Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2025, 61(2)

Role sankcí v přímé práci s uchazeči o zaměstnání

Miroslava Rákoczyová, Robert Trbola, Ondřej Hora

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2025, 61(2): 147-169 | DOI: 10.13060/csr.2023.049  

Active labour market policy emphasises applying an individual approach to the unemployed and understanding and acknowledging their individual needs. However, the staff at the Labour Office of the Czech Republic (PES), who are in direct contact with the clients, are also in charge of the administration of sanctions. Their agenda therefore combines both supportive and disciplinary roles. In this article, we examine how much discretion these frontline workers have in the area of sanctioning clients and how they exercise it. We analyse qualitative data from semi-structured interviews conducted at two contact local offices of the PES. The interviews revealed...

Role záchranné sociální sítě v období covidu-19

Helena Vychová, Oleksandr Stupnytskyy, Helena Marešová, Marie Táborská, Petr Víšek

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2025, 61(2): 171-192 | DOI: 10.13060/csr.2024.005  

The article analyses the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on the social protection and economic situation of vulnerable groups. The findings suggest that the pandemic did not create new at-risk groups but rather exacerbated existing problems. An analysis of administrative data indicated a deterioration in the income situation of selected population groups, especially the unemployed, single parents, and households with three or more children. At the same time, a qualitative survey conducted using semi-structured individual interviews with representatives of relevant organisations in the social protection system revealed that the system responded effectively...

O pohraničním švejkování: projevy vzdoru a podrývání česko-slovenské hranice za časů pandemie covidu-19

Michal Pavlásek

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2025, 61(2): 193-220 | DOI: 10.13060/csr.2025.014  

This article focuses on how residents in a selected municipality along the Czech–Slovak border responded to the pandemic crisis in 2020–2021, which significantly impacted their daily lives and relationships through the temporary closure of state borders. Through a case study and research conducted in the village of Sudoměřice, the article examines how border residents coped with the state-implemented anti-COVID measures that severely restricted cross-border mobility. Particular attention is paid to acts of defiance, resistance, and dissent against the implementation of these restrictions. Such practices undermine and weaken the application...

Služba, moc a ambivalence moderny: Rozhovor s profesorem Janem Kellerem k životnímu jubileu

Rostislav Gramskopf

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2025, 61(2): 221-233  

This interview with Professor Jan Keller, conducted on the occasion of his 70th birthday, explores key themes from his recent book on the service society. The conversation addresses the ambivalent nature of service, historical transformations of power relations, the current structure of middle and lower social strata, and the ideological frameworks shaping our understanding of work, care, and justice. It also touches on Professor Keller’s theoretical background, his value orientation, and his reflections on the public role of sociology in an era of growing market pressures and a weakening welfare state.

Jitka Navrátilová, Pavel Navrátil (eds.): Rodičovství za mřížemi. Dopady věznění rodiče na dítě

Lukáš Dirga

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2025, 61(2): 235-239  

Lukáš Linek, Jaromír Mazák, Matouš Pilnáček, Michael Škvrňák: Volební volatilita v postkomunistické Evropě

Daniel Šárovec

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2025, 61(2): 239-243  

Ondřej Špaček, Marie Heřmanová, Michal Lehečka, Ludmiła Władyniak: Pravidla vkusu. Jak se společnost rozhoduje, co je v kultuře hodnotné

David Skalický, Barbora Doležalová

Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 2025, 61(2): 243-247