Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2019, 55(4)

Popular Support for Direct Democracy: Analysis of the Heterogeneity of Political Attitudes in the Czech Republic

Tomáš Dvořák

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2019, 55(4): 419-444 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2019.55.4.472  

This paper focuses on the sources of popular support for direct democracy in the Czech Republic. The analysis first replicates the standard approaches used in previous scholarly research, testing theories of cognitive mobilisation and alienation using the standard regression modelling approach. The results are, however, somewhat inconclusive, as have been the results of previous empirical research in other European countries. It is hypothesised that one reason for this could be data heterogeneity. Both tested concepts could be valid, but for different social groups, resulting in overall inconclusive results. Therefore, latent class analysis (LCA) is...

Does Housing Matter? Inadequate Housing and School Performance of Children from Poor Households in the Czech Republic

Daniel Prokop

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2019, 55(4): 445-472 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2019.55.4.473  

This paper analyses the relationship between inadequate housing and the school performance of children from poor Czech households. It shows that children (ages 7-12) from low-income households (defined as those with up to 2.4 times the minimum living income) have higher chances of serious problems in school performance if they live in unstable or nonresidential housing. The effects of housing instability and non-residential housing among children from low-income households are significant and substantial even when controlling for parents' educational attainment and labour activity, family structure (e.g. single parent etc.), household size, and the...

Family Policy and Formal and Informal Care for Preschool-Age Children in Selected European Countries

Věra Kuchařová, Olga Nešporová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2019, 55(4): 473-502 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2019.55.4.474  

The article focuses on the use of childcare for preschool-age children in 13 European countries with different models of maternal employment. Employing a comparative approach it relates care arrangements to family policy measures. Childcare policies and practices in post-communist countries (the Czech Republic, Bulgaria, Hungary, Poland, Slovakia, and Slovenia) are compared in a wider European context and specifically to various countries representing the principal types of welfare state and family policy strategies in Europe (the United Kingdom, Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Spain, and Sweden). The article focuses on parental leave schemes, parental...

Politics Part-Time or Part-Time Mayors: How Well Do Their Municipalities Function?

Pavel Šaradín, Jan Outlý, Michal Soukop, Iveta Vrabková

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2019, 55(4): 503-522 | DOI: 10.13060/00380288.2019.55.4.475  

This article presents findings on 'part-time' mayors in the Czech Republic and to what extent the fact that they only work part time as mayor affects how well their municipality functions compared to those who work as full-time mayors. Drawing on data from an open database, this article analyses several variables relating to the status and activities of disengaged mayors. It also examines the quality of the functioning of municipalities with parttime and full-time mayors, respectively, and reveals whether there are more problems reported in the function of municipalities that have part-time mayors than those with full-time mayors. The findings of this...

Životní jubileum prof. Miloše Havelky

Karel Müller

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2019, 55(4): 523-526  

Petra Guasti, Zdenka Mansfeldová (eds.): Democracy Under Stress. Changing Perspectives on Democracy, Governance and Their Measurement

Jaroslav Bílek

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2019, 55(4): 527-528  

Jaroslava Hasmanová Marhánková, Martina Štípková: Prarodičovství v současné české společnosti

Michaela Honelová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2019, 55(4): 529-530  

Karel Müller: Inovace - vědění - instituce: k výzvám současné doby

Zuzana Terry

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2019, 55(4): 531-534  

Zsuzsa Gille: Paprika, Foie Gras, and Red Mud. The Politics of Materiality in the European Union

Martin Tremčinský

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2019, 55(4): 535-536  

Georg Simmel: Rembrandt. Umělecko-filozofická esej

Jitka Cirklová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2019, 55(4): 537-540  

Konference "Naše společná přítomnost: Odpovědná spotřeba: Co (z)může jednotlivec a co (ne)může stát?"

Miloslav Lapka

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2019, 55(4): 541