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Postoje k manželství, rodičovství a k rolím v rodině v České republice a v Evropě

Postoje k manželství, rodičovství a k rolím v rodině v České republice a v Evropě

This study focuses on attitudes towards marriage, unmarried cohabitation, parenthood, and the roles of men and women in the family in Czech society in the past decade. Using data drawn from the ISSP Family and Gender Roles survey conducted in 1994 and 2002, the authors analyse how these attitudes have developed over the past decade and their differentiation according to social group and, especially, age, education, gender, and marital status.…

Topics: Gender, Value Orientations, Parenting, Family

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Mateřství po partnerském rozchodu

Mateřství po partnerském rozchodu

The objective of this publication is to contrast different ways of looking at the reality of parenting and child care after divorce or separation and show how multifaceted this important social phenomenon truly is. The study begins by introducing readers to the subject of post-divorce motherhood and fatherhood, the main problems that men and women are faced with as parents after divorce, and the ways in which divorce, post-divorce parenting, and incomplete families are discussed in public discourse.…

Topics: Care, Parenting, Family, Standard of Living

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Gender & Sociology

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Životní spokojenost: rodina, práce a další faktory

Životní spokojenost: rodina, práce a další faktory

Text studies life satisfaction and happiness of Czech men and women. It works with ISSP 2002 data. Basic socio-demographic factors are analyzed (sex, age, education, marital status and cohabitation). Satisfaction with family life and satisfaction with work is also included in the analyses. Married people are happier than others. Satisfaction with family life affects happiness more strongly than satisfaction with work.…

Topics: Value Orientations, Interpersonal Relations, Work, Family

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Rozvod a otcovství v České republice

Rozvod a otcovství v České republice

The objective of this publication is to contrast different ways of looking at the reality of parenting and child care after divorce or separation and show how multifaceted this important social phenomenon truly is. The study begins by introducing readers to the subject of post-divorce motherhood and fatherhood, the main problems that men and women are faced with as parents after divorce, and the ways in which divorce, post-divorce parenting, and incomplete families are discussed in public discourse.…

Topics: Care, Parenting, Family, Standard of Living

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Gender & Sociology

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Rozvod a konstrukce "neúplné" rodiny

Rozvod a konstrukce "neúplné" rodiny

The objective of this publication is to contrast different ways of looking at the reality of parenting and child care after divorce or separation and show how multifaceted this important social phenomenon truly is. The study begins by introducing readers to the subject of post-divorce motherhood and fatherhood, the main problems that men and women are faced with as parents after divorce, and the ways in which divorce, post-divorce parenting, and incomplete families are discussed in public discourse.…

Topics: Family

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Gender & Sociology

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Otcové, matky a porozvodová péče o děti

Otcové, matky a porozvodová péče o děti

The objective of this publication is to contrast different ways of looking at the reality of parenting and child care after divorce or separation and show how multifaceted this important social phenomenon truly is. The study begins by introducing readers to the subject of post-divorce motherhood and fatherhood, the main problems that men and women are faced with as parents after divorce, and the ways in which divorce, post-divorce parenting, and incomplete families are discussed in public discourse.…

Topics: Care, Parenting, Family

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Gender & Sociology

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Existenciální dimenze současné církevní zbožnosti. Katolíci, protestanti, Svědkové Jehovovi a oddaní Kršny ve vztahu ke smrti a posmrtné existenci

Existenciální dimenze současné církevní zbožnosti. Katolíci, protestanti, Svědkové Jehovovi a oddaní Kršny ve vztahu ke smrti a posmrtné existenci

This volume offers a summary of the most important knowledge in the field of contemporaryqualitative sociology of religion in the Czech Republic, and it describes the state of religiosity/spiritualityin the country after 1989 up to the present in a European context. The majority of Czech sociologistsof religion, based at various academic institutions, contributed to the preparation of the volume.In six independent studies the authors draw attention to the most important developmentaltrends in Czech religiosity…

Topics: Religion and religiosity

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Zahraniční migrace vědců a výzkumníků a nástroje k jejímu ovlivnění

Zahraniční migrace vědců a výzkumníků a nástroje k jejímu ovlivnění

The study provides systematic overview of the policy tools that are used in various countries to encourage return of scientist and researchers working abroad back to their home country or at least to facilitate the transfer of information, know-how and experience from host countries. The overview of policy tools is supplemented by an attempt to quantify potential target group for such policy – the scientists and researchers of the Czech origin working in abroad.…

Topics: Migration and Mobility, Sociology of Sciences, Public Policy

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Local and regional studies

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Reprezentace různých forem rodinného a pracovního života v ženských a mužských časopisech

Reprezentace různých forem rodinného a pracovního života v ženských a mužských časopisech

The study presents a qualitative analysis of texts on family, partnership, and working life published in men’s and women’s magazines. The objective of the analysis is to examine how family, partnership, and working life are represented in these media.…

Topics: Gender, Media, Interpersonal Relations, Work, Family

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

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Ústřední vývojové trendy současné české religiozity

Ústřední vývojové trendy současné české religiozity

The author discusses the global religious processes that are present in Czech society today. Here he draws on existing quantitative surveys, his ow qualitative sociological and historical pieces of research. He maintains the connections of these transformations with the transformations of the politoval, economic, media, and cultural spheres in European ccontext.…

Topics: Religion and religiosity

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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The Development of Work Values and Attitudes

The Development of Work Values and Attitudes

The project The Adjustment of the Czech Labour Force: Changing Job Structures, Wage Disparities and Work Orientations aimed to use various data sources to describe changes in the field in the last decade. Studies on various topics are collected to provide a multidimensional picture of the changing Czech labour force and its "state of mind", together with identification of some key problems.…

Topics: Value Orientations, Work

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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The Gradual Evolution of the Czech Entrepreneurial Elite

The Gradual Evolution of the Czech Entrepreneurial Elite

The project The Adjustment of the Czech Labour Force: Changing Job Structures, Wage Disparities and Work Orientations aimed to use various data sources to describe changes in the field in the last decade. Studies on various topics are collected to provide a multidimensional picture of the changing Czech labour force and its "state of mind", together with identification of some key problems.…

Topics: Elites, Transformation, Public Policy

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Kvalitativní sociologické studium současné české religiozity

Kvalitativní sociologické studium současné české religiozity

The author characterises the current state of Czech sociology of religion, a typical feature of which is its involvement in international quantitative studies and similar such studies run independently, but its lack, with a few exceptions, o fany qualitative studies. He describes historical and institutional causes of the state.…

Topics: Religion and religiosity

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Transformation Strategies in the Agricultural Sector

Transformation Strategies in the Agricultural Sector

The project The Adjustment of the Czech Labour Force: Changing Job Structures, Wage Disparities and Work Orientations aimed to use various data sources to describe changes in the field in the last decade. Studies on various topics are collected to provide a multidimensional picture of the changing Czech labour force and its "state of mind", together with identification of some key problems.…

Topics: Transformation

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Strukturnye i cennostnyje faktory sozdanija semji v češskom obščestve

Results of an analysis of representative sample data on reproductive preferences and factors influencing reproductive behavior in Czech society. It speculates about consequences of such facts that a) men are not as much decided as women in their reproductive plans, b) there is a tendency towards tolerance of life-long childlessness in Czech society, c) reproductive behavior is influenced by structural and cultural factors, but economic factors are stressed more in new demographic regime.Staťja predstavljajet …

Topics: Gender, Parenting, Family

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Gender & Sociology

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Jaká víra? Současná česká religiozita/spiritualita v pohledu kvalitativní sociologie náboženství

Jaká víra? Současná česká religiozita/spiritualita v pohledu kvalitativní sociologie náboženství

This volume offers a summary of the most important knowledge in the field of contemporaryqualitative sociology of religion in the Czech Republic, and it describes the state of religiosity/spiritualityin the country after 1989 up to the present in a European context. The majority of Czech sociologistsof religion, based at various academic institutions, contributed to the preparation of the volume.In six independent studies the authors draw attention to the most important developmentaltrends in Czech religiosity…

Topics: Value Orientations, Religion and religiosity

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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The Gender Wage Gap and its Determinants

The Gender Wage Gap and its Determinants

Projekt „Adaptace pracovních sil v České republice: změny profesní struktury, mzdové diferenciace a pracovních orientací“ směřoval k využití různých datových zdrojů k popisu změn v dané oblasti v posledním desetiletí. Jednotlivé kapitoly jsou věnovány různým aspektům problematiky, s cílem poskytnout mnohorozměrný obraz měnících se českých pracovních sil a jejich postojů, spolu s identifikací některých klíčových problémů. V první kapitole je český trh práce sl…

Topics: Gender, Wages and Incomes, Work

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Changes to Earnings and Income Inequality

Changes to Earnings and Income Inequality

The project The Adjustment of the Czech Labour Force: Changing Job Structures, Wage Disparities and Work Orientations aimed to use various data sources to describe changes in the field in the last decade. Studies on various topics are collected to provide a multidimensional picture of the changing Czech labour force and its "state of mind", together with identification of some key problems.…

Topics: Wages and Incomes, Work, Social Inequalities

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Structural Tensions in the Interface between the Labour Market and Social Policy in the Czech Republic

Structural Tensions in the Interface between the Labour Market and Social Policy in the Czech Republic

This study tries to demonstrate the links between the social structure and social policies. Using a socio-economic approach it exhibits four types of socio-economic friction that develop between the middle class and other groups, between the new and the old middle class, between pensioners and the economically active, and between people with employment and the non-working poor. …

Topics: Wages and Incomes, Social Inequalities, Social Policy

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Developments in the Labour Market

Developments in the Labour Market

The project The Adjustment of the Czech Labour Force: Changing Job Structures, Wage Disparities and Work Orientations aimed to use various data sources to describe changes in the field in the last decade. Studies on various topics are collected to provide a multidimensional picture of the changing Czech labour force and its "state of mind", together with identification of some key problems.…

Topics: Work, Transformation

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Metropolitan Areas in the Czech Republic - Definitions, Basic Characteristics, Patterns of Suburbanisation and Their Impact on Political Behaviour

Metropolitan Areas in the Czech Republic - Definitions, Basic Characteristics, Patterns of Suburbanisation and Their Impact on Political Behaviour

This study is based on the first stage of research on political change in metropolitan areas in the Czech Republic, conducted within the framework of the International Metropolitan Observatory Project (IMO). In the first part of the study the authors examine how metropolitan areas are defined. Given that there is currently no official definition of metropolitan areas in the Czech Republic, the criteria for their delineation were developed on the basis of existing definitions of metropolitan areas in other coun…

Topics: Migration and Mobility, Regions

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Local and regional studies

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The Czech Labour Market: Changing Structures and Work Orientations

The Czech Labour Market: Changing Structures and Work Orientations

The project The Adjustment of the Czech Labour Force: Changing Job Structures, Wage Disparities and Work Orientations aimed to use various data sources to describe changes in the field in the last decade. Studies on various topics are collected to provide a multidimensional picture of the changing Czech labour force and its "state of mind", together with identification of some key problems.…

Topics: Wages and Incomes, Work, Transformation

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Doma, v jeslích nebo ve školce? Rodinná a institucionální péče o předškolní děti v české společnosti v kontextu změn na trhu práce, sociálních politik a veřejných diskurzů mezi lety 1945-2006

Doma, v jeslích nebo ve školce? Rodinná a institucionální péče o předškolní děti v české společnosti v kontextu změn na trhu práce, sociálních politik a veřejných diskurzů mezi lety 1945-2006

The article focuses on changes in availability and use of childcare and pre-school facilities after the Second World War in the Czech society during different periods of communist regime and during the post-1989 era. It studies how they are embedded in context of women’s participation on the labour market, gender roles, social policies, fertility rates, public debates on care and fears of population decline. Several discourses influencing the availability and use of childcare and pre-school facilities are id…

Topics: Gender, Care, Parenting

Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article

Department: Gender & Sociology

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Analýza kvalitativních doplňujících otázek

Analýza kvalitativních doplňujících otázek

The chapter analyses supplementary open questions concerning the experience of domestic violence. Thanks to qualitative analysis it offers answers to some questions which the quantitative survey could capture only partially (motivations and experience of violence, reflection of one’s own behavior, recommendations). Based on the analysis, it presents recommendations concerning the support from doctors, psychologists and police in addressing the issue of domestic violence.…

Topics: Gender, Criminality, Family

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Gender & Sociology

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Domácí násilí: genderová perspektiva

Domácí násilí: genderová perspektiva

The chapter examines gender aspects of domestic violence and places it in the general gender system of western societies. It explains the high incidence of domestic violence against the backdrop of different gender expectations and orders for women and men and draws attention to the importance of social transformation for upsetting the traditional gender roles of men and women, which may then be one of the factors for an increasing incidence of domestic violence.…

Topics: Gender, Criminality, Interpersonal Relations

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Gender & Sociology

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