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Community Psychiatry as a Not-for-Profit Business: a Study of an Emerging Mental Health Centre
Martin Novák
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review | 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 Strategies
Jana Stachová
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review | 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...
‘We Condemn the Sin, not the Sinner’: Understanding the Attitudes of Adventist and Baptist Believers in Montenegro towards Sexuality
Vladimir Bakrač, Branislav Radeljić
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review | 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...
Changing Participation in Adult Education and Training in the Czech Republic: Who Participates and Who Is Likely to Participate in AET?
Jan Kalenda, Ilona Kočvarová, Jitka Vaculíková, Tomáš Karger
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review | 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...
What Do They Really Want? Limitations of Research Investigating Parents’ Demands for Quality Compulsory Education
Radka Smith Slámová, Jana Straková
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review | 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 fathers
Jana Klímová Chaloupková
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review | 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...
Exploring the Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Risk Perception and Care Dynamics Among Staff in Residential Homes for Older Adults
Jaroslava Hasmanová Marhánková, Martina Jandová
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review | 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 Academia
Filip Vostal
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review | 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...
Who Pays, Rules: An Ethnographic Analysis of the Development Labor Market in Lebanon
Layla Bartheldi
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review | 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...
Mental Health and the Level of Traumatization of the Prison Population
Tereza Dleštíková, Jiří Mertl
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review | DOI: 10.13060/csr.2025.021
The study aims to explore the level of traumatisation within the Czech prison population and to contribute to a better understanding of this issue in the Czech context. To achieve this, we employed a quantitative research approach and distributed an internationally standardised questionnaire focused on adverse childhood experiences (ACE) in 12 Czech prisons in collaboration with expert prison staff. The collected data were analysed using descriptive statistics and cross-tabulations, wherein two key variables were considered: gender and assignment to a specialised or regular prison unit. This pioneering study in the Czech Republic reveals findings that...
Denial and Neutralization of Gender-Based Violence in Higher Education
Laco Toušek, Alice Tyrychtrová
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review | DOI: 10.13060/csr.2025.027
The aim of the study is to interpret, through an analysis of critical cases, the ways in which public higher education institutions in the Czech Republic are failing to address gender-based violence at a time when they have implemented policies and measures intended to do the opposite. The findings are based on qualitative interviews with institutional actors concerned with the issue and with students with experience of gender-based violence by male academics. First, institutional failure is manifested as the anachronistic denial of the prevalence of gender-based violence and refusal to accept institutional responsibility. The policies implemented...
Public Green Spaces in Prague Housing Estates: Users’ Views in Comparison to Inner City Data
Zdeněk Uherek, Jan Těšitel, Veronika Beranská, Jaroslav Macháček
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review | DOI: 10.13060/csr.2025.029
This article examines public green spaces in housing estates in Central Europe, using Prague as an example. The research leverages a dataset derived from a survey conducted among residents of housing estates in Prague that were built between the 1960s and the 1980s and compares the survey results with data collected in the inner city. This article asks how people who live in Prague conceptualise public space and questions whether they consider public green spaces in housing estates to be public spaces. Based on field data, it interprets how residents of Prague use such spaces, what limitations and shortcomings they see in them, what changes they would...
An Analysis of the Factors Influencing the Transition to Economic Inactivity among the Population Aged 50–65 Using Data from the Labour Force Survey
Jiří Vyhlídal
Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review | DOI: 10.13060/csr.2025.031
The study focuses on the impacts of population ageing on the labour market in the Czech Republic, particularly the transition of older employees into economic inactivity. With declining fertility rates, the absolute number of individuals of working age (15–65 years) decreased over the period, even as the retirement age rose. This trend has created labour market shortages and threatens the sustainability of pension systems. Within the total working-age population, the proportion of individuals aged 50–65 remained stable at 30.7%. The primary objective of the study is to analyse the factors influencing older employees’ decisions to...