Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Monographs and chapters in monographs

• Book chapter: Smith, Michael L. 2011. "The Uneasy Balance Between Participation and Representation: Local Direct Democracy in the Czech Republic." Pp. 33-53 in Theo Schiller (ed.), Local Direct Democracy in Europe. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. ISBN: 978-3-531-18250-6.
• Book chapter: Smith, Michael L. 2010. "Trendy a příčiny korupce v České republice: Krátká inventura empirických důkazů”. Pp. 114-130 in H. Maříková, T. Kostelecký, T. Lebeda, M. Škodová (eds.), Jaká je naše společnost? Otázky, které si často klademe... Prague: SLON.
• Book chapter: Matějů, Petr, Michael L. Smith, Petr Soukup, Josef Basl. 2010. "Šance na dosažení vysokoškolského vzdělání očima patnáctiletých žaků. Česká republika v mezinárodním srovnání". Pp. 250-273 in Petr Matějů, Jana Straková, Arnošt Veselý (eds.), Nerovnosti ve vzdělávání. Od měření k řešení. Prague: SLON.
• Book chapter: Matějů, Petr, Michael L. Smith, Josef Basl. 2010. "Rozdílné mechanismy - stejné nerovnosti. Změny v determinaci vzdělanostních aspirací mezi roky 1989 a 2003". Pp. 227-249 in Petr Matějů, Jana Straková, Arnošt Veselý (eds.), Nerovnosti ve vzdělávání. Od měření k řešení. Prague: SLON.
• Book: Smith, Michael L. 2009. Občané v politice: Studie k participativní a přímé demokracii ve střední Evropě [Citizens in Politics: Studies on participatory and direct democracy in Central Europe]. Prague: Institute for Social and Economic Analysis (ISEA).
• Book: Smith, Michael L. 2008. Vnímání a realita korupce v České republice. Nové výzkumy, metody a postupy (in Czech)[The Perception and Reality of Corruption: New Research, Methods and Approaches]. Prague: Institute for Social and Economic Analysis (ISEA).
• Book: Smith, Michael L. 2007. Přímá demokracie v práxi: politika místních referend v České republice (in Czech) [Direct Democracy in Practice: Local Referendum Politics in the Czech Republic]. Prague: Institute for Social and Economic Analysis (ISEA) and the Institute of Sociology of the Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. ISBN: 978-80-903316-3-1 and 978-80-7330-117-0.
• Book chapter: Smith, Michael L. 2007. “Making Direct Democracy Work: Czech Local Referendums in Regional Comparison” in Pacal Delwit, Jean-Benoit Pilet, Herwig Reynaert, Kristof Steyvers (eds.), Towards DIY-Politics? Participatory and Direct Democracy at the Local Level in Europe. Brugge: Vanden Broele.

Realized projects

• 2010 – 2013. Reducing the Security Risks of Corruption and Organized Crime in the Czech Republic. Security Research Program, Ministry of Interior of the Czech Republic, project VG20102013029 (principal investigator).
• 2010 – 2012. Environmental Values, Beliefs and Behavior in the Czech Republic in Historical and International Comparison. Czech Science Foundation grant no. 404/10/0521 (principal investigator).
• 2007 – 2008. Politics of Local Referendums in Central Europe. Czech Science Foundation, grant no. 403/07/1608 (principal investigator).
• 2006 – 2007. Analysis of the Persistence of Corruption in the Czech Republic. Open Society Fund Prague (principal investigator).
• 2005 – 2006. A Study of Local Referendums in the Czech Republic. VIA Foundation, Prague (personal grant).

Articles published in peer-reviewed journals

• Gregor, Martin and Michael L. Smith. 2013. “Civic Initiatives under Implementation and Legal Uncertainty.” Journal of Theoretical Politics 25 (1): 36-62.
• Smith, Michael L. and Petr Mateju. 2012. "Two Decades of Value Change: The Crystallization of Meritocratic and Egalitarian Beliefs in the Czech Republic." Social Justice Research 25 (4): 421-439.
• Matějů, Petr a Michael L. Smith. 2012. “Kontinuita a změna přesvědčení o distributivní spravedlnosti v České republice v letech 1991 a 2009.” Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 48 (1).
• Smith, Michael L. 2011. "The Politics of Recall: An Innovative Tool for Promoting Transparency and Political Participation in Slovak and Polish Local Government." Sociologia / Slovak Sociological Review 43 (4): 338-361. In Czech.
• Smith, Michael L., Petr Matějů. 2011. "Restratifikace české politiky. Vývoj třídně podmíněného volebního chování v České republice v letech 1992–2010". Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 47 (1): 33–59.
• Smith, Michael L. 2010. "Perceived Corruption, Distributive Justice, and the Legitimacy of the System of Social Stratification in the Czech Republic." Communist and Post-Communist Studies 43 (4): 439-451.
• Smith, Michael L. 2009. "The Inequality of Participation: Re-examining the Role of Social Stratification and Post-Communism on Political Participation in Europe." Sociologický časopis/Czech Sociological Review 45 (3): 487–517.
• Matějů, Petr and Michael L. Smith. 2009. “The Perceived Value of Education and Educational Aspirations in the Czech Republic: Changes in the Determination of Educational Aspirations between 1989 and 2003.” Comparative Education Review 53 (1): 13-39.
• Veselý, Arnošt and Michael L. Smith. 2008. "Macro-Micro Linkages and the Role of Mechanisms in Social Stratification Research." Sociologický časopis/Czech Sociological Review 44 (3): 491-509.
• Matějů, Petr, Michael L. Smith and Josef Basl. 2008. "Rozdílné mechanismy - stejné nerovnosti. Změny v determinaci vzdělanostních aspirací mezi roky 1989 a 2003." Sociologický časopis/Czech Sociological Review 44 (2): 371-399.
• Matějů, Petr, Michael L. Smith, Petr Soukup, and Josef Basl. 2007. "The Determination of College Expectations in OECD Countries: The Role of Individual and Structural Factors." Sociologický časopis/Czech Sociological Review 43 (6): 1121-1148.
• Smith, Michael L. 2007. "The RC28 Spring Meeting in Brno, 24–27 May 2007." Sociologický časopis/Czech Sociological Review 43 (6): 1222-1226.
• Smith, Michael L. 2006. “Cesty k efektivní přímé demokracii: česká místní referenda v regionálním srovnání,” Politologický časopis / Czech Journal of Political Science 8 (4): 399-422.
• Smith, Michael L. 2006. “Unequal Chances in Education: Educational Inequalities in the Czech Republic,” Czech Sociological Review 42 (3): 591-598.

Articles published in the press

• "Universities: Scandal in Bohemia”, Transitions Online, January 4, 2010.
• "Who Bribes in the Czech Republic?" (article on the socio-economic determinants of bribery), Czech Business Weekly, April 28, 2008.
• "Is Corruption a Strategy for Life Success in the Czech Republic?" (analysis of role of corruption in the perceptions of life success), Socioweb 7-8, 2008.
• “Greens Take Root,” (on the rising popularity of the Czech Green Party) Transitions Online, May 22, 2006
• “To Each According to His Birth,” (on inequalities in Czech education) Transitions Online, April 28, 2006
• “Hranice, spravedlnost a životní prostředí: Vývoz odpadu za hranice jakožto problém environmentální spravedlnosti”, Socioweb 4, 2006 (www.socioweb.cz)
• “The Changing Face of Czech Environmentalism,” Transitions Online, March 16, 2005
• “Americky expert zjistoval: Kdo v referendu volil a proc” Rovnost (Brno, Czech Republic) October 18, 2004, page 4
• “Slysili nas?” Respekt (Prague, Czech Republic) October 18, 2004

Other publications

• 2007. Corruption in the Czech Republic: Politicians and Managers’ Perceptions (with Donath-Burson-Marsteller, Factum Invenio, and The Fleet Sheet). The research report is available online http://www.dbm.cz/pfile/1Corruption_report_en.pdf.
• “Factors of Change: Access to Information in Matters of Environmental Justice,” Environmental Justice Local Government Brief, (LGI-OSI, Budapest; Summer 2004)

Conference papers

• Smith, Michael L. "Perceived Corruption, Distributive Justice, and the Legitimacy of the System of Social Stratification in the Czech Republic." Czech-Taiwan Seminar, Czech Science Foundation, September 2010.
• Smith, Michael L. "Problems in the Comparability and Harmonization of Measures of Community Size in ISSP Surveys." Workshop on Harmonisation of Social Survey Data for Cross - National Comparison. Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. Prague, October 19, 2010.
• Smith, Michael L. "Social Inequality and the Problem of Environmental Injustice in the Czech Republic." Seminar presented at the Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic. November 25, 2010.
• Smith, Michael L. "The Decline of Class Voting? The Changing Role of Objective and Subjective Class in Shaping Voting Preferences in Post-communist Central Europe." American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Washington DC, USA, September 2–5, 2010.
• Smith, Michael L. "Greening Economies through Citizen Involvement in Environmental Decisionmaking: The Case of Environmental Referendums in Central Europe." National Council for Science and the Environment Conference on „The New Green Economy“. January 20-22, 2010.
• Smith, Michael L. "Democratic Accountability or a Political Circus?: The Politics of the Recall in Poland and Slovakia." 5th General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Potsdam, Germany, September, 10.–12, 2009.
• Smith, Michael L. "The Inequality of Participation: Re-examining the Role of Social Stratification and Post-Communism on Political Participation in Europe." American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA, August 7.–11, 2009.
• Smith, Michael L. "Trust, Social Justice and Corruption Perceptions in the Czech Republic." American Sociological Association Annual Meeting, San Francisco, USA, August, 7–11, 2009.
• Matějů, Petr and Michael L. Smith. "The Perceived Value of Education and Educational Aspirations in the Czech Republic: Changes in the Determination of Educational Aspirations between 1989 and 2003." Paper presented at the RC28 Meeting of the International Sociological Association, Florence, May 2008.
• Smith, Michael. L. "Explaining Voter Turnout in Local Direct Democracy: Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe." Midwest Political Science Association Annual National Conference, Chicago, USA, March 3.–7, 2008.
• Smith, Michael L. “What Determines Citizens’ Corruption Perceptions? Evidence from 15 Countries in the 2006 ISSP Role of Government Survey” presented at the 4th General Conference of the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR), Pisa, Italy, September 7-9, 2007.
• Matějů, Petr and Michael L. Smith. “The Perceived Value of Education and Educational Aspirations in the Czech Republic: Changes in the Determination of Educational Aspirations between 1989 and 2003” presented at the Spring Meeting of RC28 (Research Committee on Social Stratification and Mobility of the International Sociological Association), Brno, Czech Republic, May 24-27, 2007.
• Smith, Michael L. “Social Status, Inequality, and the Perception of Corruption in the Czech Republic,” presented as a seminar of the Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, April 3, 2007.
• Smith, Michael L. “Is Direct Democracy Good for the Environment? A Re-examination of the Link from the Perspective of Central and Eastern Europe,” presented at the Symposium “When Voters Make Laws: How Direct Democracy is Reshaping American Cities,” University of Southern California, April 6-7, 2007
• Smith, Michael L. “Making Direct Democracy Work: Czech Local Referendums in Regional Comparison,” presented at the 2nd Congress on Local Politics in Europe, Brussels, May 2006.
• Smith, Michael L. “Public Participation in Regional Development Decision-Making: Evaluating the Effectiveness of Participation in EIAs in the Czech Republic” presented at the ECPR Conference, Budapest Hungary, September 2005
• Smith, Michael L. “Environmental Governance through Direct Democracy: The Local Referendum Movement in Tábor, Czech Republic,” presented at the ECPR Conference, Marburg, Germany, September 2003
• Smith, Michael L. “Referendums and the Politics of Identity: The Impact of Direct Democracy on Minority Politics in California, Mexico and Canada,” paper presented at the Janey Conference on “Political Institutions and the Politics of Difference,” New School University, April 2003