| III. Humanities and Social Sciences | |
| Name: | Section of Social and Economic Sciences |
| Description: | Since 1989 Czech society has been undergoing a profound and diverse transformation. Besides carrying out basic research, a topical project pursued by the Institutes which form this Section is to analyse this ongoing societal process. Evaluation of the results of changes taking place in the country´s economy, research into opened problems of the further economic development, study of the transformation of the social structure of the Czech Republic, theoretical bases of the new legal system, significant questions of the psychology of personality and social psychology - these are the main issues investigated in the framework of the social sciences and discussed extensively with the whole society of the Czech Republic. Many of these subjects are studied using a method of comparison with other countries of Central Europe where analogous societal changes are taking place. Necessary prerequisites and possible consequences of the Czech Republic´s entry into the European Union are also studied. The restored Masaryk Institute is primarily engaged in critical editing and publishing the collected works of this country´s first President, Professor T. G. Masaryk. Also included in this Section is the Main Library of the Academy, the third largest library in the Czech Republic, which contains 960.000 volumes and serves a large professional public. The Section is comprised of four institutes having approximately 260 employees of whom about 150 are graduate research scientists. |
| Institutions: | Main Library of the ASCR, v. v. i. Economics Institute of the ASCR, v. v. i. Institute of Psychology of the ASCR, v. v. i. Institute of Sociology of the ASCR, v. v. i. Institute of State and Law of the ASCR, v. v. i. |
