Topic: history of sociology
Topic: civil society
The study describes the background (including electoral system reform and campaign before election) and results of 2002 election to the Chamber of Deputies in the Czech Republic, and subsequent government formation.
Topic: public policy, elections (and polls)
The study is devoted to the phenomenon of party identification, and the development of party identification in the Czech republic from 1996 to 2000 and its relationship to voting behaviour. It describes positive party identification, which is understood as a positive relationship toward the party voted for, and negative party identification, which is understood as a negative relationship toward all parties but the one voted for.
Topic: politics (and political attitudes), elections (and polls)
2003, Hamplová, DanaMarriage and Educational Attainment: A Dynamic Approach to First Union Formation
The article looks at the relationship between partnership formationand women’s education in the Czech Republic. Education can serve as a proxyfor cultural capital and earning potential. Therefore, it is expected to play a significant role in partnership formation. Analyses of data from the Family andFertility Survey show that the level of education has an impact on the timing ofthe first union. However, when school enrolment is controlled, education does
Topic: human relations, family, education
The article deals with partnership prferences in context of socio-demographic characteristics and general value orientation.
Topic: value orientations, human relations
Study deals with relationship between marriage, cohabitation and education. The first part presents a summary of the sociological theories. The second part verifies hypotheses based on these theories with ISSP 2002 data. The connection between education and entry into marriage canbe fully explained by longer school attendance. More educated people study longer.
Topic: human relations, education
abstrakt
Topic: wages and incomes
Topic: trust/social cohesion
Topic: trust/social cohesion
The article informs about visit of renowned sociologist Zygmunt Bauman in Prague, where he received an honorary doctorate from Charles University. It reviews also his lecture, he gave at this occasion at the Faculty of Social Sciences.
Topic: history of sociology
Paper tests the existence and development of the leftright and the libertarianismauthoritarianism cleavages in the voter space in the CR. Analyses are based on H. Kitschelts hypotheses. Items from British Social Attitude Survey, etc. have been used to test the cleavages.
Topic: politics (and political attitudes), elections (and polls)
Topic: human relations
The article investigates the differences between marriage and non-marital cohabitation. The main perspective stems from the theory of the social exchange. The author concentrates on the narrow question of financial transfers between partners and presents the hypothesis that cohabitation should represent a lesser bond union because it does not protect investments into partnerships, and it should therefore be more egalitarian. However, this hypothesis is not confirmed by the data.
Topic: human relations, family
The report analyses a survey of religious attitudes of the Czechs. Analyses have disclosed two fundamental types of a religious orientation: Christianity and occultism. Christianity was typical for older people with lower education, occultism was spread in population more evenly. The relationship between occultism and pessimism and the denial of a higher personal authority was proven.
Topic: value orientations, religion and religiosity
Topic: politics (and political attitudes)
Topic: trust/social cohesion, public opinion
This study introduces basic models of voting behaviour and describes in greater detail the findings and starting points of the model of party identification. It recapitulates findings related to the voting behaviour in the Czech Republic throughout the nineties, as well as the reasons leading to the application of the party identification model to the analyses of voting behaviour.
Topic: politics (and political attitudes), elections (and polls)
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 searches for the factors which this depends on. As explanatory factors, the author first tests trust in institutions, then political culture and personal characteristics.
Topic: trust/social cohesion, civil society
Topic: family, sociological data
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