Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(2)

The Value-Added of Studying at Multi-year Gymnasia in the Light of Available Data Sources

Jana Straková

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(2): 187-210 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2010.46.2.01  

The results of students at different basic and secondary schools vary largely in the Czech Republic compared to other countries, and there is a strong connection between the results of students and family background. The Czech education system is also highly stratified, and student tracking begins at a young age. In this respect the most controversial element in the system are the multi-year gymnasia, the existence of which is nonetheless strongly supported by the public. This support is based on the conviction that multi-year gymnasia provide the most talented students with a good education, enable more rapid cognitive development for these students,...

Construction of the Idea of Active Ageing in Centres for Seniors

Jaroslava Hasmanová Marhánková

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(2): 211-234 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2010.46.2.02  

Current demographic trends are calling forth the need to redefine the meaning of old age and its place in society. The concept of active ageing can be seen as a reaction to these efforts to reconceptualise life in old age. This article first briefly describes the context that gave rise to the term 'active ageing' and how this concept is framed as 'ageing well' in national and international documents and in the discourse of gerontology. Based on ethnographic studies of two centres offering leisure activities for seniors (mainly using participant observation and in-depth and informal interviews with clients and employees), the article shows 1) how the...

Fajta and the Nature of Kinship among the Inhabitants of Roma Settlements in Eastern Slovakia

Tomáš Kobes

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(2): 235-256 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2010.46.2.03  

European kinship is usually conceptualised as one of the elements that forms the boundary between nature and culture. However, this implicitly assumed biogenetic basis of membership in a particular descent group is not evident in the case of kinship among inhabitants of a Roma settlement. The nature of their kinship can be described as the incorporative process of women and pristašis into descent groups. The fundamental criterion for an expectant partner in marriage is to be 'lačhe' (good, proper, appropriate). The division of people in a Roma settlement into two basic groups (lačhe versus degešis) does not mean that these people form endogamous groups...

From a Monolithic Mass to Unbridled Individualism? The Meaning of Consumption in the Everyday Lives of 'Mainstream Youth'

Michaela Pyšňáková, Barbora Hohnová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(2): 257-280 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2010.46.2.04  

This article deals with the concept of 'mainstream youth' in the context of late modernity. The sociology of youth has traditionally operated from two distinct perspectives concerned with either 'youth transitions' or 'youth (sub)cultures'. This polarisation has led to the neglect of the experience of mainstream youth, who cannot be easily pigeon-holed into the above categories. Drawing on a series of focus groups and small-group semi-structured interviews with 61 young people, the authors analysed young people's experience of consumption in the Czech Republic. Using the experience of young consumers, the research attempted to understand what it means...

The Network of Institutional Actors in the Development of a Small Town

Zdenka Vajdová, Josef Bernard, Jana Stachová, Daniel Čermák

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(2): 281-300 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2010.46.2.05  

The aim of the article is to describe the relations between institutions in the public, private and non-profit sectors that are considered the most important actors of negotiation and decision-making in local development. These institutions and the relations between them are defined as a social network. A study was carried out in the small Czech towns of Blatná, Český Krumlov and Velké Meziříčí, and data were collected in 2007 and 2008. The first part of the article describes the institutional actors, the collection of the relational data, and the context of the three towns that were studied. The analytical part consists of social network analysis....

The Two Faces of Samuel P. Huntington: From Modernisation Theory to Civilisation Studies

Karel Černý

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(2): 301-312  

Jan Keller: Nejistota a důvěra aneb K čemu je modernitě dobrá tradice

Laco Toušek

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(2): 313-314  

Alena Křížková, Radka Dudová, Hana Hašková, Hana Maříková, Zuzana Uhde (eds.): Práce a péče

Zdeněk Sloboda

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(2): 315-317  

Grace Davieová: Výjimečný případ Evropa. Podoby víry v dnešním světě

Zdeněk R. Nešpor

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(2): 318-320  

Werner Cohn: Cikáni

Ondřej Hejnal

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(2): 321-322  

Miroslav Hroch: Národy nejsou dílem náhody. Příčiny a předpoklady utváření moderních evropských národů

Jakub Havlíček

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(2): 323-326  

Jan Eichler: Mezinárodní bezpečnost v době globalizace

Antonín Rašek

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(2): 327-329  

Michel Foucault: Zrození biopolitiky

Michal Kotík

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(2): 330-333  

Murray Lee, Stephen Farrall (eds.): Fear of Crime. Critical Voices in an Age of Anxiety

Jana Vitvarová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(2): 334-336  

Peter Gruss (ed.): Perspektivy stárnutí: z pohledu psychologie celoživotního vývoje

Marcela Petrová Kafková

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(2): 337-338  

Suman Fernando, Frank Keating (eds.): Mental Health in a Multi-Ethnic Society: A Multidisciplinary Handbook

Ram Thein

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(2): 339-342  

Seminář Aktuální výzkumy v sociologii náboženství v České republice a ustavení sekce sociologie náboženství

Dušan Lužný

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2010, 46(2): 343