Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2019, 55(1)

Fears and Difficulties in the Early Stage of Parenthood: Findings from a Longitudinal Study of First-Time Parents

Olga Nešporová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2019, 55(1): 3-30 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2019.55.1.446  

The article focuses on the concerns of Czech expectant parents and their subsequent life difficulties. A qualitative longitudinal methodology was used to study parental experiences for a period of around four years. Three waves of semi-structured interviews were conducted with sixteen dual-earner parental couples who had their first child in 2011 or 2012. An analysis of 93 interviews revealed that the fears of the parents-to-be principally concerned childcare, paid work, free time, the relationships, and health. Actual experience of difficulties in these areas was often mentioned by different respondents from those who had expected to have them. The...

Changes in the Parental Benefit Scheme in the Czech Republic and Their Potential Impact on Reproductive Behaviour

Anna Šťastná

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2019, 55(1): 31-60 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2019.55.1.447  

Childcare leave schemes are one of the key measures that affect the ability of women and men to balance their work and family lives. Both the length of the parental leave period and the amount of the benefit have the potential to shape the timing of a subsequent birth. Important changes have been introduced into the Czech parental benefit scheme over the last 10 years in terms of both the scheme's flexibility and the monthly amount of the benefit, which has provided a unique opportunity for studying the links between the institutional conditions of parenthood and the behaviour of real stakeholders. Using data on births from the Czech Statistical Office...

Working at the Checkout: Flexible Organisation in Supermarkets and the Precarisation of Work

Tomáš Bek

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2019, 55(1): 61-86 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2019.55.1.448  

Research on precarious work and the working conditions of low-wage workers often stresses the role of the labour market or state institutions in either creating or exacerbating already precarious working conditions. However, it often ignores their organisational aspects. At the same time, in organisation studies there is a large body of literature that focuses on internal organisational structures but disregards working conditions. This article is based on a case study of supermarket cashiers and deals with the flexibilisation of their work. Firms use two forms of flexibility as a cost-cutting strategy: numerical and functional flexibility. Numerical...

Siblinghood in Older Age: A Contribution to a Theoretical Discussion

Dana Sýkorová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2019, 55(1): 87-110 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2019.55.1.449  

This article examines the issue of siblinghood in older age. The author starts by referring to sociological studies criticising the a-theoricity of empirical research in this field. She proceeds to analyse the most influential theoretical approaches used to study relationships between parents and their adult children (i.e. the theory of intergenerational solidarity and the theory/concept of intergenerational ambivalence) and to critically assess their potential to serve as a guideline for empirical research on siblinghood and provide a framework for interpreting research findings on intragenerational/sibling relationships. The article devotes more...

Ľubomír Lupták: (Ne)bezpečnosť ako povolanie

Dagmar Rychnovská

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2019, 55(1): 111-113  

Csaba Szaló: Paměť míst. Kulturní sociologie vzpomínání

Martin Vašek

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2019, 55(1): 114-116  

Miloš Brunclík, Michal Kubát: Kdo vládne Česku? Poloprezidentský režim, přímá volba a pravidla hry

Lucie Černá

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2019, 55(1): 117-119  

Cyril Lemieux et al.: Pour les sciences sociales. 101 livres

Jan Maršálek

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2019, 55(1): 120-121  

Miguel A. Martínez López (ed.): The Urban Politics of Squatters' Movements

Lukáš Kotyk

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2019, 55(1): 122-124  

Od studentů pro studenty: Na cestě od čtvrté k páté Studentské konferenci v Olomouci

Nikol Naňáková, Anna Macíčková

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2019, 55(1): 125-126  

8. olomoucká podzimní sociologická konference "Společnost a moderní technologie"

Tomáš Doseděl

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2019, 55(1): 127  

Konference České sociologické společnosti "Česká společnost a sociologie: diagnózy a perspektivy (1918-2018)"

Vojtěch Malátek

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2019, 55(1): 128