Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(4)
Governance and Political Actors in the Municipalities and Regions

Governance and Political Actors in the Municipalities and Regions

Dan Ryšavý

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(4): 497-498  

Pork-Barrel Politics on the Regional Level: Public Subsidies in the Municipalities of the Central Bohemia Region

Peter Spáč, Petr Voda, Stanislav Balík, Michal Pink

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(4): 499-528 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2018.54.4.412  

The politically motivated distribution of public funding, or porkbarrel politics, occurs for various reasons, one of which is the wish to reward political allies over political rivals. Despite the widespread nature of this practice, research in Central Europe has not yet examined this issue at every level of publication administration. The literature that does exist on this subject has mainly focused on national grant programmes, while less attention has been paid to distribution channels at lower-level administrative units. This article focuses on the distribution of subsidies in the municipalities in the Central Bohemia Region between 2014 and 2016....

The Representation of Women in the Position of Mayor in the Czech Republic and Slovakia in 2006-2014: A Comparative Analysis of the Factors of Success

Pavel Maškarinec, Daniel Klimovský, Stanislava Danišová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(4): 529-560 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2018.54.4.413  

Main objective of this article is to analyse political determinants of the descriptive representation of women at the local level in communal elections (i.e. the position of mayor) in the Czech Republic and Slovakia over the past decade. It focuses on the political opportunity structure (i.e. the structure of relationships that affect social and political behaviour) and questions whether this structure affects also women's political representation. It shows that women are significantly advantaged in municipalities where women have held a mayoral post in a previous electoral term. In contrast to other studies, previous women's representation in a municipal...

Mayors and Their Priorities

Daniel Čermák, Renáta Mikešová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(4): 561-592 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2018.54.4.414  

This article sets out to identify the factors that have an impact on mayoral decisions in terms of priorities for municipal development. Data from a survey conducted among Czech mayors in the years 2015 and 2016 (N = 492) are used. The sample consists of answers of mayors from municipalities of all population sizes and the sample is evenly distributed over the area of the Czech Republic. The main aim is to show the impact of geographical context, sociodemographic characteristics, and characteristics connected with political experience on mayors' preferences for different mayoral agendas. The results of the analyses show that municipal size and the...

The Division of Housework in Czech Married and Cohabiting Couples: Does the Type of Union Have an Effect and What's Considered Fair?

Jana Klímová Chaloupková

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(4): 593-624 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2018.54.4.415  

The results of research on domestic labour consistently show that women are responsible for more housework tasks than men. At the same time, there is growing public awareness of gender role equality. However, there is little evidence on whether there has been any change in the perception of fairness in the division of housework and whether this view differs in different families. Using data from the ISSP 2002 and 2011/2012, this article seeks to explore the relationship between the division of housework and its perceived fairness. Using latent class regression analysis four distinct types of housework division and perceptions and individual characteristics...

Kulturní historie sametové revoluce: Revizionistický pohled "zdola"

Karel Černý

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(4): 625-638  

Marta Vohlídalová, Hana Maříková, Marie Čermáková, Romana Volejníčková: Sólo pro soprán: O ženách v české politice

Dan Ryšavý

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(4): 639-641  

Jakub Hornek: Politické dopady zadlužování malých obcí v České republice. Případová studie Karlovarského kraje 2010-2014

Šárka Homfray

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(4): 642-644  

Sabine Kuhlman, Geert Bouckaert (eds.): Local Public Sector Reforms in Time of Crisis: National Trajectories and International Comparisons

Jakub Lysek

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(4): 645-647  

Hubert Heinelt, Annick Magnier, Marcello Cabria, Herwig Reynaert (eds.): Political Leaders and Changing Local Democracy: The European Mayor

Dan Ryšavý

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(4): 648-651  

Daniel Topinka (ed.): Muslimové v Česku. Etablování muslimů a islámu na veřejnosti

Andrea Beláňová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(4): 652-655  

Helena Chmura Kraemer, Christine Blasey: How many subjects? Statistical Power Analysis in Research

Petr Soukup

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(4): 656-658  

Environmentální globální výzvy pro lokální komunity. Zpráva z konference "Environmentální problémy v globálních a lokálních souvislostech"

Zuzana Uhde

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(4): 659