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Současná česká společnost [Contemporary Czech Society]
Zdenka Mansfeldová, Milan Tuček (eds.)
2002, Prague: Institute of Sociology AS CR
in Czech language
Contemporary Czech Society offers all who are interested – academics and lay persons alike – the opportunity to learn about the sociological perspective of Czech society as presented in eighteen sociological studies in Czech, organised thematically into five sections:
(1) General sociological issues such as the social structure, modernisation and social policy form the subject of the first section. Pavel Machonin discusses the transformation of social inequalities in the Central European type of post-socialist transition. Jan Červenka comments on the relationship of the public to modernisation. Jiří Večerník examines the social structure and social issues and demonstrates the socio-cultural trap of unbalanced dynamics inside the contemporary middle class, in the contexts of the principles of citizenship and social integration. Martin Lux describes the changes in the consumption behaviour of Czech households in the 1990s and compares them with households in the countries of the EU. Petr Sunega outlines the features of housing in the Czech Republic and the level of satisfaction the population feels towards their current housing.
(2) Family and gender is the focus of the second section. The study by Jitka Rychtaříková deals with reproductive developments in Europe and the decline in the significance of the family during the 1990s. Dana Hamplová and Simona Pikálková focus on the behaviour and attitudes of young people towards marriage and unmarried cohabitation. Alena Křížková describes the position of women at work and in the family. Eliška Rendlová compares and documents the differing attitudes of men and women in relation to gender issues.
(3) The third section of the publication is devoted to education. The study by Martin Kreidl looks back to the period between 1948 and 1989 and shows how educational mobility was conditioned by political status in vocational education. Natalie Simonová describes the decreasing inequalities in access to education in the 1990s.
(4) Section four focuses on topics from the field of political sociology. Lubomír Brokl and Zdenka Mansfeldová define the position of the Czech Republic among European democracies. The issue of the consolidation of political systems from the perspective of gender differences is addressed by Adéla Seidlová. The study by Klára Plecitá-Vlachová examines the development of the left and the right in the political spectrum from 1996 to 2000. Finally, the paper by Jana Stachová deals with the specific features of the organisational structure of the environmental movement.
(5) The last section looks at local and regional issues. Michal Illner observes the process of regionalisation in the Czech Republic from a series of different perspectives, including European integration. Václav Houžvička focuses on the social consequences of European integration processes in the borderland regions and František Zich observes the frequency and intensity of cross-border relations between the populations of the Czech and German borderland regions.
The publication includes an appendix which offers a thorough introduction to the Institute of Sociology AS CR, covering all aspects of its research, organisation, issues studied and departmental activities over the course of the past ten years.
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Sociologický ústav AV ČR, v.v.i.
