Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2012, 48(6)

Editorial

Marek Skovajsa

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2012, 48(6): 1047-1050  

The Social Exclusion of the Elderly: A Mixed-Methods Study in Slovenia

Maša Filipovič Hrast, Valentina Hlebec, Matic Kavčič

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2012, 48(6): 1051-1074 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2012.48.6.02  

The elderly are in many ways more vulnerable than other groups in society. To research the vulnerabilities of the elderly, this article works with the concept of social exclusion. It analyses social exclusion using a mixed-method model drawing on secondary quantitative data combined with in-depth interviews. The quantitative data were used to identify which areas of social exclusion particularly affect older people in Slovenia. The areas observed in the study were material deprivation, spatial exclusion, poor health and access to health care, housing exclusion and interpersonal exclusion, and the first threeareas were identifi ed as the most problematic...

General and 'Neighbourly' Trust in Border Regions: An Analysis of the Influence of Disintegration Experience and of Self-Enhancement Mentalities in the German-Czech Border Regions

Klaus Boehnke, Susanne Rippl

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2012, 48(6): 1075-1092 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2012.48.6.03  

This article examines the question of appropriate individual-level predictors of generalised and 'neighbourly' cross-border trust in a general population survey in the adjacent border regions of Germany and the Czech Republic (N = 1129). It studies the impact of perceived economic, political, and spatial disintegration (as defined by Heitmeyer) and of self-enhancement mentalities (hierarchic self-interest, xenophobia) on generalised and particular, in this case 'neighbourly' cross-border trust, as well as the interrelation of the two types of trust. In line with earlier studies in the field, it emerged that, although being significant predictors of...

The Individualisation of Responsibility and School Achievement

Metka Mencin Čeplak

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2012, 48(6): 1093-1114 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2012.48.6.04  

Education is seen as an investment in 'human capital', and providing children with a good education is considered to be key to securing their future and their success in life. This article analyses how these discourses on education affect young people in the context of the dismantling of public services and growing social uncertainty. Surveys on youth in Slovenia in the late 1990s and 2000s indicate that children are exposed to the pressure of academic success very early in their lives. The article examines the symbolic meaning of academic achievement, the importance of school success in the educational path in post-socialist Slovenia, and its influence...

Three Encounters with Karl W. Deutsch

Miroslav Hroch

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2012, 48(6): 1115-1130 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2012.48.6.05  

The author approaches the works of Karl W. Deutsch from the position of a historian and presents three aspects of his own encounters with Deutsch's writings. First, he describes how he applied some of the methodological principles in Deutsch's concept of nation-building to his own research work. Second, he presents his opinion on the place Deutsch occupies in the evolution of 'theories of nationalism'. Third, he reflects on how Deutsch's The Nerves of Government can serve as a source of inspiration in the present day, especially the parts of this work that deal with the risks for the collapse of political systems.

Remembering Jiří Musil (1928-2012)

Michal Illner, George Soros

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2012, 48(6): 1153  

Jiří Musil, Czech Sociologist, Dies

Claire Wallace

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2012, 48(6): 1154-1155  

Jiří Musil and the East European Origins of the New Urban Sociology

Iván Szelényi

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2012, 48(6): 1156-1163  

The Advantage of Disadvantage: Jiří Musil and Urban Sociology

Lily M. Hoffman

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2012, 48(6): 1164-1165  

A True European from Central Europe

Grzegorz Gorzelak, Bohdan Jałowiecki

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2012, 48(6): 1166-1168  

A Singular Contribution

John A. Hall

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2012, 48(6): 1169-1170  

Miloslav (Milan) Petrusek (1936-2012)

Hana Červinková

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2012, 48(6): 1171-1173  

The Janáček of Czech Sociology: Miloslav Petrusek

Marek Skovajsa

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2012, 48(6): 1174-1184  

Karl Wolfgang Deutsch (1912-1992)

Andrei S. Markovits

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2012, 48(6): 1131-1134  

Practising Politics with Alert Senses: Remembering Karl W. Deutsch (1912-1992)

Dieter Senghaas

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2012, 48(6): 1135-1143  

Empirical Data for Theory Development

Charles Lewis Taylor

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2012, 48(6): 1144-1148  

Karl W. Deutsch: Teacher, Scholar, Mentor, Mensch

Peter J. Katzenstein

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2012, 48(6): 1149-1152  

Martin Myant and Jan Drahokoupil: Transition Economies: Political Economy in Russia, Eastern Europe, and Central Asia

Ivan Lesay

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2012, 48(6): 1185-1186  

Andrew Roberts: The Quality of Democracy in Eastern Europe: Public Preferences and Policy Reforms

Olga Onuch

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2012, 48(6): 1187-1189  

Joan Costa-Font (ed.): Reforming Long-Term Care in Europe

Andrea Schmidt

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2012, 48(6): 1190-1192  

Andreas Hoff (ed.): Population Ageing in Central and Eastern Europe. Societal and Policy Implications

Natalia Gavrilova

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2012, 48(6): 1193-1195  

Luke Martell: The Sociology of Globalization

William I. Robinson

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2012, 48(6): 1196-1198  

J. T. Weishaupt: From the Manpower Revolution to the Activation Paradigm. Explaining Institutional Continuity and Change in an Integrating Europe

Gert Verschraegen

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2012, 48(6): 1199-1201  

Michael J. Sandel: What's the Right Thing to Do?

Jiří Mertl

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2012, 48(6): 1202-1204  

Michael Dobbins: Higher Education Policies in Central and Eastern Europe. Convergence towards a Common Model?

Liudvika Leisyte

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2012, 48(6): 1205-1206  

James Wilson: Moravians in Prague. A Sociolinguistic Study of Dialect Contact in the Czech Republic

Kamila Mrázková

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2012, 48(6): 1207-1209  

Luděk Sýkora (ed.): Rezidenční segregace

David Scheffel

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2012, 48(6): 1210-1212  

Persecution and Toleration of Non-Traditional Religious Minorities before and after 1989

Tomáš Karger

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2012, 48(6): 1213-1214  

Reviewers of Articles in 2012

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