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A large documentation of statistical and sociological surveys is used in this book to present a plastic picture of the transition in the Czech Republic “from below” i.e. as experienced by individuals and households. Other East-Central European and the EU countries serve as a comparative context. The focus in on the economic dimension of the transformation, as displayed in earnings, secondary resources, household incomes and expenditures, financial hardship and poverty. To display the process in its manifol…

Topics: Economy, Transformation

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

Rovné příležitosti na internetu

Topics: Gender, Media

Publication Type: Non-peer-reviewed article

Department: Values and Politics

Reprezentace zemědělských zájmů v legislativním procesu Parlamentu ČR: Teoretická sonda a empirické implikace

The contribution aims at theoretical as well as general determination of the framework in which the process of articulation of interest with a stress on agricultural sector takes place. This framework is further applied on the analysis of empirical material. The main findings are following: in the Czech agrarian sector effective hierarchical structures of interest representation and horizontal and vertical intermediary channels within these structures are with few exceptions successfully consolidating. In acco…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Chapter in Conference Proceedings

Department: Values and Politics

Sociální důsledky transformace

Topics: Economy, Transformation

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

Změny ve mzdové, příjmové a majetkové nerovnosti.

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Topics: Wages and Incomes, Social Inequalities

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

Changes in the rate and types of poverty: The Czech and Slovak Republics 1990-1993

The beginning of the economic transition in all post-communist countries has caused a number of social problems. First, price liberalization has led to a general decrease in the purchasing power of incomes and thus has made an increasing part of the population vulnerable to poverty. Second, the reduced state monopoly and the start of privatization of big enterprises has resulted in unemployment, which was mostly unknown until this time. In addition to the “old poverty”, which especially endangered single h…

Topics: Economy, Wages and Incomes, Work, Transformation

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

Občanský sektor v České republice a jeho bariéry

Topics: Civil Society

Publication Type: Chapter in Conference Proceedings

Department: Values and Politics

Postoje české veřejnosti ke vstupu do Euroatlantických struktur

Topics: European Union, Politics and Political Attitudes, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

Sociology on the Czech Internet

Topics: Media, Sociology of Sciences

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

The emergence of the labor market and earnings distribution. The case of the Czech republic

This book examines the income distributional experience of fifteen developed economies over the past two decades. It considers the effects on the inequality of household income of the development of individual earnings, unemployment, inflation, public sector transfers and taxes, and demographic changes. Chapters are devoted to the experiences of Australia, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, France, West and former East Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Japan, Holland, Sweden, the United Kingdom and …

Topics: Economy, Wages and Incomes, Work, Social Inequalities

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

Parliamentary Bodies: Committees

The topic of this book is analyse of activity of the Czech Parliament in first and second electoral period of the House of Deputies (1993-1996 and 1996-1998) and first electoral period of the Senate (1996-1998). The publication is distributed into parts, four chapters and one attachment.…

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Values and Politics

Občan a tržní ekonomika. Příjmy, nerovnost a politické postoje v české společnosti

Topics: Economy, Wages and Incomes, Politics and Political Attitudes, Social Inequalities

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

Female Parliamentarians in the Czech Republic

Topics: Gender, Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

Motivační mechanismy lidských zdrojů

Topics: Wages and Incomes, Work, Education

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

Podkladová studie pro národní zprávu WP 5 – Politika na centrální úrovni

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

Lidské zdroje v České republice

Topics: Wages and Incomes, Work, Education

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

Třetí sektor a občanská participace v České republice očima veřejnosti

Topics: Civil Society, Public Opinion

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

Vzestup, pád a oživení českého středního stavu

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Topics: Social Inequalities

Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

Zahraniční zkušenosti a inspirace

Topics: Civil Society

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

Bertelsmann Transformation Index Czech Republic 2006

Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes, Sociological Data, Transformation

Publication Type: Other Publication

Department: Values and Politics

Mzdová a příjmová diferenciace v České republice v transformačním období

Wage and income surveys covering the period 1989-1999 are used to display inequality of earnings and main factors of disparities. Increasing differences in the Czech Republic and the decreasing weight of demographic characteristics in wage structure are observed. Introduction of a market economy has led to earnings disparities more similar to those in the West. The "communist" demographic determination of earnings is being replaced to a great extent by "capitalist" market characteristics and ownership disparit…

Topics: Wages and Incomes, Social Inequalities, Transformation

Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph

Department: Economic and Religious Studies

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Reprezentace zemědělských zájmů v legislativním procesu Parlamentu ČR: Teoretická sonda a empirické implikace

Sociální důsledky transformace

Změny ve mzdové, příjmové a majetkové nerovnosti.

Changes in the rate and types of poverty: The Czech and Slovak Republics 1990-1993

Občanský sektor v České republice a jeho bariéry

Postoje české veřejnosti ke vstupu do Euroatlantických struktur

Sociology on the Czech Internet

The emergence of the labor market and earnings distribution. The case of the Czech republic

Parliamentary Bodies: Committees

Občan a tržní ekonomika. Příjmy, nerovnost a politické postoje v české společnosti

Female Parliamentarians in the Czech Republic

Motivační mechanismy lidských zdrojů

Podkladová studie pro národní zprávu WP 5 – Politika na centrální úrovni

Lidské zdroje v České republice

Třetí sektor a občanská participace v České republice očima veřejnosti

Vzestup, pád a oživení českého středního stavu

Zahraniční zkušenosti a inspirace

Bertelsmann Transformation Index Czech Republic 2006

Mzdová a příjmová diferenciace v České republice v transformačním období

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