Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2026, 62(3)
A Sociology of Slow AcademiaFilip VostalSociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2026, 62(3): 187-203 | DOI: 10.13060/csr.2025.016 The notion of slow academia has been in vogue for some time now. This article maps recent literature vis-à-vis the acceleration of academic life and academic slowdown, offering five points problematising slow discourse within academia without denouncing it altogether, and makes some conceptual clarifications. It then offers an alternative concept—responsively stagnant academia—drawing on an account by Stevienna de Saille et al. (2020) of responsible stagnation contrasted with slow academia. This article concludes with the provocative question: How come multi-millionaire businesses often originate in academic corridors whilst progressive... |
Exploring the Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Risk Perception and Care Dynamics Among Staff in Residential Homes for Older AdultsJaroslava Hasmanová Marhánková, Martina JandováSociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2026, 62(3): 205-225 | DOI: 10.13060/csr.2025.015 This study aims to expand the understanding of the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and associated measures on the functioning of long-term care facilities for older adults and the employees working in these institutions. The paper presents the findings of a case study conducted at a residential home for older adults in the Czech Republic, where 10 employees holding various positions were interviewed between March and June 2022. In relation to the specific context of the institution, we were also interested in the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the organisation of care, perceptions of how ‘good’ care should be delivered, and the construction... |
Who Pays, Rules: An Ethnographic Analysis of the Development Labor Market in LebanonLayla BartheldiSociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2026, 62(3): 227-246 | DOI: 10.13060/csr.2025.017 Critical postdevelopment literature has long been describing the development sector as inefficient, primarily criticising its inability to achieve its own long-term goals, such as ending global poverty and reducing inequalities. Ethnographic research on contemporary development practices provides a nuanced understanding of inefficiency by revealing unintended consequences that extend beyond official project documentation. As well as assessing inefficiency, this research highlights how the development sector inadvertently fosters a stable labour market for middle-class professionals. Members of this socioeconomic group most often hold positions as project... |
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Sociologický časopis/Czech Sociological Review is the flagship journal of the Czech sociological community. Supported by an international editorial board and published four times a year, the journal is open to scholars around the world. It invites papers presenting original research on Central and Eastern European (CEE) societies and broader comparative studies of the social and political developments that affect CEE. It also welcomes innovative theoretical and methodological work of a more general nature as well as contributions on the history of the social sciences in the region of CEE.
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The Czech edition of the journal, Sociologický časopis, has been published continuously since 1965 by the Institute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences. The English edition was launched shortly after the regime change in 1991, and in 2002 the two language editions merged to form a single journal, Sociologický časopis/Czech Sociological Review, with four yearly issues published in Czech and two in English (both printed and online).
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