Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2011, 47(4)
New Socio-spatial Inequalities, Local Development and Quality of Life

New Socio-spatial Inequalities, Local Development and Quality of Life

Martin Ouředníček, Jana Temelová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2011, 47(4): 625-632  

'Towards a Purer City': Problem Localities and Their Inhabitants from the Perspective of Local Authorities

Barbora Vacková, Lucie Galčanová, Ondřej Hofírek

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2011, 47(4): 633-656 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2011.47.4.02  

Drawing on the results of a qualitative study conducted in twelve Czech cities, the authors discuss how 'problematic localities' are represented in the narratives of local politicians and public officials. They analyse the ways in which these localities are categorised and how these categorisations are used to legitimise the specific treatment of these places and their inhabitants. City governance and administration are considered to be a part of a modern tradition of urban planning and city management, which is analysed in the first part of the study. The second, empirical part shows how 'common sense', ethnicised attributes are activated and applied...

Stuck in Marginality: The Education Market, 'Roma Schools' and the Reproduction of Social and Spatial Inequalities

Michal Nekorjak, Adéla Souralová, Klára Vomastková

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2011, 47(4): 657-680 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2011.47.4.03  

Roma urban enclaves can be characterised as social peripheries or so-called excluded localities in which poverty and unemployment are concentrated. The separation of the Roma from the majority occurs both in the social space and in the educational system through the existence of sub-standard, low-demanding basic schools, where the majority of students are Roma. Both spatial and educational exclusion have become the subject of public debate, policies, and, in the case of schools, of international legal disputes. In the article the authors ask what mechanisms lie behind the existence/functioning of 'Roma schools' in the vicinity of deprived urban enclaves...

The Spatial Aspects of Structural Unemployment at the Municipal Level in the Czech Republic

Marie Feřtrová, Jana Temelová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2011, 47(4): 681-716 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2011.47.4.04  

The article analyses spatial differences in unemployment according to the demographic features and attained education of job-seekers at the municipal level in the Czech Republic between 2005 and 2010. The article attempts to examine whether significant spatial disparities can be identified in the socio-demographic features of job applicants in order to detect disadvantaged localities in terms of specifi c structural unemployment concentration. The article is based on a statistical analysis of the database of the structure of job applicants maintained by the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs. The research demonstrated that attained education and...

Spatial Patterns of Socioeconomic Differentiation in the Czech Republic at the Level of Municipalities

Jakub Novák, Pavlína Netrdová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2011, 47(4): 717-744 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2011.47.4.05  

The contemporary socio-spatial differentiation of the Czech Republic is the focus of this article. The main aim is (1) to identify spatial clusters of municipalities formed by similar structural and developmental socioeconomic characteristics, and (2) to uncover the basic socioeconomic factors of the spatial differentiation of municipalities. To achieve the proposed aims a unique dataset covering a wide range of social, demographic, and economic variables at the municipal level is used. The principles of spatial autocorrelations (LISA - local indicators of spatial association) are employed. Very distinct connections between the statistical and the...

The Endogenous Developmental Potential of Small Rural Municipalities - The Difficulties of Searching for and Measuring Impact

Josef Bernard

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2011, 47(4): 745-776 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2011.47.4.06  

This article contributes to the discussion of the possibilities and limits of endogenous developmental potential in small rural communities in the Czech Republic. The article summarises some of the theoretical assumptions of developmental analyses of small rural communities, its development factors, and the current focus of contemporary Czech research. For many rural inhabitants their local community is the main space of everyday activity, and the development, stagnation, or decline of the community's functions or changes in its socioeconomic and cultural characteristics significantly impact the inhabitants' quality of life. However, searching for...

Changes in Social Milieu and Quality of Life in Depopulating Areas of the Czech Republic

Martin Ouředníček, Petra Špačková, Marie Feřtrová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2011, 47(4): 777-804 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2011.47.4.07  

The research presented in this article builds upon a phenomenon of new socio-spatial differentiation progressively occurring in the Czech Republic since 1989, with special attention devoted to rural peripheral areas suffering from a long-term loss of population (depopulation). The authors argue that the persistent out-migration predominately of young and educated inhabitants is one of the key processes of the circular causal mechanism that leads to the marginalisation of particular localities and areas. Selective outmigration entails the disappearance of various socio-cultural activities, more precisely social institutions and civic amenities essential...

South Bohemian Peripheral Areas and Their Social-Population Stability

Jan Kubeš, Stanislav Kraft

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2011, 47(4): 805-830 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2011.47.4.08  

In this article the authors identify peripheral municipalities and peripheral areas in the South Bohemian region (county) and monitor their social-population instability. Poor accessibility to micro-regional cores by public transport was used as the criterion to define municipalities as peripheral. Peripheral areas. Seven state-border, six county-border and nine intra-county peripheral areas were delimited in the South Bohemian region. Consequently, the authors monitored the differences between peripheral areas and their types and between peripheral municipalities, semi-peripheral municipalities, suburban municipalities and micro-regional cores (towns)...

Everyday Life, Daily Mobility and the Coping Strategies of People Living in Peripheral Localities

Jana Temelová, Jakub Novák, Lucie Pospíšilová, Nina Dvořáková

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2011, 47(4): 831-858 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2011.47.4.09  

The availability of labour, education, services and transportation significantly influences the quality of life in urban and rural areas. The supply of job opportunities and services is not sufficient in rural and peripheral villages and particularly young and well-educated people often respond by migrating. The people who remain cope with the problems of accessibility by various commuting methods. However, the poor supply of jobs and social infrastructure may be a source of considerable problems for less mobile people trying to satisfy basic needs. This article employs in-depth case study research to evaluate the daily mobility of people in peripheral...

Jan Keller: Tři sociální světy. Sociální struktura postindustriální společnosti

Jiří Musil

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2011, 47(4): 859-861  

Petr Matějů, Jana Straková, Arnošt Veselý (eds.): Nerovnosti ve vzdělávání. Od měření k řešení

Kateřina Vojtíšková

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2011, 47(4): 862-865  

Martin Ouředníček, Jana Temelová, Lucie Pospíšilová (eds.): Atlas sociálně prostorové diferenciace České republiky / Atlas of Socio-spatial Differentiation of the Czech Republic

Zdeněk Szczyrba

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2011, 47(4): 866-870  

Leoš Šatava: Jazyk a identita etnických menšin. Možnost zachování a revitalizace

Adam Horálek

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2011, 47(4): 871-873  

Ivana Loučková: Integrovaný přístup v sociálně vědním výzkumu

Martin Buchtík

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2011, 47(4): 874-876  

Miroslava Rákoczyová, Robert Trbola (eds.): Sociální integrace přistěhovalců v České republice

Jan Sládek

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2011, 47(4): 877-880  

Konference Nové sociálně prostorové nerovnosti, lokální rozvoj a kvalita života

Lucie Pospíšilová, Martin Ouředníček, Marie Feřtrová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2011, 47(4): 881