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Hein de Haas: How Migration Really Works: 22 Things You Need to Know about the Most divisive Issue in PoliticsBook reviews
Bohumil Sláma
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2026, 62(3): 252-256 
Lýdia Grešáková, Viktória Mravčáková (eds.): Bývanie v čase kríz / Housing in Times of CrisisBook reviews
Simona Ruta Cuker
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2026, 62(3): 250-252
Greta Lynn Uehling: Everyday War: The Conflict over Donbas, UkraineBook reviews
Polina Oparina
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2026, 62(3): 247-249
Who Pays, Rules: An Ethnographic Analysis of the Development Labor Market in LebanonArticles
Layla Bartheldi
Sociologický 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...
Exploring the Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Risk Perception and Care Dynamics Among Staff in Residential Homes for Older AdultsArticles
Jaroslava Hasmanová Marhánková, Martina Jandová
Sociologický 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...
A Sociology of Slow AcademiaArticles
Filip Vostal
Sociologický 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...
Data from the Second Wave of the Contemporary Czech Family Project Are Now Available for Research and Educational UseConference reports and information
Darina Kmentová, Martin Kreidl
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2026, 62(2): 181-184
Thomas Hylland Eriksen: What Is Anthropology?Book reviews
Ondřej Hejnal
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2026, 62(2): 172-175
Petr Mareš: My Adventurous Journey through Sociology: 100 Years of Sociology in Brno from My Perspective
Hynek Jeřábek: My Sociological Adventures: People, Places, Scientific EncountersBook reviews
Tomáš Katrňák
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2026, 62(2): 169-171
Françoise Vergès: Decolonial FeminismBook reviews
Vladimír Vokál
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2026, 62(2): 176-180
What Do They Really Want? Limitations of Research Investigating Parents’ Demands for Quality Compulsory EducationArticles
Radka Smith Slámová, Jana Straková
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2026, 62(2): 117-141 | DOI: 10.13060/csr.2025.001
The study analyses the challenges in identifying parents’ preferences regarding quality compulsory education for their children. The first part presents findings from two quantitative surveys conducted on representative samples (N = 961, 1,739) of parents of preschool and school-aged children. Based on an analysis of data obtained from 26 in-depth interviews with middle-class parents, the study then illustrates four key factors that need to be considered when determining parents’ educational preferences and formulating systemic measures. The results show that: (1) Parents interpret broadly defined criteria in different ways; (2) Parents’...
Parents under Pressure? Involvement in Childcare and the Perception of Time Pressure among Czech Mothers and FathersArticles
Jana Klímová Chaloupková
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2026, 62(2): 89-116 | DOI: 10.13060/csr.2025.008
This study examines the link between involvement in childcare and perceived time pressures among parents with at least one child up to 12 years of age in the Czech Republic. Using data from the Czech Household Panel Survey (2015), this study combines multiple indicators of subjective time pressure with time-use diary data on time spent on different types of childcare activities. Multilevel mixed-effect logistic regression models reveal the gendered link between childcare participation and the perception of time stress and time deficits in terms of family time, personal time and sleep. Long working hours contribute to time stress and a lack of personal...
Changing Participation in Adult Education and Training in the Czech Republic: Who Participates and Who Is Likely to Participate in AET?Articles
Jan Kalenda, Ilona Kočvarová, Jitka Vaculíková, Tomáš Karger
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2026, 62(2): 143-167 | DOI: 10.13060/csr.2024.039
Participation in adult education and training (AET) is one of the primary strategies of the European Commission for developing human capital and retaining a competitive labour force. AET is also regarded as a means to tackle educational inequality as it can provide a second chance at gaining qualifications or job-related skills. This study uses data from three rounds of the Adult Education Survey (AES) involving a total of 25,405 respondents to investigate empirically the changes in the participation of adults (ages 25 to 64) in AET in the Czech Republic (CZE). Building on the study by Simonová and Hamplová (2016), this article aims to show how participation...
K pětaosmdesátinám Jiřího VečerníkaJubilees
Zdeněk R. Nešpor
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2026, 62(1): 77-78
Ivan Langr: Systémová korupce v Česku: Veřejné zakázky, aktéři, nelegální ziskyBook reviews
Michael Potěšil
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2026, 62(1): 84-86
Dušan Janák a kolektiv: Česká společnost poodhalena: Důležitá fakta o našem životě v první čtvrtině 21. stoletíBook reviews
Laura Fónadová
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2026, 62(1): 82-84
Jiří Šubrt, Jiří Vinopal, Martin Vávra: Když se řekne veřejné mínění…Book reviews
Filip Byrtus
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2026, 62(1): 79-82
‘We Condemn the Sin, not the Sinner’: Understanding the Attitudes of Adventist and Baptist Believers in Montenegro towards SexualityArticles
Vladimir Bakrač, Branislav Radeljić
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2026, 62(1): 57-76 | DOI: 10.13060/csr.2024.033
Although we have seen studies on religion and sexuality in the West come to dominate the relevant scholarship, the postsocialist environment with a predominantly Orthodox population has received less attention. This paper fills the gap by examining the attitudes of Adventist and Baptist believers in Montenegro, with a particular focus on abortion, premarital sexual activities and non-heteronormative sexuality. Because we were dealing with a minority population, we opted for a qualitative methodology and conducted semistructured interviews with 17 Adventist and 15 Baptist believers. As observed, our research participants’ position towards sexuality...
Community Psychiatry as a Not-for-Profit Business: a Study of an Emerging Mental Health CentreArticles
Martin Novák
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2026, 62(1): 33-56 | DOI: 10.13060/csr.2024.023
The article deals with the study of community psychiatry in the Czech Republic and aims to connect the historical and political context of the establishment of this discipline with the changes in its practice arising from the reform of the psychiatric care currently underway. Community psychiatry can be understood as psychiatry’s attempt to maintain its position as the hegemon of social control through biological and psychological means in an era of rising neoliberal governments. In the Czech Republic, community psychiatry did not emerge as part of medicine but took shape as part of civic activism for the rights of people with psychiatric diagnoses,...
‘Being a Good Neighbour and Good Steward of the Land’: Anthropocentric and Biocentric Attitudes among Representatives of Environmental Organisations and Their Significance for the Success of Landscape Governance StrategiesArticles
Jana Stachová
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2026, 62(1): 3-31 | DOI: 10.13060/csr.2024.031
The shape of the landscape depends not only on natural and climatic conditions, but also on the social demand as to what the landscape should look like and what functions it should fulfil. Approaches to landscape governance thus reflect the interests and attitudes of the public and social groups. One segment of society that is involved in landscape governance is the branch of civil society devoted to the environment. This article presents the results of a sociological study aimed at identifying and analysing attitudes towards landscape and strategies of landscape governance among Czech environmental organisations whose activities directly or indirectly...
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Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2025, 61(4): 447-449
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Collins varuje před bezuzdným zapojením veřejnosti do vědyReview essays
Jitka Wirthová
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2025, 61(4): 423-429 | DOI: 10.13060/csr.2025.028
Sociologie vědeckého poznání v kabinetu s otevřenými dveřmiConference reports and information
Michal Hubálek, Jan Maršálek
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2025, 61(4): 437-439
Za fasádou: druhý ročník studentské konference FSS MUConference reports and information
Barbora Červená, Bára Švejdová
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2025, 61(4): 439-441
Zuzana Podaná, Jiří Buriánek a kol.: Násilí tváří v tvář: Zkoumání kalamitních podob partnerských vztahůBook reviews
Nikola Fejková
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2025, 61(4): 431-433
Harry Collins: Jsme dnes všichni vědečtí experti?Book reviews
Václav Šmatera
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2025, 61(4): 434-436
‘I Know There Are Smart People There’ – Private Schools as an Investment in Children’s Social CapitalArticles
Kateřina Lojdová, Beatrice-Elena Chromková Manea
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2025, 61(4): 375-399 | DOI: 10.13060/csr.2024.017
The rapid growth of private schools in the Czech Republic raises the issue of equal access to education. Czech research on external differentiation in education has mainly focused on multi-year gymnasiums, while private schools have not yet received the same attention. Private schools in the Czech Republic tend to appeal to middle-class parents with liberal views and an orientation towards personal development. Our research focuses on the choice of a private school from the perspective of students’ parents. The research question was: How are the advantages of private school for their child constructed in the narratives of students’ parents?...
Electoral Coalitions in the Shadow of the Pandemic: Factors of Electoral Support and Changes to Them in the Czech Parliamentary Elections in 2017 and 2021Articles
Michael Drašar
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2025, 61(4): 401-422 | DOI: 10.13060/csr.2024.018
This article maps the changes in the factors of electoral support and their importance for Czech political parties united in electoral coalitions in the elections to the Chamber of Deputies in 2017 and 2021. The analysis also includes the factor of mortality, which played a key role in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The research is designed as a quantitative analysis of the election results in 205 municipalities with extended powers and in Prague in relation to six socio-economic and demographic factors. The analysis found that the influence of individual factors often changes in the case of separate and joint candidacies. If a variable appears...
A Classic Sociologist for Our Time: Pierre Bourdieu’s General TheoryArticles
Marek Skovajsa
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2025, 61(4): 345-374 | DOI: 10.13060/csr.2024.022
This paper draws attention to one possible intellectual factor that has contributed to Pierre Bourdieu’s undeniable status as a contemporary classic. Despite his frequent sorties against general theorising, Bourdieu has produced his own kind of general sociological theory that, in a crowd of competitors, is better suited than most to meeting the demand that is present across the field of sociology and other social sciences for a general but non-universalist theory. It is possible to distinguish four relevant properties of theories, which are correlated but mutually irreducible one to the other: conceptual generality, generality of application...