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Politika odvolání jako inovativní nástroj prosazování transparentnosti a občanské účasti ve slovenské a polské místní samosprávě

This article examines the recall process in Polish and Slovak local government, where disatisfied residents have already ousted from power dozens of mayors, often on the basis of perceived corruption or abuse of power. In these countries, the local recall is among the most important innovations supporting civic engagement. The article assesses the recall as an instrument of democratic innovation and determines whether it offers a form of decision-making capable of resolving major local conflicts.…

Topics: Corruption, Civil Society, Public Administration

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

Kontinuita a změna přesvědčení o distributivní spravedlnosti v České republice v letech 1991 až 2009

The article analyzes, on the basis of social surveys conducted in 1991, 1995, 2006 and 2009, the development of beliefs about distributive justice in the Czech Republic and Germany and the rootedness of those values in the stratification system.…

Topics: Social Inequalities

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

Two Decades of Value Change: The Crystallization of Meritocratic and Egalitarian Beliefs in the Czech Republic

Two decades ago, scholars predicted that the economic and political transformations underway in the new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe would be accompanied by fundamental shifts in societal values and norms. Unlike political reforms, changes in societal norms were believed to take place gradually, as individuals became increasingly socialized by new institutions and conditions. In this article, we analyze change in a core set of societal norms—beliefs in distributive justice—in the Czech Republi…

Topics: Value Orientations, Transformation

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

Civic initiatives in the context of legal uncertainty

In this article, we analyse initiatives organized by groups outside of formal politics that involve political confrontation with elected officials, and the need for recourse to the courts. We show that a civic initiative submitted by a proposer gives the voter not only the option to constrain the mayor but also the possibility of learning the mayor's type from the signals conveyed in the legal contest over the validity of the initiative. We show that, ex ante, signalling in the context of legal uncertainty …

Topics: Civil Society

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

Making Direct Democracy Work: Czech Local Referendums in Regional Comparison

In the Visegrad states there have been few democratic devices of citizen participation in local politics that have been widely utilized in pratice. On eexception to this are local referendums. The chapter thus overviews data on the politics of local referendums in the Czech Republic from 2000-2006 and compares the Czech experience with that of Poland, Hungary and Slovakia.…

Topics: Civil Society, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

Vnímání a realita korupce v České republice : nové výzkumy, metody a postupy

Topics: Corruption

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

Občané v politice: Studie k participativní a přímé demokracii ve střední Evropě

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Topics: Civil Society, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

The Uneasy Balance between Participation and Representation: Local Direct Democracy in the Czech Republic

This chapter overviews legislation on local referendums in the Czech Republic from the early 1990s to the present. It also provides data on the number and kinds of local referendums that have taken place over that time, and discusses factors that shape referendum turnout. The chapter also discuss the local referendum in Brno in 2004 as an example of a local Czech referendum in practice.…

Topics: Civil Society, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

Regionální disparity ve finanční dostupnosti nájemního bydlení

The paper addresses an analysis of regional disparities in rental housing affordability in the Czech Republic. In the paper, the issue of measuring housing affordability and the lack of relevant data set(s) are discussed. Additionally, the paper shows selected results of analysis of regional disparities in rental housing affordability in the period 2000 – 2006. The aim of the paper is to discover whether the disparities have been growing or shrinking among regions and among different types of households.…

Topics: Housing, Wages and Incomes, Regions, Social Inequalities

Publication Type: Chapter in Conference Proceedings

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

Regional Differences in Rental Housing (Un)affordability following the Rent Deregulation in the Czech Republic

The paper focuses on the development of regional inequalities in rental housing (un)affordability in Czech Republic. The aim of the paper is to identify "model" types of household which are potentially at risk of being unable to afford "adequate" housing in case of no regulation. The development of regional differences in housing "unaffordability" in the period 2000-2007 is analysed.…

Topics: Housing, Regions, Social Inequalities, Public Policy

Publication Type: Chapter in Conference Proceedings

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

Jak se lidé stěhují v rámci České republiky aneb vnitřní migrace v České republice ve srovnání s jinými evropskými zeměmi

Topics: Housing, Migration and Mobility

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

Laboratorní experimenty v ekonomii?

Topics: Economy

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

Diversity in housing affordability and regional economic disparities – Is there a link?

Topics: Housing, Regions, Social Inequalities

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

Finanční (ne)dostupnost vlastnického bydlení v ČR

Topics: Housing, Wages and Incomes, Social Inequalities

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

Bezdomovství v Praze a ve větších městech Středočeského kraje

Topics: Housing, Regions, Social Inequalities

Publication Type: Public event or educational activity

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

Regionální disparity ve finanční dostupnosti nájemního bydlení v letech 2000 - 2006

The paper focuses on the development of rental housing affordability in regions of the Czech republic in the period 2000-2006. The aim of the paper is to discover whether the disparities have been growing or shrinking among regions and among different types of households.…

Topics: Housing, Regions

Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

Potenciální finanční nedostupnost bydlení: problém deregulace

Topics: Housing, Public Policy

Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

Socio-Economic Research on Housing in the Czech Republic

The article presents a review of the research activities of the Socio-Economics of Housing research team at the Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Science of the Czech Republic. Its main research activities relate to both the social and the economic aspects of housing and thus include such diverse topics as housing attitudes, housing policy, housing finance and housing market efficiency. …

Topics: Housing, Public Policy

Publication Type: Article with impact factor

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

Annet Steinführer: Wohnstandortentscheidungen und städtische Transformation

Topics: Housing

Publication Type: Published review

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

Participace nájemníků a sociální aspekty regenerace panelových sídlišť

The article aims to explain the term "participation", its content and meaning, different ways of participation. Potential assets of participation, reasons for the involvement of tenants in participation process are described. According to the extent of tenants empowerment could be distinguished different levels of participation, which were described. In addition, tools of participation and phases of participation in a refurbishment project are mentioned.…

Topics: Housing, Civil Society

Publication Type: Chapter in Conference Proceedings

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

Adresný příspěvek na nájemné v prostředí České republiky: komparace vybraných modelů

The first part of the study forms the description of housing allowance systems in selected EU countries. A greater burden of rent expenditure by households and higher regional differentiation in rent prices could be expected in the Czech Republic since 1.1.2002. The present system of housing subsidy in the Czech Republic is not able to respect this differentiation, therefore the attention is paid to the comparison of two selected models of rent allowances, which could be applicable in the Czech conditins.…

Topics: Housing, Regions, Social Policy, Public Policy

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

Dráhy bydlení v ČR 1960-2001. Minulá, současná a budoucí stěhování občanů ČR ve výzkumu postojů k bydlení

The theoretical part of the study explains basic approaches from the field of housing careers. The analytic part of the study is based on an observation of the personal housing histories, in the period between 1960 and 2001, of Czech citizens, who were respondents in the Housing Attitudes in the Czech Republic 2001 survey. A comparison of the behaviour in the age 14 - 24 age cohort of respondents from various age categories made it possible to formulate a hypothesis on the homogeneity of the early phases of th…

Topics: Housing, Migration and Mobility

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

Makroekonomie bydlení

The study deals with the fluctuation in housing construction in connection with the economic oscillation. Some of the stock-flow models are also described. Stock-flow models explain the dependence of changes in volumes of housing stock with regard to changes in some macroeconomics indicators (for example interest rates, inflation etc.). The next part of the study aims on relationships between consumption behavior of households in housing, down-payment limits on the mortgage market and monetary policy of the ce…

Topics: Housing, Economy

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Socioeconomics of Housing

Objektivní a subjektivní hodnocení finanční dostupnosti bydlení v ČR v průběhu 90. let

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Topics: Housing, Wages and Incomes, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Manželství nebo nesezdané soužití: analýza finanční výhodnosti různých forem soužití

The article focuses on the Czech social system and primarily on the measures and benefits aimed to help single mothers. Through an analysis of the social welfare payment system the authors try to define if, and under what conditions, it is more profitable for mothers to be married rather than unmarried in years 2005, 2006 a 2007.…

Topics: Gender, Wages and Incomes, Parenting, Social Policy

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

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