Newsletter - Social Science in Eastern Europe 2002-2
CZECH REPUBLIC
Vysehradska
49,
128 00 Praha 2
Tel./Fax: +4202 24923563
E-mail: obcinst@mbox.vol.cz
Internet: http://www.obcinst.cz/
Management: Zegklitz, J. (president in 2000)
Year of foundation: 1990
Staff: 8 persons
Organization: Board of directors: 5 persons.
Main fields: The Civic Institute is a non-governmental, non-partisan,
non-profit think-tank of conservative orientation, committed to support and
promotion of ideas and values essential to proper functioning of a free
society. The main task of the Institute is to support and develop the
conservative way of thinking (remark by Zdenka Mansfeldova: strong orientation
on Christian values, traditional family values, strong arguments against
abortion etc.)
Publications/ papers:
. Monthly bulletin BULETIN OI in electronic and printed form, publishes
translated works of famous foreign scholars and works written by domestic
specialists in the particular area.
. Studien - written by domestic authors, topics: family policy, social policy,
public policy, church and church property, family values and Czech society,
family and civil society, freedom and order
Events: Workshop: Topic: Civic perspective and open society, 18 - 20
April 2002, Brno
Library: There is a library with a good book collection, the library
catalogue is available on Internet: http://sd.ruk.cuni.cz/tin-bin/oi/k6
During the years 1997-99 the development of the library was supported by Donner
Foundation (American foundation), which enabled the Institute to buy many
foreign books.
Place
of publication: Prague
Publication dates: since 2000 (electronic version: bi-monthly; print
version: two collections a year)
Published by: Europeum, Civic association
Rytioska 31
110 00 Praha 1
Tel.: +4202 21610209
Fax: +4202 21610204
E-mail: integrace@seznam.cz
Internet: http://www.integrace.cz
Subject area: European issues from the Czech perspective, public
awareness of Czech citizens about the process of Czech accession to the EU,
Czech integration into the EU
Headings: Calendar, Editorial, Focus, Politics, Economics, Public
administration, European Union, Members and applicants, Reviews and
information, Interviews, Organizations
The journal appears in Czech. It contains English abstracts on the internet.
Contents of Nr. 11 of 2001 as an example:
Focus
. Tomes, J.: Europe of regions. About the regional differences in the
European Union
. Eastek, M.: European Union developing programs for the northern regions
. Lacina, L.: Vitek, O.: Financial and institutional security by the regional
development in Czech Republic with accent on the relationship to the European
Union
. Sodomka, V.: Czech regions - access candidates to the "European Union of
regions"
Politics
. Pehe, J.: European integration after parliamentary elections
. Bohae, L.: Extension of European Union: the public voice in the countries of
the European Union
. Palata, L.: Poland - The trump of extension
. Sokol, P.: European Federations of Green Parties - young and dynamic
. Svobodova, C.: A periodical report criticizes the government more as it would
be obvious at first sight
. Kühnl, K.: Personal freedom of movement and unchecked criminality
Economics
. Revenda, Z.: European Central Bank
. Trakal, S.: Czech National Bank and the early access of Czech Republic to the
European Union
. Konopaskova, I.: What becomes with the harmonized amending law of the banking
law?
. Mach, P.: Concealed risks of introduction of uniform currency
Right
. A conversation with Otakar Motjel, about the tasks of an ombudsman and
the reform of jurisdiction
. Pelikanova, I.: Codification of Civil law
. Vyborny, M.: Reform of the commercial register and her European dimension
Public administration
. Novakova, J.: The Lima-declaration and the establishment of chief
control authorities
. Volenik, L.: How work the chief control authorities abroad?
European Union
. Jaks, J.: Does the Common European security and defence policy confirm
Pillar Two?
. Novotna, P.: New authorities of defence policy of the European Union. Do they
enhance the effectiveness of Pillar Two?
. Strouhal, M.: The Secretary-General of the Council of the European Union for
political planning and early warning system (PPEWU)
. Rasek, A.: Czech Republic and the Common European security and defence policy
. Kroupa, L.: Methods of the Convent - the beginning of more transparent
decision making processes in the European Union?
EU-Members and applicants
. Nahodilova, L.: The ethnic variety of contemporary Bulgaria
. Nahodilova, L.: Bulgaria - 10 years searching
. The economic relationships between Belgium and Czechia
. Zbooil, Z.: Bulgaria on the way to European Union
. Dorovsky, I.: The relationship between Bulgaria and Macedonia
Recent publications
Publications of the Institute of Sociology of Academy of Sciences
Stipankova, P., 2001: Income Maintenance Policies, Household
Characteristics and Work Incentives in the Czech Republic
Prague: Sociological Papers SP 01:1
Kreidl, M., 2001: The Role of Political, Social and Cultural Capital in
Secondary School Selection in Socialist Czechoslovakia, 1948-1989
Prague: Sociological Papers SP 01:2
Zich, F., 2001: The Bearers of Development of the Cross Border Community
on Czech-German Border
Prague: Sociological Papers SP 01:4
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