Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(1)

The 'Sociological Laws' of Maurice Duverger: How They Evolved and Aspects of Methodology

Miroslav Novák

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(1): 3-40 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2015.51.1.152  

The author begins the article by calling attention to Duverger's methodological principles, which he then draws on to analyse and interpret 'Duverger's laws' concerning the effect electoral systems have on parties and party systems. Duverger's classification of party systems, which he asserts are closely linked to electoral systems, is dealt with in the conclusion of the article, where the author draws attention to the more elaborate version of the classification that is hinted at in parts of his 1951 book Les partis politiques and that he then formulated explicitly in 1960. The author compares this later version with Sartori's famous typology of party...

The Bureaucratisation of Decision-Making in the European Union after Eastern Enlargement

Michal Parízek, Běla Plechanovová, Madeleine O. Hosli

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(1): 41-64 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2015.51.1.153  

This article seeks to describe some important changes that have occurred in EU decision-making procedures since its eastern enlargement and to explain how it is that the decision-making process continues to function relatively smoothly in the EU even after a sharp increase in the number of Member States and despite generally shared fears to the contrary. The analysis focuses on the main decision-making body in the EU, the Council of the European Union, where it was expected the biggest problems would occur after enlargement, including the prediction that the increase in EU membership could result in the obstruction of decision-making in the Council....

Social Media As a New Challenge for Political Participation Research

Jaroslav Švelch, Lenka Vochocová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(1): 65-88 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2015.51.1.154  

This article aims to synthesise existing theoretical and empirical work on political participation in social media, a topic especially relevant but still under-researched in post-transformation countries such as the Czech Republic. It argues for encouraging productive dialogue between the political science approach to participation research and the work in media and communication studies. First, the article sums up normative and theoretical standpoints taken when discussing and researching new media, society, and participation. It then reviews existing empirical findings from various countries. It concludes that there is no consensus on either the...

Trends in Spatial Socio-economic Polarisation in the Czech Republic 2001-2011

Karel Maier, Daniel Franke

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(1): 89-124 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2015.51.1.155  

The economic transformation in the Czech Republic in the 1990s triggered a dramatic increase in economic disparities. In the 2000s a new spatial economic pattern established itself and the increased mobility of people into better jobs reinforced the preceding inequality in growth. This article reveals spatial changes based on an analysis of quantitative and qualitative data from the national censuses in 2001 and 2011. The correlations of data with particular types of regions and micro-regions are also presented, and several typical groups of micro-regions are identifi ed on the basis of analyses of changes in the population, education levels, demographic...

Mezi sociologií utopickou, ideologickou a empirickou: ohlédnutí za prof. Josefem Solařem

Dušan Janák, Veronika Krná

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(1): 147-152  

Ohlédnutí za sociologickým dílem Ulricha Becka

Jiří Šubrt

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(1): 125-129  

Politická sociologie a kritická teorie Ulricha Becka

Ondřej Císař

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(1): 130-136  

Maurice Duverger (1917-2014): světově nejcitovanější francouzský politolog, který měl vždy blízko k sociologii

Miroslav Novák

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(1): 137-146  

Kudy z krize? Komunitarismus proti liberalismu po česku

Ondřej Císař

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(1): 153-162 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2015.51.1.09  

Česká otázka: Dejte teologii, co jí patří

Jan Jüptner

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(1): 163-168 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2015.51.1.10  

Je třeba bránit společnost, která brání svobodu, aneb o transcendenci, veřejné sféře a aktivní hranici

Karel B. Müller

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(1): 169-178 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2015.51.1.11  

Marcela Linková et al.: Nejisté vyhlídky: Proměny vědecké profese z genderové perspektivy

Nikola Králová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(1): 179-180  

Pavel Zahrádka: Spotřební kultura: Historie, teorie a výzkum

Ondřej Roubal

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(1): 181-184  

Olga Šmídová-Matoušová: "Rudé právo psalo, že nás bylo málo…" Restituce identity a identita restituce v diskursu Rudého práva v roce nula

Lenka Hanovská

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(1): 185-187  

Cecilia Van Hollen: Birth in the Age of AIDS. Women, Reproduction, and HIV/AIDS in India

Jitka Skálová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(1): 188-189  

Daniel Oesch: Occupational Change in Europe: How Technology and Education Transform the Job Structure

Tomáš Doseděl

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(1): 190-191  

Kristina Stoeckel: The Russian Orthodox Church and Human Rights

Jan Šurkala

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2015, 51(1): 192