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Pracovní dráhy žen v České republice

Pracovní dráhy žen v České republice

In the background of the historical development of Czech society in the context of theoretical approaches to the study of feminist sociology of work and family we analyze biographical interviews with women of different age groups in different stages of family cycle and in different situations on the labor market. The book also specifically focuses on cross-cutting theme of the continuing practice of discrimination against women in the labor market, along with the theme of different options for combining work a…

Topics: Gender, Identity, Work

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Gender & Sociology

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Kvalita sociálněvědních výběrových šetření v České republice

Kvalita sociálněvědních výběrových šetření v České republice

The book has following major objectives: (1) to provide an overview of the criteria of quality considered desirable in sample surveys (2) to evaluate the survey climate in the Czech Republic and (3) to perform an in-depth analysis of two key topics: the nonresponse problem in sample surveys in the Czech Republic, and the quality of election polls in the Czech case. …

Topics: Research Methodology, Sociological Data, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Czech Social Science Data Archive

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Šance na dosažení vysokoškolského vzdělání očima patnáctiletých žáků. Česká republika v mezinárodním srovnání

Šance na dosažení vysokoškolského vzdělání očima patnáctiletých žáků. Česká republika v mezinárodním srovnání

The aspirations and expectations of pupils are one of the most significant causal factors on achieving higher education. Educational expectations are also incfluenced by the social status of the family, the institutional context of educational systems, and other factors. The goal of this chpater is to further empirically test the relationship between educational expectations and the institutional character of educational systems on the basis of a comparative analysis of data from PISA 2003 survey and OECD stat…

Topics: Social Inequalities, Public Policy, Education

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Fenomén bezdětnosti

Fenomén bezdětnosti

The book focuses on the phenomenon of childlessness in the Czech society. Specifically, the aim of the book was to identify the factors contributing to childlessness and the increase in the percentage of the childless in young adult population, and to explore the understanding (definitions) of childlessness by the childless. …

Topics: Gender, Parenting

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Gender & Sociology

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Rozdílné mechanismy - stejné nerovnosti. Změny v determinaci vzdělanostních aspirací mezi roky 1989 a 2003

Rozdílné mechanismy - stejné nerovnosti. Změny v determinaci vzdělanostních aspirací mezi roky 1989 a 2003

The book follows up on the monograph (Un)equal chances for education (Academia 2006). Authors update findings on inequalities in compulsory education, on multi-year gymnasia, on inequalities in tertiary education, on the impact of the structure of the system of upper secondary education on education aspirations. They also add other important topics: further education, education of Roma children and early school leavers. The publication reflects the current situation in the Czech Republic from the perspective o…

Topics: Social Inequalities, Public Policy, Education

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Nerovnosti ve vzdělávání. Od měření k řešení

Nerovnosti ve vzdělávání. Od měření k řešení

The book follows up on the monograph (Un)equal chances for education (Academia 2006). Authors update findings on inequalities in compulsory education, on multi-year gymnasia, on inequalities in tertiary education, on the impact of the structure of the system of upper secondary education on education aspirations. They also add other important topics: further education, education of Roma children and early school leavers. The publication reflects the current situation in the Czech Republic from the perspective o…

Topics: Social Inequalities, Public Policy, Education

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Je koncept PPP šancí pro investiční akce obcí střední velikosti?

Je koncept PPP šancí pro investiční akce obcí střední velikosti?

The main objective of this book is to analyse the processes of cooperation, partnership and participation in local public administration. The authors ask: How local actors understand to these processes, what are main assets and shortcomings of mentioned processes? The book contains both theoretical framework and practical examples in studied area of partnership and participation in municipalities and regions.…

Topics: Regions, Public Administration

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Local and regional studies

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Zrazení snu? Struktura a dynamika postojů k politickému režimu a jeho institucím a jejich důsledky

Zrazení snu? Struktura a dynamika postojů k politickému režimu a jeho institucím a jejich důsledky

The book analyses four main dimensions of attitudes towards political regime and its institutions and describes changes in the attitudes within the Czech society between 1996 and 2006. These attitudinal dimensions are regime legitimacy, institutional disaffection, individual disaffection and political dissatisfaction. The main argument of the book is that the political events between 1997 and 1998 caused incredible increase in the dissatisfaction with politics and political parties and it had never get back to…

Topics: Legitimacy, Politics and Political Attitudes, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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Komunitní plánování sociálních služeb: partnerství a participace v praxi

Komunitní plánování sociálních služeb: partnerství a participace v praxi

The main objective of this book is to analyse the processes of cooperation, partnership and participation in local public administration. The authors ask: How local actors understand to these processes, what are main assets and shortcomings of mentioned processes? The book contains both theoretical framework and practical examples in studied area of partnership and participation in municipalities and regions.…

Topics: Civil Society, Regions, Public Administration

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Local and regional studies

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Participace a partnerství na lokální a regionální úrovni pohledem aktivních institucionálních aktérů

Participace a partnerství na lokální a regionální úrovni pohledem aktivních institucionálních aktérů

The main objective of this book is to analyse the processes of cooperation, partnership and participation in local public administration. The authors ask: How local actors understand to these processes, what are main assets and shortcomings of mentioned processes? The book contains both theoretical framework and practical examples in studied area of partnership and participation in municipalities and regions.…

Topics: European Union, Civil Society, Regions, Public Administration

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Local and regional studies

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Politické implikace a shrnutí

Politické implikace a shrnutí

This chapter summarizes results of previous analysis that led the authors to identifying and deconstructing seven myths on childcare that prevail in the Czech Republic. Based on arguments introduced in previous chapters this chapter offers also authors´ recommendations to Czech childcare policy.…

Topics: Care, Politics and Political Attitudes, Parenting, Public Policy

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Gender & Sociology

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Občanská participace prostřednictvím internetu

Občanská participace prostřednictvím internetu

The main objective of this book is to analyse the processes of cooperation, partnership and participation in local public administration. The authors ask: How local actors understand to these processes, what are main assets and shortcomings of mentioned processes? The book contains both theoretical framework and practical examples in studied area of partnership and participation in municipalities and regions.…

Topics: Media, Civil Society, Public Administration

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Local and regional studies

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Mýtus sedmý: Česká rodinná politika vychází z odborných poznatků

Mýtus sedmý: Česká rodinná politika vychází z odborných poznatků

This chapter presents a short overview of childcare policies implemented in Scandinavian countries, France and Germany, and shows that these policies stem from different ideologies. Based on an institutional analysis the authors then discuss the ways in which Czech conservatives have managed to gain great influence over Czech childcare policy.…

Topics: Care, Parenting, Public Policy

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Gender & Sociology

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Zájem občanů o participaci na veřejných záležitostech

Zájem občanů o participaci na veřejných záležitostech

The main objective of this book is to analyse the processes of cooperation, partnership and participation in local public administration. The authors ask: How local actors understand to these processes, what are main assets and shortcomings of mentioned processes? The book contains both theoretical framework and practical examples in studied area of partnership and participation in municipalities and regions. …

Topics: Civil Society, Regions, Public Administration, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Local and regional studies

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Mýtus pátý: Češi a Češky jesle nechtějí

Mýtus pátý: Češi a Češky jesle nechtějí

Public opinion research shows that most Czechs think children should stay at home the first three years. But the situation is more complicated and filled with contradictions.…

Topics: Care, Parenting

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Gender & Sociology

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Informovanost o obecních záležitostech a spokojenost s lokální politikou: postřehy z dlouhodobého výzkumu tří měst

Informovanost o obecních záležitostech a spokojenost s lokální politikou: postřehy z dlouhodobého výzkumu tří měst

The main objective of this book is to analyse the processes of cooperation, partnership and participation in local public administration. The authors ask: How local actors understand to these processes, what are main assets and shortcomings of mentioned processes? The book contains both theoretical framework and practical examples in studied area of partnership and participation in municipalities and regions.…

Topics: Regions, Public Administration, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Local and regional studies

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Mýtus čtvrtý: Pro děti je přirozené, aby se svou matkou zůstavaly doma až do věku třílet

Mýtus čtvrtý: Pro děti je přirozené, aby se svou matkou zůstavaly doma až do věku třílet

The chapter reveals that the myth that children below the age of three do not benefit from quality daycare is not based on current scientific knowledge and that the myth does not exist in all countries.…

Topics: Gender, Care, Parenting

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Gender & Sociology

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Politická participace: analýza účasti ve volbách v roce 2010 a jejích determinant

Politická participace: analýza účasti ve volbách v roce 2010 a jejích determinant

The main objective of this book is to analyse the processes of cooperation, partnership and participation in local public administration. The authors ask: How local actors understand to these processes, what are main assets and shortcomings of mentioned processes? The book contains both theoretical framework and practical examples in studied area of partnership and participation in municipalities and regions.…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Regions, Elections and Electoral Research

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Local and regional studies

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Mýtus třetí: Jesle jsou vynálezem komunistů

Mýtus třetí: Jesle jsou vynálezem komunistů

Based on analysis of historical documents the author deconstructs the myth strongly held in the Czech Republic that nurseries are communist invention, and analyzes their operation in Czechoslovakia before 1989.…

Topics: Care, Parenting

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Gender & Sociology

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Dva prostory participace: mezi státem a obcí, mezi obcí a občanem

Dva prostory participace: mezi státem a obcí, mezi obcí a občanem

The main objective of this book is to analyse the processes of cooperation, partnership and participation in local public administration. The authors ask: How local actors understand to these processes, what are main assets and shortcomings of mentioned processes? The book contains both theoretical framework and practical examples in studied area of partnership and participation in municipalities and regions.…

Topics: Civil Society, Regions, Public Administration

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Local and regional studies

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Tradiční a nové modely participace a partnerství v místní veřejné správě: šance a rizika

Tradiční a nové modely participace a partnerství v místní veřejné správě: šance a rizika

The main objective of this book is to analyse the processes of cooperation, partnership and participation in local public administration. The authors ask: How local actors understand to these processes, what are main assets and shortcomings of mentioned processes? The book contains both theoretical framework and practical examples in studied area of partnership and participation in municipalities and regions.…

Topics: Regions, Public Administration

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Local and regional studies

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Sedm mýtů o péči o nejmenší

Sedm mýtů o péči o nejmenší

In this chapter the authors name seven myths that they have identified in Czech society, which block development of Czech childcare policy.…

Topics: Care, Parenting, Family, Public Policy

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Gender & Sociology

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Institucionalizované formy spolupráce, partnerství a participace v místní veřejné správě a jejich právní regulace

Institucionalizované formy spolupráce, partnerství a participace v místní veřejné správě a jejich právní regulace

The main objective of this book is to analyse the processes of cooperation, partnership and participation in local public administration. The authors ask: How local actors understand to these processes, what are main assets and shortcomings of mentioned processes? The book contains both theoretical framework and practical examples in studied area of partnership and participation in municipalities and regions.…

Topics: Civil Society, Regions, Public Administration

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Local and regional studies

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Péče o nejmenší. Boření mýtů

Péče o nejmenší. Boření mýtů

Authors of the book reveal and deconstruct seven myths that block open discussion and reforms in the area of childcare policy in the Czech Republic, and formulate the principles of non-discriminatory childcare policy.…

Topics: Gender, Care, Parenting, Family

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Gender & Sociology

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Spolupráce, partnerství a participace v místní veřejné správě: význam, praxe, příslib

Spolupráce, partnerství a participace v místní veřejné správě: význam, praxe, příslib

The main objective of this book is to analyse the processes of cooperation, partnership and participation in local public administration. The authors ask: How local actors understand to these processes, what are main assets and shortcomings of mentioned processes? The book contains both theoretical framework and practical examples in studied area of partnership and participation in municipalities and regions. …

Topics: Civil Society, Regions, Public Administration

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Local and regional studies

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