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Authors: Vajdová, Zdenka
Cílem publikace je představení regionu Orlicko ve vědecko-výzkumných pracích několika týmů, které se podílejí na řešení projektu Rozvojové zájmy pohraničí. Region Orlicko je v projektu případovým územím pohraničí. Geograficky a společensky je region Orlicka vymezen obcemi Sdružen...
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Authors: Nejdl, Pavel, Daniel Čermák (eds.)
The objective of this study is to describe the basic discourse of cooperation, participation, and partnership in terms of how it is defined in the process of democratic administration in the Czech Republic and its regions. This basic discourse is determined from a legislative per...
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Authors: Vráblíková, Kateřina
This paper provides a framework for the analysis of social movements, drawing on political process theory (PPT). The author argues that the concept of political opportunity structure is still adequate, although it has to be re-conceptualized at various points. Firstly, when analy...
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Authors: Večerník, Jiří
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Authors: Císař, Ondřej, Vráblíková, Kateřina
Focusing on social movement organizations (SMOs) in the Czech Republic, this articleexplores the level of transnational activism of these actors. Although knowledge exists on domestic interest groups’ choice of EU venues for lobbying, the influence of EU fund...
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Authors: Kolářová, Marta
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Authors: Miklikowska, Marta, Rekker, Roderik, Kudrnáč, Aleš
Although previous research has shown that deliberative discussions have consequences for intergroup attitudes, very little is known about this impact during the formative adolescent years. In addition, the mechanism explaining the mechanism through which discussions affect interg...
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Authors: Stachová, Jana, Zdenka Vajdová
The main objective of this book is to analyse the processes of cooperation, partnership and participation in local public administration. The authors ask: How local actors understand to these processes, what are main assets and shortcomings of mentioned processes? The book contai...
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Authors: Čermák, Daniel (ed.)
In this volume of Sociological Studies, readers are presented with the results of a number of studies that examined the participation of citizens in the decision-making process at the local level and in the partnership between public administration (the municipal authorities) and...
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Authors: Rakušanová, Petra
This study explores why the third sector is an important agent for promoting civic participation and interest representation. The empirical evidence presented in a first part of the study is organized using an analytical typology based on two key criteria: (a) type of organizatio...
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Authors: Gregor, Martin, Michael L. Smith
In this article, we analyse initiatives organized by groups outside of formal politics that involve political confrontation with elected officials, and the need for recourse to the courts. We show that a civic initiative submitted by a proposer gives the voter not only the option...
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Authors: Čermák, Daniel, Eva Kyselá, Martin Ďurďovič, Kateřina Bernardyová
Výzkumná zpráva analyzuje data, která byla získána v květnu 2015 v reprezentativním dotazníkovém šetření ve 4 ze 7 vytipovaných lokalit pro výstavbu hlubinného úložiště vyhořelého jaderného paliva a radioaktivních odpadů v ČR. Svorníkem analýzy názorů obyvatel lokalit je otázka r...
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Authors: Rakušanová, Petra
The core objective of this dissertation is to answer a question: What is the character of civil society in the Czech Republic in the context of Central Europe?. The author analyzes the role, character, financing and classification of Czech civil society, including a description o...
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Authors: Leontiyeva, Yana (ed.), Petra Ezzeddine-Lukšíková, Tomáš Hirt, Marek Jakoubek, Jiří Kocourek, Lucia Pažejová
The study focuses on minority ethnic groups and populations that have become a recognisable presence in the Czech Republic: Slovaks, Ukrainians, Vietnamese, and Roma. The main objective of the study is to map the situation of these communities or populations in the Czech Republic...
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Authors: Vlachová, Klára
This article deals with legitimacy of democracy and its relationship to trust in institutions in the Czech Republic. The author distinguishes between support for democracy as a form of government, and satisfaction with the development of democracy in a (particular) country, and s...
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Authors: Ďurďovič, Martin, Mlynář, Jan
As people living in the EU states we take it for granted that a source of electricity will be there whenever we need it. It is a considerably less self-evident matter, how the electricity we rely on is supposed to be produced and distributed. The energy sector stands at a crossro...
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Authors: Vajdová, Zdenka
Cílem publikace je představení regionu Orlicko ve vědecko-výzkumných pracích několika týmů, které se podílejí na řešení projektu Rozvojové zájmy pohraničí. Region Orlicko je v projektu případovým územím pohraničí. Geograficky a společensky je region Orlicka vymezen obcemi Sdružen...

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