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Authors: Večerník, Jiří
This study tries to demonstrate the links between the social structure and social policies. Using a socio-economic approach it exhibits four types of socio-economic friction that develop between the middle class and other groups, between the new and the old middle class, between...
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Authors: Večerník, Jiří
The development and controversies relating to Czech social policy after 1989 are described. The ambivalent character of the communist welfare state is considered first and its theoretical alternatives outlined second. After early energetic changes, stagnation has reigned since th...
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Authors: Soukupová, Eva
Using the model family method and child benefit packages this text illustrates how family policies in seventeen European countries deal with New Social Risk through the financial support provided to families by governments.
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Authors: Lux, Martin
The chapter describes and evaluates the history and recent state-of-art of social housing in the Czech Republic.
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Authors: Hegedüs, Amann, W., Martin Lux, E. Springler
The chapter describes and evaluates the development of both market-based housing finance and social housing finance in post-socialist transition countries.
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Authors: Lux, Martin, Petr Sunega
The chapter compares the different strategies in social housing in 12 post-socialist transition states, evaluates their overall efficiency and effectiveness, and list the main factors behind the success of different strategies. Read more...
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Authors: Lux, Martin
The chapter describes the development of former state rental housing and analyses the possibilities of introduction of social housing system in the Czech Republic. The current social consequences of rent regulation are carefully assessed and potential steps for its reform are out...
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Authors: Leontiyeva, Yana, Michaela Vojtková
In this chapter the authors focus on the integration of foreigners into so-called ‘core’ institutions, which determine a migrant’s socioeconomic status, opportunities, and available resources. Special attention is given to the access to the social security syste...
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Authors: Brokl, Lubomír, Zdenka Mansfeldová
A collection of essays, forums, and book reviews dealing with the Austria's Austro-corporatism. Offers an evaluation of Austro- corporatism in the larger context of European politics, describes the 19th century and WWI roots of social partnership, and looks at issues such as...
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Authors: Lux, Martin
Cet article se propose de décrire brievement le systeme du logement social dans l’un des pays de la transition postcommuniste, la République tcheque. Dans une premiere partie, nous replacerons les réformes du logement dans les États de la transition dans leur contexte histo...
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Authors: Schwarzenberger, Astrid (ed.)
The aim of this project was to provide reliable data and information on the real and effective distribution of (teaching-related) costs of higher education. The shares of public and private costs were calculated for students of different socio-economic origin, reflecting social d...
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Authors: Lux, Martin
The chapter describes and evaluates the progress in social housing in post-socialist transition states, especially from the perspective of social landlords.
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Authors: Hašková, Hana, Zuzana Uhde (eds.)
The critical attention feminists have paid to the concept of citizenship has significantly contributed to the con¬temporary political imagination of citizenship. In this book the authors from the Czech Republic follow up on the feminist debate on citizenship and examine the i...
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Authors: Fialová, Kamila, Martina Mysíková
This paper aims to quantify the impact of social benefi ts on labour market participation in the Czech Republic and provides a comparison with selected European countries. It applies the logistic regression to estimate the probability of labour market participation depending on s...
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Authors: Večerník, Jiří
Following the assumption that the middle class is important in the transition from communism to a democratic market society as its leading actor and guarantor of social integration, this paper presents evidence of the benefits it has gained from economic and social reforms. As th...
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Authors: Večerník, Jiří

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