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Je soběstačnost nová dobrovolná skromnost?

Topics: Environment, Lifestyle

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Local and regional studies

Akademici a akademičky 2017: zpráva z dotazníkového šetření akademických a vědeckých pracovnic a pracovníků ve veřejném sektoru

Topics: Gender, Parenting, Sociology of Sciences

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Gender & Sociology

Jak se žije Čechům v současné Evropě

Globální svět čelí vážným společenským problémům, jejichž dopady můžeme vidět i v Evropě. Evropská unie, jejímž hlavním posláním je udržování míru a prosperity v rámci všech členských států, se ukázala být velmi nesourodým uskupením, které jen těžko nachází shodu na řešení komplexních problémů, jako je například i stále probíhající migrační krize. Důsledkem jsou rostoucí protievropské nálady, které představují živnou půdu pro novou vlnu populismu…

Topics: European Union, Trust/Social Cohesion, Value Orientations, Identity, Criminality, Migration and Mobility, Civil Society, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Equality, efficiency and effectiveness: going beyond RCTs in A. L. Cochrane's vision of health care

Topics: Sociology of Sciences, Public health

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

Czech Republic case study

Topics: Gender, Work

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Gender & Sociology

Ženy OSVČ a prekérní situace – inspirace ze zahraničí. Analýza případů dobré praxe – OSVČ jako prekérní práce

Topics: Gender, Work

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Gender & Sociology

Mladí lidé a alkohol. Závěrečná zpráva z výzkumu

Topics: Lifestyle

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Public Opinion Research Centre

Data z výzkumů ČT dostupná v Českém sociálněvědním datovém archivu

Topics: Media, Research Methodology

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Czech Social Science Data Archive

Adolescent fear of crime: Testing Ferraro’s risk interpretation model

The aim of this study is to broaden the scope of knowledge on fear of crime by examining if Ferraro’s risk interpretation model of fear of crime also holds true for the adolescent population. Using data on approximately 1500 Czech students in middle and grammar school, we test three different models. First, the classic model of fear of crime, applied originally to adults, is estimated. Second, the role of perceived school disorganization is examined, taking into account that adolescents spend a substantial p…

Topics: Criminality

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Values and Politics

Exploring biomedicalization through complementary and alternative medicine in a postsocialist context

Drawing on fieldwork in the postsocialist Czech Republic, we explore the transformative processes of biomedicalization, both within and in relation to complementary and alternative medicine (CAM). We argue that it would be simplistic to understand evidence of these processes in CAM as a sign that CAM has fallen prey to biomedicine. Instead, we show how particular CAM practices play a groundbreaking role in shaping developments in contemporary health care. In this respect, we question the utility of the concept…

Topics: Sociology of Sciences, Public health

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science

Legitimacy and Civic Culture: Trust in Democracy in the Czech Republic after EU Accession (2004-2014).

This paper investigates the role of civic culture and other political factors in support for democracy in the Czech Republic during the decade following EU accession. The goal is to assess the validity of civic virtue theory and to compare the impact of these factors on affective legitimacy using the ISSP Citizenship modules 2004 and 2014. The authors’ findings show rather weak but stable effects of the horizontal dimension of civic culture – social trust (but not membership in civic organizations), while …

Topics: Trust/Social Cohesion, Legitimacy, Civil Society, Social Capital

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Local and regional studies

Education for Sustainable Development Goals in public debate: The importance of participatory research in reflecting and supporting the consultation process in developing a vision for Czech education

The paper reviews recent theoretical discussions on education for sustainable development and competence based teaching, and relates them to the international policy processes of the Sustainable Development Goals implementation where ‘the knowledge and skills needed to promote sustainable development’ are expressed in the SDG 4.7. It shows the importance of the public debate for fostering shared understanding and acceptance of strategies for educational change within the ongoing development of Agenda 203…

Topics: Education, Environment

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Gender & Sociology

“This Country is not for Anyone”. Explanations of Low National Pride in the Czech Republic.

National pride is a group-based and sometimes collective emotion people feel towards their nation-state. It is often measured by the general national pride item in cross-national surveys, and Czechs belong to those nations that express low levels of general national pride in comparison with other nations. It is currently under discussion how much general national pride is influenced by social desirability and how much by specific reasons. The goal of this article is to show specific reasons influencing general…

Topics: Identity

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Values and Politics

The extent of poverty in the Czech and Slovak Republics 15 years after the split

Topics: Standard of Living

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

Beaty still matters: The role of attractiveness in labour market outcomes

The main objective of the study is threefold: first, to examine the role of attractiveness in the Czech labour market second, to assess gender differences in returns of attractiveness and third, to show that the positive association between attractiveness and earnings does not disappear even when cognitive skills, social background, occupational status and individual characteristics are controlled for. The study uses data from the first large-scale sociological survey focusing on attractiveness carried out in …

Topics: Economy, Gender, Wages and Incomes, Education

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Values and Politics

Chudoba a deprivácia na Slovensku: Metodologické aspekty a empíria

Topics: Standard of Living

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

Social contagion of ethnic hostility

Topics: Economy

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

Zveřejnění dat o kriminalitě na úrovni ulic - návrh řešení pro města v Česku.

Publishing the crime data at the level of street segments - a proposal of solution for cities in CzechiaThe aim of this paper is to present a proposal for the public presentation of street crime data suitable for Czech cities. In the first part, the article review current research on street-level crime analyses in scholarly literature. We know from research by Weisburd (2015) and others that if we analyse spatial patterns of crime on micro-level, a half of the crime is concentrated in only five percent of stre…

Topics: Housing, Criminality, Research Methodology, Public Administration

Publication Type: Chapter in Conference Proceedings

Department: Local and regional studies