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Involved Fatherhood Ideals and Practices in European Post‐Socialist Societies
This thematic issue examines how involved fatherhood is negotiated across post‐socialist Europe, where expectations of paternal engagement remain unevenly institutionalised and practiced. Bringing together seventeen contributions covering eleven post‐socialist countries and a 16‐country comparison, the issue analyses how fathers navigate tensions between traditional breadwinner norms and emerging caregiving ideals. The articles reveal substantial cross‐national and social variation shaped by welfare re…
Topics: Care, Parenting, Social Policy
Comparing childcare policies in Lithuania and the Czech Republic
This chapter compares Czech and Lithuanian childcare policies. Through contextual analysis, we uncover the causes of their variations. In Lithuania more mothers with small children are employed, more fathers take parental leave, and more small children attend formal childcare. Czech policies provide a long paid leave centered on mothers and discourage fathers from caregiving. Paradoxically, Lithuania manifests fewer egalitarian attitudes than Czechia, indicating that gender equalizing policies have only limite…
Topics: Gender, Care, Parenting, Social Policy
Some babies are better than others. Selective Pronatalism, Ethnicity and Sexuality Politics behind the Iron Curtain
This chapter focuses on the reproductive policies – regulation of abortion, sterilization, and financial support to families – in socialist Czechoslovakia, to show how ethnicity represented one of the main dividing lines between those deserving and undeserving to reproduce.…
Topics: Gender, Care, Parenting
Navigating Intensive Motherhood: Inventiveness and Agency Among Low-Income Single Mothers
This article explores how the ideology of intensive motherhood is reflected in, and shapes, the experiences of low-income single mothers in Czechia. By focusing on this group, the study advances understanding of the diffusion of the intensive motherhood ideology and the intersectional aspects of social reproduction. We demonstrate that, while intensive motherhood norms influence maternal practices in Czechia, low-income single mothers respond with inventive adaptations and reframing that reflect their specific…
Topics: Gender, Care, Parenting
Exceptional and Decent People: Mothering and School Choice in the Reproduction of Social Inequality
This article explores how primary school choice varies for differently situated mothers through an analysis of interviews with Czech middle- and working-class mothers. Combining Bourdieu’s theory of habitus, Foucault’s technologies of the self, and the concept of intensive parenting, we examine how school choice is becoming parents’ identity work in a diversified primary school system, guided by intensive parenting norms. We argue that school choice reinforces parental guidance of children towards a part…
Moral work of precarious caregivers: The case of the Czech Republic during the COVID-19 pandemic
This article explores how family caregivers employed in precarious jobs reconstruct their moral selves in line with and in resistance to neoliberal ideals of responsibility and autonomy. The analysis of semi-structured interviews with parents and people providing care to a close relative, all working in precarious forms of employment and living in low-income households, shows that in a familialist and neoliberal context, precarious, nonstandard forms of employment and caregiving mutually reinforce each other. …
Topics: Gender, Care, Work
Intensive mothering—Different repertoires, same goal
Intensive parenting has become the dominant standard in economically advanced countries and has recently spread across various socioeconomic and ethnic groups. However, more knowledge is needed to understand its variations and how sociocultural conditions in different countries facilitate these variations. This article examines the various forms of intensive mothering in Czechia. Drawing on a constructivist grounded theory approach to analysing semi-structured interviews with mothers in Czechia, we argue that …
Topics: Gender, Care, Parenting
Tschechische Republik
The chapter on interest organizations and the system of interest representation in the Czech Republic is part of a publication on interest representation systems and organizations in the 27 EU countries. It examines the historical development, legal framework, structure of the interest representation system, and their relationship to key political institutions.…
Dynamika vztahů mezi vládou a parlamentem během pandemie: srovnání České a Slovenské republiky
The COVID-19 pandemic was both an opportunity and a challenge for the executive and legislative branches. The quality of democracy in both countries significantly affected their ability to deal effectively with the crisis. The study analyzes the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on the relationship between the government and parliament in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The functioning of the executive and parliament, especially the opposition, during the pandemic is demonstrated through the example of declaring …
Ohrazení a brány židovských hřbitovů
Topics: Religion and religiosity
Plány genderové rovnosti v organizacích poskytovatelů účelové podpory: Klíčové parametry plánů a zásady jejich tvorby
Although there is a range of supporting materials that address gender equality plans (GEPs) and their parameters in detail, they are usually aimed at research-performing organisations and overlook the specific situation of funding providers. The aim of this guide is therefore to present the basic principles of developing GEPs and to explain the mandatory parameters of these plans required under Horizon Europe. The document is intended not only to enable gender equality plans in funding-provider organisations…
Topics: Gender
Publication Type: Other Publication
Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science
Boží pomsta, aneb náboženství jako zdroj konfliktů současného světa
Topics: Religion and religiosity
Publication Type: Chapter in a Book / Monograph
Department: Economic and Religious Studies
Rodinná solidarita a trh bydlení
The book Family Solidarity and the Housing Market offers an original perspective on the functioning of the Czech housing market through the concept of pragmatic socio-economics, which brings together economic and sociological perspectives. Drawing on empirical research, it shows that housing decisions are shaped not only by economic rationality, but also by social norms and family support. Special attention is paid to the role of intergenerational transfers, whose effects are reflected in housing affordability…
Topics: Housing, Intergenerational Relations
Czech Republic: Declining Bipolarity and New Patterns of Conflict
The chapter is part of a publication released as part of a comparative politics series that examines coalition governments and coalition governance in ten countries of Central and Eastern Europe. The book provides a study of the entire life cycle of government coalitions in a region that has undergone a massive political transformation, yet the issues of coalition formation and coalition governance have not yet been studied there. The chapter provides information and analysis of the life cycle of coalitions in…
Topics: Elites, Politics and Political Attitudes, Transformation, Elections and Electoral Research
Sustainable Governance Indicators 2022. Czechia Report.
The COVID-19 crisis marks a watershed that will have a lasting impact on the socioeconomic and political development of countries everywhere for years to come.The study based on OECD and other sources data, examines the first two years of the COVID-19 pandemic and provides key insights into states’ resilience to crisis in democracy, policy performance and governance capacities in the Czech Republic. The study is part of a cross-national comparative survey designed to identify and foster successes in effectiv…
Comparing Citizen Attitudes towards Security and Liberty in the Czech Republic and Slovakia
The article focuses on the relationship between security and privacy from the point of view of a citizen. It examines Czech and Slovak citizen attitudes toward the use of strong prevention security measures in a situation where the government suspects a terrorist attack or security threats in general. The authors focus on the Czech Republic and Slovakia, two countries that do not have much experience with a severe threat to security, so security is more about pre-emptive measures and general consideration. Dat…
Topics: Politics and Political Attitudes
Sociální aspekty proměny pracovního života
Working life in Europe and the developed world in general is changing at an ever-increasing pace. Work is being redefined by globalisation, the use of new information and technologies, and artificial intelligence. It is crucial for us to understand and adapt to these changes. Forms of employment and relations between employers and employees are changing, and workers‘ rights are being individualised and, in some cases, restricted. The paper discusses the consequences and limits of these developments, stressin…
Nesvoboda svobodných nebo past volnosti
The changes in the nature of work and labor market conditions that have taken place in recent decades have, on the one hand, brought greater flexibility and freedom for both employees and employers, but on the other hand, have reduced protections for employees. Union membership has declined, as has the number of employees protected by collective bargaining agreements, and people in a fragmented and precarious labor market find themselves without protection. The urgency of reflecting on these changes became ver…
Publication Type: Chapter in Conference Proceedings
Dopady pandemie na poskytovatele veřejných kulturních služeb.
Cílem článku je ukázat na základě výsledků výzkumu ve dvou krajích Česka, jaké byly dopady koronavirové krize na veřejné kulturní služby a jak se s jejími důsledky poskytovatelé veřejných kulturních služeb vyrovnávali. Téměř tři čtvrtiny dotázaných subjektů si během koronavirové krize nějakou měrou finančně pohoršili a snažili se situaci řešit.
The aim of this article is to use research findings from two regions in the Czech Republic to illustrate the impact of the C…
Topics: Culture, Entrepreneurship
Kulatý stůl: Hormonální interakce v hybridně uzavřených smyčkách
The roundtable discussion brought together women and men living with diabetes, mothers of children living with diabetes, AAPS loop developers, a representative of an insulin pump manufacturer, and a diabetologist to engage in a shared dialogue on hormonal dynamics and the possibilities and limitations of incorporating them into diabetes management. The roundtable was held in a hybrid format in order to increase its accessibility across regions. Although there is growing demand within the diabetes community to …
Publication Type: Other Publication
Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science
Cross-national validation of digital health engagement scales: evidence from 30 countries
Introduction:
Reliable cross-national measurement of digital health engagement is essential for understanding how populations use online health information and for monitoring digital health inequalities. Yet standardized and psychometrically validated tools suitable for international surveys remain scarce.
Methods:
Using representative data from the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) Health and Health Care II module (2021; N = 40,226; 30 countries), this study evaluated two newly developed i…
Topics: Research Methodology, Public health
Historicus inter saecula movens. Kniha k životnímu jubileu prof. Jiřího Peška
Topics: Historical Sociology
Publication Type: Professional Book / Monograph
Department: Economic and Religious Studies
The Position of Women in Czech Science. Monitoring Report 2023
This Monitoring Report on the Status of Women in Czech Science provides an overview of current statistical indicators for the period 2005–2023. The publication aims to provide information on the representation of women and men across scientific disciplines and research sectors, including the Czech Republic‘s position in an international comparison.
A basic idea of the current status of women in Czech science can be obtained from the Main Findings section. Selected data for the given year is presented in t…
Topics: Gender, Sociology of Sciences
Publication Type: Other Publication
Department: National Contact Centre for Gender & Science
Zerbröckelnder Fels: Die Tschechoslowakische (Hussitische) Kirche
Topics: Religion and religiosity
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