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First edition

Praha : Academia, 1999

367 stran : ilustrace ; 24 cm

ISBN 80-200-0774-1 (brožováno)

Obsahuje bibliografii na stranách 357-366

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Foreword (Jacques Rupník) 11 // Introduction: the Social Report 15 // Part One: Resources of Economic Change // 1 Labor market and human resources 21 // 1.1 Transition from a command to market economy 23 // 1.2 Flows and shifts on the labor market 26 // 1.3 Development and structure of unemployment after 1990 30 // 1.4 Strategies of the unemployed and the problem of marginalization 38 // 1.5 Conclusion 41 // 2 School system and educational development 44 // 2.1 Education and life success 45 // 2.2 Quantitative and institutional changes in the school system 48 // 2.3 Reforms of the content and quality of education 54 // 2.4 Access to education in the Czech Republic and in the world 59 // 2.5 Conclusion 68 // 3 Capitalist renewal: privatization and business 70 // 3.1 Privatization process and the participation of citizens 71 // 3.2 Beliefs about privatization and its evaluation 77 // 3.3 Managers and entrepreneurs: the capitalist expansion and its hindrances 83 // 3.4 Attitudes towards job: security or independence? 87 // 3.5 Conclusion 91 // 7 // 4 The Czech family, the marriage market, and the reproductive climate 94 // 4.1 Deformation of the age structure 95 // 4.2 Marriage squeeze 97 // 4.3 The return of the Czech family to Europe 101 // 4.4 Increasing costs of family start and the housing market 105 // 4.5 Transformation in the reproductive climate as component of cultural change 108 // 4.6 Conclusion 111 // Part Two: Economic and Social Inequalities // 5 Inequalities in earnings, incomes, and household wealth 115 // 5.1 System change: from equality in need to market performance 116 // 5.2 Earnings: strengthening of skill disparities 118 // 5.3 Household incomes: from reproduction to the market model 123 // 5.4 Wealth: old and new sources of inequalities 129 // 5.5 Legitimacy of new inequalities 132 // 5.6 Conclusion 135 //

6 Income redistribution through taxes and social benefits 137 // 6.1 Income equality - economic efficiency? 138 // 6.2 Redistribution in a comparative perspective 141 // 6.3 Trends in distribution of taxes and social benefits 144 // 6.4 Position of the middle class and tax awareness 150 // 6.5 Conclusion 155 // 7 Social mobility and changes in perceived life-chances 157 // 7.1 Changes in the employment rate: outflows from the lobor force 159 // 7.2 Intragenerational mobility: the start and limits of the transformation 162 // 7.3 Mobility structure: the role of education and entrepreneurial activity 165 // 7.4 Perception of changes in life-chances 169 // 7.5 The role of human and political capital 175 // 7.6 Conclusion 179 // 8 The role of the market and government in the eyes of the public 183 // 8.1 Dilemmas of economic policy in the opinions of Europeans 185 // 8.2 Order and public goods, or social redistribution? 189 // 8.3 Economic freedom and opinions of the Czech population 193 // 8.4 Alternatives of social policy in expectations of citizens 198 // 8.5 Conclusion 203 // 8 // Part Three: Social and Political Structures // 9 The renewal of the middle class and its political circumstances 207 // 9.1 Objective approach: economic and human capital 208 // 9.2 Subjective approach: self-identification and shared values 210 // 9.3 Changes in the social composition of the middle class 215 // 9.4 Political orientation and electoral preferences 220 // 9.5 Conclusion 225 // 10 Social stratification and voting behavior 228 // 10.1 Changes after 1989: from non-standard to standard elections 230 // 10.2 Three views on the 1992 and 1996 elections: left, government coalition // and extremist parties 232 // 10.3 From fall 1996 to spring 1998: the shift to the left 239 // 10.4 The 1998 elections: balancing the political left and right 244 // 10.5 Conclusion 247 //

11 The crystallization of political attitudes and orientations 251 // 11.1 Stable declared orientations, varying preferences 253 // 11.2 Values and opinions shift to the left 256 // 11.3 Political orientation as result of choice 260 // 11.4 The left-right axis: the most important political dimension 264 // 11.5 Conclusion 270 // 12 The development of political parties and the party system 273 // 12.1 Establishing the foundations: November 1989 - June 1990 274 // 12.2 Formation of the system: June 1990 - June 1992 277 // 12.3 Stabilization of the system: June 1992 - June 1996 285 // 12.4 Balancing of powers in the system: after the May 1996 elections 290 // 12.5 Conclusion 292 // Conclusion: the challenges and pitfalls of the transformation 295 // Appendices // Main political events in the Czech Republic after 1989 304 // A. Demographic development in Central and Eastern Europe 305 // B. Economic development in Central and Eastern Europe 311 // C. Selected political and social indicators 320 // D. International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) 329 // E. Other surveys used 342 // F. Sociological Data Archive 344 // G. The project Social Trends 347 // H. Definitions of social classes and index of socio-economic status 351 // List of abbreviations 354 // References 357 // Contact addresses 367

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