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Prosociality Matters, But Let's Not Throw Out the Knaves Assumption for Heterogeneous PopulationsRecenzní eseje

Thomas Voss

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(6): 963-965  

Beyond Crowding In and Out: Why We Need to Study Policy Design in a Communicative ContextRecenzní eseje

Staffan Kumlin

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(6): 961-962  

Making a 'Resilient Santiago': Private Sector and Urban Governance in ChileStati

Katarína Svitková

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(6): 933-960  

Resilience has become a policy and practical framework for addressing a range of threats from natural disasters and extreme weather events to political conflicts and terrorism. Focusing on the context of cities, this paper offers a conceptualisation of urban resilience, critically interrogating its use for urban governance and the political implications it has for individual agency. The paper also seeks to contribute to the existing critical literature on urban resilience. The second part of the paper focuses on the Rockefeller Foundation's 100 Resilient Cities programme as implemented in the Metropolitan Region of Santiago, Chile. Empirical data obtained...

Hybrid Warriors: Transforming Czech Security through the 'Russian Hybrid Warfare' AssemblageStati

Jan Daniel, Jakub Eberle

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(6): 907-932  

This article analyses the ascent of 'Russian hybrid warfare' (RHW) as a notion that transformed the understanding of national security in the Czech Republic in the short period of 2014-2016. It argues that the emergence of RHW as a specifically understood prime security threat was the result of contingent and often unruly social interactions across different settings, rather than a linear and centralised response to Russia's actions. To capture this process, the concept of 'assemblage' is introduced and then defined as a temporary constellation of a variety of different actors, both public and private. Building on research interviews and documents...

Rethinking the Continuum between Public and Private Actors in Electricity Policy in the Context of the UK Energy TransitionStati

Lucie de Carvalho

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(6): 881-906  

At the turn of the 1990s, a very large part of UK energy utilities was transferred from the public sector into private ownership. When analysing the era of privatisation, recent research on public policy has concluded that public authorities' ability to influence or shape national energy choices has been substantially weakened. Since the mid-2000s, however, tight cooperation between private investors and UK public regulators and policy-makers has emerged as a critical factor to meet the challenges posed by the energy transition. How have the British public authorities tried to get private actors on board and to involve them not only in the delivery...

Lobbying and Advocacy: Brussels' Competition Lawyers as Brokers in European Public PoliciesStati

Lola Avril

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(6): 859-880  

Studying the role of lawyers specialising in competition law, this paper shows that they are essential intermediaries between the European administrative field and the private sector. Using both qualitative (interviews and archives) and quantitative (database) methods, it demonstrates that intermediation activities developed in the late 1980s with the arrival of American law firms, which exported their working methods to Europe. This led to a fierce competition between law firms, which tried to recruit from inside the European Commission. Circulation between the European institutions started to be common and slowly became regulated, a process that...

The 'Angels of Europe': Corporate Public Affairs Employees as the In-House Entrepreneurs of EuropeStati

Armèle Cloteau

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(6): 837-858  

This article examines the inner workings of a private company's participation in the European policy game. The qualitative analysis shows that the promotion of a company's interests and its positioning at the level of the European Union is not self-evident and results from internal battles in which European public affairs employees play a pivotal role. Under what conditions do the European public affairs employees of a leading multinational firm endorse, manage, and promote an active position in the Brussels' polity sphere? This article highlights the process by which these 'professionals of Europe' adapt to the specific requirements of the EU and...

Private Actors in Politics and Policy-Making: Case Studies into the Patterns of ProximityEditorial

Jana Vargovčíková

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(6): 831-836  

Správa z 15. bienálnej konferencie Európskej asociácie pre sociálnu antropológiu (EASA), Štokholm, 14. -17. 8. 2018Zprávy a informace

Michal Šípoš

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(5): 824  

European Conference on Educational Research 2018 (ECER) "Inclusion and Exclusion: Resources for Educational Research?" Bolzano, 3.-7. 9. 2018Zprávy a informace

Jitka Wirthová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(5): 821-823  

Matt Ridley: Evoluce všeho. Jak malé změny přetvářejí světRecenze

Michaela Hiekischová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(5): 815-820  

Ulrich Beck: Vlastní Bůh. Mírotvorný a násilný potenciál náboženstvíRecenze

Martin Vašek

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(5): 812-814  

Kamil Činátl, Jan Mervart, Jaroslav Najbert (eds.): Podoby česko-slovenské normalizace. Dějiny v diskusiRecenze

Lenka Hanovská

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(5): 810-811  

Miroslav Hroch: Hledání souvislostí. Eseje z komparativních dějin EvropyRecenze

Stanislav Holubec

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(5): 807-809  

Olga Šmídová Matoušová, Blanka Tollarová, Karel Čada a kolektiv: Po stopách moci v nemoci. O morálce, moci a komunikaci v českém zdravotnictvíRecenze

Melanie Zajacová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(5): 805-806  

Roviny politizace ve výzkumu hudebních subkultur mládežeStati

Bob Kuřík, Ondřej Slačálek, Jan Charvát

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(5): 781-804  

This review article elucidates and systematises existing research and theories of the de/politicisation of youth music subcultures. It examines the political dimension within the interdisciplinary field of subcultural studies in two main steps. First, it identifies and discusses five key dimensions of researching politicisation: politicisation through style and how style is read and through repressive power, the politicisation of everyday life and internal dynamics, and politicisation in the direction of organised activity. Second, these dimensions are presented and compared in a summarising table from two main perspectives: according to the research...

Rovní v příjmech, nerovní v majetku? Nerovnosti ve vlastnickém bydlení v ČRStati

Petr Sunega, Martin Lux

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(5): 749-780  

This article focuses on the problem of wealth inequalities as an as yet overlooked axis of social inequalities in the Czech Republic. Wealth inequalities and their development over time are measured here on the basis of the value of the real estate (a flat or house) in which the household lives. The value of household real estate has grown significantly in recent decades in the Czech Republic and Czechs still favour owner-occupied housing over other forms of housing tenure. Households whose parents were also homeowners enjoy an increasingly more evident advantage in acquiring owneroccupied housing themselves. Using selected indicators of income and...

Vliv postojů učitelů na výsledky žákůStati

Jana Straková, Jaroslava Simonová, David Greger

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(5): 727-748  

Educational effectiveness research has demonstrated the importance of teacher beliefs and attitudes for student learning. Beliefs strongly determine teachers' thoughts and actions and they ultimately influence student achievement, even though they may do so indirectly. In order to change people's practices and behaviours, it is necessary to first change their beliefs. Studies of beliefs and attitudes draw on a variety of concepts. This study explores the relationship between academic optimism and the mathematical achievement of Czech lower secondary students and follows up on previous studies that confirmed the relevance of this concept for the Czech...

Kulturní kapitál na vysoké škole: strukturace kulturního prostoru studentů Univerzity KarlovyStati

Ondřej Špaček

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(5): 699-726  

Cultural capital is an important part of the conceptual apparatus of research on inequalities and social reproduction. The putative transformation of cultural hierarchies in contemporary society, however, opens up the question of whether it still makes any sense to speak of 'legitimate taste' and eventually of what the nature this legitimate taste might be. This article examines what constitutes legitimate culture in the context of university-level study. It focuses on the differentiation of taste and the way in which the space of cultural consumption is structured by academic disciplines and university faculties. The article draws on data from a questionnaire...

Vztah mezi individuálními charakteristikami a vysokoškolským vzděláním: role osobnosti, fyzické atraktivity a sebehodnoceníStati

Petra Anýžová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(5): 667-698  

Focusing on a subject largely neglected in mainstream Czech social stratification research so far, this study seeks to examine to what extent tertiary educational attainment and educational mobility are affected by personal factors, such as personality traits, physical attractiveness, and self-esteem. It is based on data drawn from a large-scale representative survey carried out in the Czech Republic (Neglected Human Capital Dimensions 2015) as the second follow-up to the OECD PIAAC project. The results show that physical attractiveness plays a significant role in tertiary educational attainment, especially in the humanities and social-science disciplines....

Environmentální globální výzvy pro lokální komunity. Zpráva z konference "Environmentální problémy v globálních a lokálních souvislostech"Zprávy a informace

Zuzana Uhde

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(4): 659  

Helena Chmura Kraemer, Christine Blasey: How many subjects? Statistical Power Analysis in ResearchRecenze

Petr Soukup

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(4): 656-658  

Daniel Topinka (ed.): Muslimové v Česku. Etablování muslimů a islámu na veřejnostiRecenze

Andrea Beláňová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(4): 652-655  

Hubert Heinelt, Annick Magnier, Marcello Cabria, Herwig Reynaert (eds.): Political Leaders and Changing Local Democracy: The European MayorRecenze

Dan Ryšavý

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(4): 648-651  

Sabine Kuhlman, Geert Bouckaert (eds.): Local Public Sector Reforms in Time of Crisis: National Trajectories and International ComparisonsRecenze

Jakub Lysek

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(4): 645-647  

Jakub Hornek: Politické dopady zadlužování malých obcí v České republice. Případová studie Karlovarského kraje 2010-2014Recenze

Šárka Homfray

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(4): 642-644  

Marta Vohlídalová, Hana Maříková, Marie Čermáková, Romana Volejníčková: Sólo pro soprán: O ženách v české politiceRecenze

Dan Ryšavý

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(4): 639-641  

Kulturní historie sametové revoluce: Revizionistický pohled "zdola"Recenzní eseje

Karel Černý

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(4): 625-638 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2018.54.4.06  

Rozdělení domácí práce a hodnocení jeho spravedlnosti v České republice: existují rozdíly mezi manželskými a nesezdanými páry?Stati

Jana Klímová Chaloupková

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(4): 593-624 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2018.54.4.415  

The results of research on domestic labour consistently show that women are responsible for more housework tasks than men. At the same time, there is growing public awareness of gender role equality. However, there is little evidence on whether there has been any change in the perception of fairness in the division of housework and whether this view differs in different families. Using data from the ISSP 2002 and 2011/2012, this article seeks to explore the relationship between the division of housework and its perceived fairness. Using latent class regression analysis four distinct types of housework division and perceptions and individual characteristics...

Starostové, starostky a jejich priorityStati tematického bloku

Daniel Čermák, Renáta Mikešová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2018, 54(4): 561-592 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2018.54.4.414  

This article sets out to identify the factors that have an impact on mayoral decisions in terms of priorities for municipal development. Data from a survey conducted among Czech mayors in the years 2015 and 2016 (N = 492) are used. The sample consists of answers of mayors from municipalities of all population sizes and the sample is evenly distributed over the area of the Czech Republic. The main aim is to show the impact of geographical context, sociodemographic characteristics, and characteristics connected with political experience on mayors' preferences for different mayoral agendas. The results of the analyses show that municipal size and the...