Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(4)

Methodological Aspects of Measuring the Czech Public's Attitudes to the Punishment of Offenders

Eva Moravcová, Jan Tomášek

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(4): 495-520 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2014.50.4.106  

The trend towards harsher punishment of offenders, usually termed the 'new punitiveness', is often explained as a response to deepening social and economic uncertainty. One important area that criminal policy research has long dealt with is public attitudes to punishment. Statements that the public want more severe punishments for those who break the law are often used to justify introducing measures to make the criminal justice system harsher. There are, however, different ways to measure public opinion on criminal sentencing. While general attitudinal questions indicate the public to be very punitive in outlook, when they have to evaluate specific...

The Socio-cultural Integration of Immigrants: In Between Temporary Migration and Permanent Settlement

Josef Bernard, Renáta Mikešová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(4): 521-546 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2014.50.4.107  

The article examines the integration process of Ukrainians and Vietnamese in the Czech Republic. The authors focus on socio-cultural integration, the pre- and post-migration factors integration depends on, and the differences in the integration process of the two communities. Using survey data they show that the integration process of each group follows a different trajectory and depends on different factors. Ukrainians tend to be more integrated than Vietnamese. The primary factor influencing the level of integration of Ukrainian migrants is the length of residence in the Czech Republic. Household composition and the residential preferences of Ukrainians...

The Comparability of Schwartz's Human Values Scale in International Data

Petra Anýžová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(4): 547-580 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2014.50.4.108  

The first part of this article looks at the comparability of the crosscountry PVQ scale tested on the basis of the Sixth Round of the European Social Survey. To test comparability, the classic 21-item tool is used to measure ten different types of value orientation. These value types are based on Schwartz's original basic human values theory. In order to test equivalence, a multiple group confirmatory factor analysis (MGCFA) was used. The results of the analyses show that the configural and metric equivalences of all seven value types are valid in only 10 out of 23 countries. However, even in those 10 countries, it is impossible to fully rely on scalar...

Changing Approaches to the Conceptualisation of Rural Space in Rural Studies

Vladan Hruška

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(4): 581-602 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2014.50.4.109  

The article focuses on various approaches to conceptualising rural space within the evolution of (in particular British) rural studies. The overview starts with the functional definitions (descriptive and socio-cultural) typical for the positivist and modern period of rural studies. Descriptive and sociocultural definitions derive from the rural-urban dichotomy or continuum, and the rural space is defined in relation to cities as non-urban space. Since the 1980s the political-economic approach has significantly influenced rural studies, transformed them into a more critical science, and introduced a definition of the rural as a locality. This definition,...

Setkávání sociologie a geografie: Michal Illner oslavil osmdesáté narozeniny

Martin Ouředníček

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(4): 603-605  

Miloš Havelka jubilující

Petr Horák

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(4): 606-608  

Zemřela sociální historička Lenka Kalinová

Zdeněk R. Nešpor

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(4): 609-610  

Martin Ouředníček, Petra Špačková, Jakub Novák (eds.): Sub Urbs: krajina, sídla a lidé

Ondřej Špaček

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(4): 611-612  

Lukáš Linek: Kam se ztratili voliči? Vysvětlení vývoje volební účasti v České republice v letech 1990-2010

Jaromír Mazák, Kristýna Chábová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(4): 613-616  

Radoslav Štefančík, Ladislav Macháček, Eva Poláková, Lucia Spálová, Alena Kluknavská, Marcela Bieliková, Marianna Pétiová, Mária Janková, Ľudovít Šrámek: Pravicový extrémizmus a mládež na Slovensku

Karel Hanuš

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(4): 617  

Alieva Dilbar, Miroslav Tížik (eds.): Príspevok Alfreda Schütza k sociológickej teórii

Martin Soukup

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(4): 618-619  

Jan Szczepański (ed. Daniel Kadłubiec): Dzienniki z lat 1945-1968

Zdeněk R. Nešpor

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(4): 620-622  

Jan Keller: Sociologie středních vrstev

Jiří Dobrylovský

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(4): 623-625  

Marek Jakoubek: Vojvodovo: identita, tradice, výzkum

Vladimir Penčev

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(4): 626-627  

Irene Becci: Imprisoned Religion: Transformation of Religion during and after Imprisonment in Eastern Germany

Lukáš Dirga

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(4): 628-630  

Pierre Manent: Lidská obec

Kristýna Chalupová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2014, 50(4): 631