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The chapter deals with the path to a more equal involvement of both parents in care, housework and paid work within two heterosexual couples of different age in the Czech society, where gender-unequal division of duties in the sphere of family and private life prevails. The chapter identifies as one of the main sources of more egalitarian attitudes of married couples especially to care of their child/ren the men´s experiences from their families of origin. The chapter captures not only negotiations on the div…
Men’s Explanations for Being Childless, a dynamic perspective.
Research on childlessness in contemporary society still focuses mainly on women. This article conversely examines childlessness among men in Czechia – a European post-socialist country in which becoming a parent was a strong social norm before 1989. This article asks how men’s explanations for being childless or childfree change over time and what this says about changing norms attached to parenthood in different historical and social contexts. It draws on an analysis of 24 problem-centred interviews condu…
Parenting Desires and Sexual Identities
The paper asks how parenting desires are associated with the construction of sexual identity and what factors most influence whether gays/lesbians, bisexuals, and heterosexuals declaring same-sex attraction want to have (more) children. The subject has been explored mainly in the Western liberal and gay-family-friendly legislation and social environment so far. Our study was conducted in the Czech Republic, a CEE country where sexual minorities face strong legal and social barriers to non-heterosexual parentho…
The central European world of fatherhood policies: how individual attitudes mediate the norm of threeness in the Czech Republic and Slovakia.
Following Rush's suggestion to explore differences across cultures, our study compares the Czech Republic and Slovakia. Appyling Rush's discussion of how individual attitudes function as mediators, we analyse how attitudes mediate the norm of threeness. We interviewed 79 parents in both countries and our results show that despite the cultural differences between the countries, there is great support for the norm of threeness. Nevertheless, individual attitudes mediate between culture differently among men than…
Inovace a inovativní prostředí v ČR. Zpráva z kvalitativního výzkumu projektu Nápady do praxe
Jedná o výzkumnou zprávu z kvalitativného výzkumu zaměřeného na inovace a inovační prostředí v ČR. Analýza ukazuje, že inovační prostředí v ČR značně ovlivňuje otázka nastavení financování nápadů (z veřejných i soukromých finančních zdrojů), ale také nastavení procesů inovativnosti ve firmách. Výzkum dále ukázal, že oproti evorpskému standardu je v ČR velmi slabá spolupráce mezi soukromým a akademickým sektorem, a že není dostatečně nastavena legislativní …
Ženy a hospodářství
Jedná se o čtvrtou stínovou zprávu Peking 25+, která hodnotí implementaci strategických cílů mezinárodní Pekingské akční platformy v České republice. Kapitola Ženy a hospodářství hodnotí dosahování cílů v oblastech: zaměstnanost žen a mužů a faktory, které ovlivňují úroveň zaměstnanosti během životní dráhy, nerovné odměňování (jeho příčiny a důsledky) a vliv pandemie na zaměstnanost žen.This is the fourth shadow report Beijing 25+, which assesses the implementa…
From Strictness to Maternal Intuition? Parenting Styles in Czechia from a Historical Perspective.
This article analyses parenting styles on the basis of thirty-three narrative interviews with mothers from Czechia who raised their children between the 1950s and 1990s. This comparison of different generations has revealed a shift from authoritarian to authoritative parenting styles, including a move from an emphasis on independence, obedience, and the provision of basic physical needs to more child-centered parenting emphasizing an emotional relationship with the child, negotiation, and the child’s psychol…
Regularity and Instability. Coalition Governments in Czechia 2008-2022.
The chapter is part of the study of coalitions and coalition governance in Central and Eastern European democracies up to date, with an analytical focus framed by difficult economic and social periods, such as the end of the economic crisis and the Coronavirus pandemic.Between 2008 and 2021, Czechia held four parliamentary elections but had nine governments. With one exception (Babiš I), all governments were different types of coalitions, and only two served a full term. The period under study was plagued by …
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Interaction Between Government and Parliamentary Opposition in the Czech Republic.
The COVID-19 pandemic and its effects on parliamentary activities have recently become a trending topic. The pandemic presented both challenges and opportunities for governments and parliaments. During times of crisis, government-parliament and government-opposition relations can result in contrasting expectations and outcomes with regard to democratic norms. While consensus on crisis measures between governments and opposition parties can increase public trust and legitimacy, criticism by the opposition is es…
Czechia Report: Sustainable Governance Indicators 2024
The study evaluates the sustainability of policymaking and the quality of democratic governance in the areas of economic, social and environmental policy in the Czech Republic during 2022 and 2023 years. It is a part of the project. The Sustainable Governance Indicators (SGI) is a comprehensive monitoring instrument developed to facilitate transitions towards sustainable governance models that foster well-being within planetary boundaries and promote effective, accountable, and inclusive state institutions acr…
The Disruptive Effects of Polarization on the Law-Making Process.
The article explores the disruptive impact of extreme political polarisation on parliamentary (and legislative) activity. Notable phenomena in a polarised parliament include the frequent use of filibusters, midnight sessions, and numerous special sessions. These occurrences, while strengthening the legislature's position, particularly empower the opposition. In the Czech Republic, a country marked by antagonistic politics, populism, and 'anti-populism', such strong polarisation can effectively block parliament…
Nature-friendly reclamation of mines and quarries
The AVex expert opinion Nature-friendly reclamation of mines and quarries draws attention to the importance of natural processes in mine and quarry reclamation. Current reclamation approaches aim to restore the landscape as quickly as possible at a high financial cost. However, leaving spoil heaps to their own succession allows the development of long-term sustainable ecosystems with many rare species, while helping to meet the Nature Restoration Law, the EU's nature restoration regulation. The Czech public ge…
Topics: Environment
The Czech Republic
Článek je pravidelným příspěvkem do Ročenky vydaváné jako součást časopisu European Journal of Political Research. Popisuje politické změny v ČR v průběhu roku 2010. Článek se zaměřuje na takové otázky, jako změny ve vládě, politické strany a hlavní témata politiky.…
Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes
How Do Single Mothers Evaluate and Cope with Living in Rural Peripheries? Insights into the Interplay of Social and Spatial Disadvantage
When social and spatial disadvantages meet, are they doubled? Empirical studies have convincingly demonstrated that disadvantages tend to accumulate. Our paper advances this scholarship by focusing on the under-researched issue of social positions, subjective perspectives, and agency among single mothers in rural peripheries characterized by weak labor markets and accessibility issues. Drawing from problem-centered interviews conducted in eastern Germany and Czechia, we investigate how single mothers perceive …
Topics: Gender, City and Village, Social Inequalities
Obedient mothers, healthy children: communication on the risks of reproduction in state-socialist Czechoslovakia
The article analyses medical communication in popular media relating to the risks in reproduction in the state-socialist Czechoslovakia between 1948 and 1989 and shows how it used emotions as an instrument to control women’s reproductive behaviour. In particular, we use an approach inspired by Donati’s (1992) political discourse analysis and by Snow and Bedford’s (1988) framing analysis to explore communication on the risk of infertility in the abortion debate, the risk of fetal abnormalities in the pren…
What happened to my time during the COVID-19 lockdown? Parents’ subversive temporal regime strategies and their potential beyond the pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic prompted individuals to devise new temporal strategies in various spheres of their lives as a result of the spatial regulations imposed during the first lockdown. We apply Lisa Suckert’s theoretical model of ‘the capitalist time regime’ in the analysis of 68 interviews with parents of schoolchildren in seven European countries conducted during the first COVID-19 lockdown in spring 2020. We examine actors’ agency and capability to govern time during the pandemic and the extent to w…
Czech Parents Under Lockdown: Different Positions, Different Temporalities
Using an intersectional approach, we explore how parents in the Czech Republic coped with the increased demands of childcare and how their perceptions of childcare changed throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Building on Nancy Fraser’s theory of the social contradiction of capitalism, we address the question of whether the pandemic situation can be viewed as an opportunity to increase recognition of care. Qualitative interviews with parents from various socioeconomic backgrounds conducted from spring 2020 to su…
Sexual and gender-based harassment at universities - the analysis of annual university reports for 2023
This study examines the approach to addressing sexual and gender-based harassment by analysing information reported in the 2023 annual reports of 25 public universities in the Czech Republic. It investigates the measures universities report, how they fulfil the requirements of the 7P model (Prevalence, Prevention, Support, Prosecution, Service Provision, Partnerships, and Policies) and the Minimum standard for a safe environment for high-quality, sustainable, and independent research and educational activities…
Topics: Gender, Interpersonal Relations, Education
Publication Type: Other Publication
Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science
Beyond income poverty: Subjective poverty and indebtedness
This research note examines some aspects of the financial situation of households and individuals that are not captured by the at-risk-of-poverty rate, an indicator based solely on household income. Although income is a crucial factor for a household’s financial situation and economic well-being, the dimensions of costs, expenses and liabilities are no less important, especially with the current global challenges of rising energy prices and overall inflation. Using the EU-SILC 2020 data (module on ‘over-in…
Topics: European Union, Debts, Wages and Incomes, Social Inequalities, Standard of Living
Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph
Department: Economic and Religious Studies
Post/socialist chemical research: a gendered politics of visual representation
This article explores changes to the strongly gendered politics of representation in applied chemical research using visual material from company magazines of Czech-based chemical plants (1969–2000). This representation overlaps with identified developments in the gender order and how these relate to the disputed Cold War discourse. The focus on visual representations gives us a novel perspective on the intersection of technology, gender and geopolitics and what it can tell us about the ways in which competi…
Topics: Gender, Sociology of Sciences, Technology and society
Publication Type: Peer-reviewed article
Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science
Identita a budoucnost Církve československé husitské. Sociologická sonda
Topics: Religion and religiosity
Hesla J. Kohn, E. Lány, J. Mertl, J. Michejda, V. Míčan, W. Stark, P. Šimek, R. Teltšík, Z. Ullrich.
Topics: History of Sociology
Urban Newcomers as Candidates in Rural Municipal Elections: Explorations in the Political Dimension of Lifestyle Migration
The lived experience and the transformative effects of urban-to-rural lifestyle migration are key research interests of rural studies, but we know little about what happens when urban dwellers make use of their local voting rights after relocating to rural areas. The paper presents insights from ethnographic explorations in a peripherialized rural region of Czechia in which social and spatial disadvantages intersect. Using an agency framework to bring the scholarship of lifestyle migration into conversation wi…
Topics: Elites, City and Village, Migration and Mobility
New Technologies, Older Workers in Banking and Nursing
The article examines how technological change and organisational restructuring interacts with population ageing and policies that extend working life, and how older workers understand these trends. Using organisational and contextual approaches and qualitative research on nurses and bankers in Czechia, we investigate older workers' experiences with digitalisation. The age disadvantage older workers experience in digitalising workplaces is produced by three processes: responsibilisation, production of insecurit…
Topics: Digitalization, Gender, Technology and society, Age and Aging
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