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

The Relationship between Personal Characteristics and Tertiary Education: The Role of Personality, Physical Attractiveness and Self-esteem

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....

Cultural Capital at the University: The Structuration of the Cultural Space of Students of Charles University

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...

The Impact of Teacher Attitudes on Student Achievement

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...

Equal in Incomes, Unequal in Wealth? Housing Wealth Inequalities in the Czech Republic

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...

Dimensions of Politicisation in Research on Youth Music Subcultures

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...

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

Melanie Zajacová

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

Miroslav Hroch: Hledání souvislostí. Eseje z komparativních dějin Evropy

Stanislav Holubec

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

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

Lenka Hanovská

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

Ulrich Beck: Vlastní Bůh. Mírotvorný a násilný potenciál náboženství

Martin Vašek

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

Matt Ridley: Evoluce všeho. Jak malé změny přetvářejí svět

Michaela Hiekischová

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

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

Jitka Wirthová

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

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

Michal Šípoš

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