistit dostupné bydlení?

Kdo dnes zkouší hledat bydlení v Praze nebo Brně, čelí často nepříjemnému překvapení. Ceny nemovitostí i nájemné dosahují takové výše, že i lidé s průměrnými příjmy začínají mít problémy si bydlení dovolit.Jak jsme se do této situace dostali?Co s tím můžeme dělat?A co můžeme chtít po politicích, aby se daná situace (vy)řešila?Kromě odpovědí na tyto otázky v publikaci naleznete i konkrétní zkušenosti z České republiky i ze zahraničí, jak je možné řešit …

Topics: Housing, Social Inequalities

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

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Activity spaces of men and women measured by GPS tracking data: A comparative analysis of Prague and Pilsen

Activity spaces of men and women measured by GPS tracking data: A comparative analysis of Prague and Pilsen

The aim of this article is to investigate the factors that influence the size of activity spaces of homeless men and women in cities. Vulnerable population groups such as the homeless face the risk of mobility challenges that can exacerbate their social exclusion even more through mobility-driven spatial exclusion. The extent of an individual’s activity space is a key precondition for the daily coping strategies and life opportunities of homeless people. This study is the first to combine GPS tracking of hom…

Topics: City and Village, Research Methodology, Migration and Mobility, Social Policy

Publication Type: Working Paper

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Academics 2018: Proposals  for Measures to Support  Equality in Research  and Higher Education

Academics 2018: Proposals for Measures to Support Equality in Research and Higher Education

This document is an outcome of the research project "Analysis of Barriers to and Support Strategy for Gender Equality in Science and Research" implemented in 2017 and 2018 by the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences as part of the Operational Programme Employment (Reg. No. CZ.03.1.51/0.0/0.0/15_02 8/0003571). The objective of the project was to develop recommendations for action to advance gender equality in research and development for the state administration and other key national pla…

Topics: Gender, Sociology of Sciences, Education

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

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Kdo se bojí žen v politice? O postojích k politické participaci žen

Abstract: Attitudes towards women in politics and gender culture in general have implicationsfor the status of women in politics and their descriptive representation. In the paper weask what attitudes people have in the Czech Republic towards women in politics and theirdescriptive representation, how these attitudes have changed across time, and what factorsare associated with these changes. We draw mainly on a survey carried out in 2014, and wecompare its data with survey data collected in 2006. The analysis …

Topics: Gender

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Gender & Sociology

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Childcare Preferences of Parents in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic

Childcare Preferences of Parents in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic. In spite of recent economic and social developments in the EU and related pressures on labour market participation, family policies in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic are very familialistic. With the combination of long-term leaves and limited access to institutional childcare the reconciliation of parenting and work remains an irresolvable task that has implications for gender equality and specifically for the participa…

Topics: Gender

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Gender & Sociology

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Women in management of small enterprises: Co-inspiration between social and conventional enterprises to promote equal access to decision-making positions in six European countries

 The comparative study focused on the access of women to the decision-making positions in the corporate sector that represents the problem almost in all European countries. To understand the situation in small companies, in 2014, we conducted a qualitative research study on opportunities and barriers for women in management of small conventional and social enterprises in six countries (i.e. Belgium, France, the Czech Republic, Finland and Italy). This European comparative study has shown how the various measu…

Topics: Gender

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Gender & Sociology

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Loajální poddaní, nepřátelští souvěrci – aneb Jak čeští evangelíci v prusko-rakouské válce 1866 nic nezískali

The chapter analyzes the consequences of the Prussian-Austrian War in 1866 for Czech and Moravian Protestants of both confessions (Lutherans and Calvinists). It also shows the fundamental transformation of the relationship between Czech and Moravian Protestants (in regional sense) to Prussia during the 19th century.…

Topics: Historical Sociology

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Local and regional studies

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Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Local and regional studies

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Lesy ve veřejném zájmu?

Topics: Environment

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Local and regional studies

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Lesy ve veřejném diskurzu

Předkládaná publikace vznikla v rámci Strategie AV21, v programu Rozmanitosta zdraví ekosystémů, v němž se v roce 2017 řešila aktivita Les jako součást krajinya zdroj poznání. Smyslem bylo nashromáždit odborné podklady, které by vedly k potřebnýmzměnám hospodaření v našich lesích. Podařilo se navázat spolupráci se čtyřmiústavy Akademie věd ČR i odborníky z lesnického výzkumu i provozu…

Topics: Environment

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Local and regional studies

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Forests in the Czech public discourse

Forests in the Czech public discourse

Forests are being increasingly studied within the framework of social sciences, especially in relation to environmental problems and global climate change. This article deals with the perception of Czech forests and their management at two basic levels: at the level of sociological analysis of in-depth interviews with experts in the field of forestry and at the level of public opinion research. The main aim of this study was to describe the attitudes of professionals and the general public towards forests and …

Topics: Environment

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Local and regional studies

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Can Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment be delivered without the need for geriatricians? A formative evaluation in two perioperative surgical settings

AbstractIntroductionThe aim of this study was to design an approach to improving care for frail older patients in hospital services where Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment (CGA) was not part of the clinical tradition.MethodsThe intervention was based on the principles of CGA, using quality improvement methodology to embed care processes. Qualitative methods and coproduction were used to inform development of the intervention, which was directed towards the health care professionals involved in peri-operative/…

Topics: Age and Aging, Public health

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

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České evangelické tisky toleranční doby (1781–1861)

The issue of the Edict of Toleration legalised evangelicals of Lutheran and reformed confessions in Bohemia and Moravia. Their religious life required the support of printed materials in the form of religious literature of the corresponding confession approved by the state. Relatively high production of Protestant books, both original and translated, began to emerge. They anchored both Protestant denominations but simultaneously became mutually competitive and sometimes came into controversy with Roman Catholi…

Topics: Culture

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Blending, credit, context: Doing business, family and gender in Czech and US copreneurships

Blending, credit, context: Doing business, family and gender in Czech and US copreneurships

Utilising a comparative/doing gender approach and thematic narrative methodology, we examine how copreneurs – romantic business partners – construct business and caring responsibilities. We interviewed male-female partners separately from 12 couples in the Czech Republic (CR) and 13 in the United States (US), countries with diverse entrepreneurial histories, norms and family policies. We ask: (1) How do copreneurs construct/‘do’ business and family? (2) How do copreneurs credit contributions of partner…

Topics: Gender, Work

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Gender & Sociology

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Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

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Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Gender & Sociology

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Intersekcionální přístup ke zkoumání nezaměstnanosti

Topics: Gender, Work, Social Inequalities

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Gender & Sociology

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Pražané s cizím pasem

Pražané s cizím pasem

Praha je dynamickou multikulturní metropolí, která láká lidi z různých koutů světa svojí historickou, kulturní a v neposlední řadě také ekonomickou atraktivitou. V současné době cizí státní příslušníci tvoří o něco více než 15 % obyvatel hlavního města přesně dvě třetiny těchto cizinců pochází ze zemí mimo EU. Migranti a migrantky se podílejí významným dílem na ekonomickém vývoji, populační dynamice a vzhledu metropole. O této specifické skupině obyvatel…

Topics: City and Village, Migration and Mobility

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Czech Social Science Data Archive

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