Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2023, 59(3)
Moving Beyond the Narrative of the Migration ‘Crisis’

Introduction to the Special Issue: Moving Beyond the Narrative of the Migration ‘Crisis’

Bernadette Nadya Jaworsky, Ivana Rapoš Božič

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2023, 59(3): 261-267  

The Legitimacy of European Union Migration and Asylum Policy among the Czech Public

Jan Krotký, Bernadette Nadya Jaworsky, Petr Kaniok

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2023, 59(3): 269-291 | DOI: 10.13060/csr.2023.003  

In this study, we contribute to scholarly work on European Union (EU) legitimacy with regard to migration and asylum policy. We do so through an in-depth exploration of the relationship between attitudes towards the EU and migration among the Czech public. Even though there is a body of literature focusing on this topic, there is a gap when it comes to understanding its complexities, especially concerning 'pro-immigrant' and 'pro-European' positions. We bring a cultural-sociological perspective on meaning-making processes into conversation with theories on the legitimacy of the EU, an analytical move that helps us reveal the nuances in attitudes towards...

‘Not Knowing When It's Going to Happen and What's Going to Happen’: The Time Politics of Applying for a Residence Permit in the Czech Republic

Veronika Kotýnková Krotká

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2023, 59(3): 293-314 | DOI: 10.13060/csr.2023.036  

This study focuses on the time politics involved in applying for a residence permit in the Czech Republic, with a focus on non-European Union (EU) applicants. It examines how governmentality and state superiority are represented and performed within the bureaucratic procedure of the application process. Based on the results, I argue that the application process bureaucracy is tied to time politics - practices that govern others through time. The paper is based on research realised in Brno, the second-largest city in the Czech Republic, and uses qualitative, ethnographic observations and semi-structured interviews with immigrants from non-EU countries...

Searching for the ‘Muslims’ in Czech Islamophobia and the Effects of Intergroup Contact in Challenging the ‘Fear of the Unknown’

Carlos Gómez del Tronco

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2023, 59(3): 315-338 | DOI: 10.13060/csr.2023.037  

Since at least 2014, cross-national surveys have measured the most negative attitudes towards 'Muslims' in the EU among Czech respondents. These attitudes have often been attributed to few contact opportunities with actual Muslims in the country and, thus, public overreliance on the highly negative representations of 'Muslims' in public discourse. However, empirical qualitative assessments of the stereotypes which guide many Czechs' anti-Muslim prejudice and the effects of intergroup contact have been neglected. In an epistemological shortcoming, the survey category 'Muslim' has often been treated as one of analysis rather than of practice. Contrarily,...

‘We Have Always Been like This’: The Local Embeddedness of Migration Attitudes

Ivana Rapoš Božič, Alica Synek Rétiová, Radka Klvaňová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2023, 59(3): 339-365 | DOI: 10.13060/csr.2023.030  

This article contributes to the local turn in migration research. It explores how the city context shapes migration attitudes among residents, resulting in the formation of imagined communities of 'Locals' and 'Others'. Relying on qualitative research methods and cultural sociological theories of cultural armatures of the city, cultural repertoires, and symbolic boundaries, we examine the cases of two Czech cities, Teplice and Vyšší Brod. We find that the specific characteristics of the local history, geography, and demography of the cities give rise to distinct cultural repertoires that shape how their residents view migration and the presence of...

Tomasz Inglot, Dorottya Szikra and Cristina Raț: Mothers, Families, or Children? Family Policy in Poland, Hungary, and Romania, 1945–2020

Sergiu Delcea

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2023, 59(3): 367-370  

Nancy Folbre: The Rise and Decline of Patriarchal Systems: An Intersectional Political Economy

Frederik Pfeiffer

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2023, 59(3): 370-373  

Minouche Shafik: What We Owe Each Other: A New Social Contract for a Better Society

Nora Kannisto

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2023, 59(3): 373-375  

John Wall: Give Children the Vote: On Democratizing Democracy

Óskar Daði Jóhannsson

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2023, 59(3): 375-377  

Daron Acemoglu: Redesigning AI – Work, Democracy, and Justice in the Age of Automation

Selina Dzafic

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2023, 59(3): 377-379  

Nuno Crato: Improving a Country’s Education PISA 2018 Results in 10 Countries

Nanna Rahbek Jørgensen

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2023, 59(3): 379-380  

Bertel Nygaard: History and the Formation of Marxism

Baihe Zhang

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2023, 59(3): 380-382