Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(3)

Rental Housing for Young Households in the Czech Republic: Perceptions, Priorities, and Possible Solutions

Jana Vobecká, Tomáš Kostelecký, Martin Lux

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(3): 365-390 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2014.50.3.102  

This paper describes changes in the housing market after the collapse of communism in Central Europe and analyses the current functions and perceptions of the private rental housing in the Czech Republic. It aims to understand why private rental housing is perceived as a sub-optimal housing solution for young adults, whether this affects their family plans, and which policy design could change that. The article uses qualitative research techniques to analyse mental frames, opinions, and attitudes of both potential tenants and landlords towards rental housing. The authors argue that the main problem of rental housing for young tenants is the short-term...

Between Price and Quality: The Criteria of Food Choice in Romania

Laura Nistor

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(3): 391-418 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2014.50.3.103

This article investigates the issue of food quality and price as criteria of food choice in Romania. Given the country's less advantageous economic status, Romania seems an ideal candidate on which to research the potential conflicts between such criteria of food choice. As the analysis is built on data from the Special Eurobarometer 389, some comparative findings are also presented between Romania and the rest of the EU, particularly, the EU-15 and the EU-11 (EU-12 minus Romania) country group. The results show that in Romania the manifest variables of food choice criteria are split into two latent constructs: quality related aspects on one hand and...

The Poorer You Are, the More You Trust? The Effect of Inequality and Income on Institutional Trust in East-Central Europe

Gergő Medve-Bálint, Zsolt Boda

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(3): 419-454 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2014.50.3.104  

Compared to Western Europe, the new democracies of East-Central Europe (ECE) demonstrate substantially lower levels of institutional trust. Because trust in state institutions is an indicator of the public approval and legitimacy of a political system, low trust levels are a cause for concern. The paper addresses a particular aspect of this broad issue by focusing on how country-level wealth and inequality and individual-level economic situation and sociotropic evaluations affect institutional trust in ECE in comparison with Western Europe. A multi-level analysis performed on the 2010 European Social Survey dataset reveals that substantial differences...

Taste and the Logic of Practice in Distinction

Omar Lizardo

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(3): 335-364 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2014.50.3.105  

Proper engagement with the theory of taste that Bourdieu formulates in Distinction [1984] has been marred by an inability to differentiate between the theory of the functions of taste and the theory of the origins of taste. In this paper, the author shows that the theory of taste developed in Distinction is one concerned primarily with the origins and only secondarily with the functions of taste. The author further argues that this theory is inseparable from Bourdieu's practice-theoretical project; it therefore cannot be coherently understood or evaluated unless it is presented in those terms (with habitus as the centrepiece concept). To that end,...

Bernd Marin: Welfare in an Idle Society? Reinventing Retirement, Work, Wealth, Health and Welfare

Tobias Wiß

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(3): 455-457  

Daniel Innerarity: The Future and Its Enemies: In Defense of Political Hope (trans. Sandra Kingery)

Keith Tester

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(3): 458-459  

Clare L. Stacey: The Caring Self: The Work Experiences of Home Care Aids

Ricardo Rodrigues

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(3): 460-462  

Petr Kopecký, Peter Mair and Maria Spirova (eds.): Party Patronage and Party Government in European Democracies

Conor O'Dwyer

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(3): 463-465  

Hanspeter Kriesi, Sandra Lavenex, Frank Esser, Jörg Matthes, Marc Bühlmann and Daniel Bochsler: Democracy in the Age of Globalization and Mediatization

Josef Melchior

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(3): 466-469  

Andy Furlong: Youth Studies: An Introduction

Katrin Gasior

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(3): 470-471  

Dorothee Bohle and Béla Greskovits: Capitalist Diversity on Europe's Periphery

Akos Rona-Tas

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(3): 472-475  

Umut Korkut: Liberalization Challenges in Hungary: Elitism, Progressivism and Populism

András Bozóki

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(3): 476-479  

Suvi Salmenniemi (ed.): Rethinking Class in Russia

Peggy Watson

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(3): 480-482  

Timothy Havens, Anikó Imre and Katalin Lustyik (eds.): Popular Television in Eastern Europe During and Since Socialism

Václav Štětka

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(3): 483-486  

'Socialist and Post-socialist Urbanizations: Architecture, Land and Property Rights': A Conference Held on 8-11 May 2014 in Tallinn, Estonia

Slavomíra Ferenčuhová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(3): 487