Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(1)

The Segmentation of Czech Households and a General Prognosis of the Number of Households in Selected Legal Forms of Housing and Types of Development until 2020

Petr Sunega, Martin Lux

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(1): 3-42 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2010.46.1.01  

In many advanced countries housing consumption plays a significant role in the social stratification of households. First, the article sets out to determine whether during the transformation period significant differentiation of housing consumption occurred and social stratification became linked to stratification by housing consumption. In other words, whether alongside the 'standard' criteria (age, education, income, and other socio-economic variables) influencing the stratification of Czech households it is also necessary to take into account the type and quality of housing. Second, in relation to these findings on stratification, Czech households...

Alternative Models of Entrance Exams and Access to Tertiary Education: A Simulation Study

Tomáš Konečný, Josef Basl, Jan Mysliveček

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(1): 43-72 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2010.46.1.02  

The study evaluates the potential impact of alternative models of university entrance exams - a model based on field-specific knowledge and a model relying on general aptitude tests - in the context of the Czech education system since 1998, a system that can be described as highly stratified and suffering from a notable excess of demand for higher education over supply. Using the dataset Sonda Maturant 1998, the authors show that entrance exams based on general aptitude tests may outperform the field-specific knowledge model in terms of providing access to talented students from a lower socioeconomic background. The simulations show that under the...

The Transition to Adulthood as Experienced by Long-Term Unemployed Graduates of Vocational Programmes in Brno and Surrounding Areas

Jana Havlíková

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(1): 73-100 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2010.46.1.03  

The aim of this article is to provide insight into the circumstances of long-term unemployed graduates of (mostly) non-GCSE vocational programmes from the perspective of their transition to adulthood. The analytical framework used for this research is life course theory, according to which it is possible to approach the transition from youth to adulthood as a multiple transition. This point corresponds well with reality because young people follow at least three trajectories on their way to adulthood: from school to work, from family of origin to family of procreation, and from dependence to independence. The data necessary for the analysis were collected...

A Scale Measuring the Intensity of Nonclinical Narcissism: Construction and Findings

František Bartoš

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(1): 101-124 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2010.46.1.04  

The article informs readers about the construction of a test of narcissism and associated phenomena. The author developed a scale based on a definition from the American Psychiatric Association (DSM IV-TR) and it is intended for use in standardised sociological surveys of non-clinical populations. The author tested it in two surveys: a pilot survey (N=141, snowball sampling) and in a representative survey of the Czech Republic (N=1081, quota sampling). The resulting parameters (17 items, the common factor exhausts 47% of the variance, Cronbach's alfa = 0,926) indicate that the test is more reliable than other instruments used to date (NPI, NPI-16)...

Individualisation from an Environmental Perspective: How Sociological Framing Alters Outlooks and Generates Questions

Hana Librová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(1): 125-152 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2010.46.1.05  

This article inquires into the connection between individualisation and environmental issues. Following an introduction to the topic in the opening of the article in chapters II and III the author provides a definition of some basic concepts and asks whether and how the relationship between individualisation and environmental issues is reflected in sociological literature. In chapter IV the author formulates a general framework that in chapter V gives insight into the inconsistent conception of individualisation in environmental ideologies. The article closes with chapter VI, in which, with the aid of a theoretical sociological framework, the author...

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Miroslav Paulíček

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(1): 153-155  

Lucie Vidovićová: Stárnutí, věk a diskriminace - nové souvislosti

Romana Benešová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(1): 156-158  

Karel Krejčí: Sociologie literatury

Zdeněk R. Nešpor

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(1): 159-160  

Géraldine Pflieger, Luca Pattaroni, Christophe Jemelin, Vincent Kaufmann (eds.): The Social Fabric of the Networked City

Ondřej Špaček

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(1): 161-163  

Andrew Kohut, Bruce Stokes: America Against the World. How We Are Different and Why We Are Disliked

Karel Černý

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(1): 164-167  

Miroslav Dopita: Pierre Bourdieu - o umění, výchově a společnosti. Reflexe sociologické praxe Pierra Bourdieua v české sociologiiKateřina Ivanová

Kateřina Ivanová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(1): 168-171  

Glennys Howarth: Death and Dying. A Sociological Introduction

Olga Nešporová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(1): 172-176  

Mezinárodní letní škola Comparative Research Methodologies in Health and Medical Sociology

Kateřina Ivanová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(1): 177-178  

Mezinárodní konference o sociální dimenzi inovací

Karel Müller

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(1): 179