Newsletter - Social Science in Eastern Europe 2002 - 3
SLOVAK REPUBLIC
(Revue for Political and Civic Life)
Place of publication: Trnava
Publication dates: quarterly since May 2002
Published by: Department for Political Science, Faculty of Philosophy,
Kyril and Methodius University, Trnava
Nam.J.Herdu 2
917 00 Trnava
E-mail: klaudia.benovicova@ucm.sk
Internet: http://www.ucm.sk/Rektorat/Sk/Casopisy/Revue/index.htm
Editor- in-chief: Machacek, L.
Subject area: Political Theory, Civil Society, Media, Sociology,
Public Opinion
Headings: Studies; Research Reports; Consultations; Commentaries;
Student's Thesis; Information; Book Reviews; Bibliography and Annotation.
The journal appears in Slovak. It contains English and German lists of
contents. It is planned to issue the journal in electronic form.
Contents of the number 1, 2002 as an example:
Studies:
* Toth, R.: Political Role of Massmedia
Research Report:
* Machacek, L.: Youth Associations in Slovakia
Consultation:
* Students with Politicians - life discussion
Commentary:
* Martinelli, A.: Scientific Autonomy and Democratic Discussion
Student's Thesis:
* Hrusovsky, M.: Slovakia in Central Europe
* Kovacova, J.: A New Model of Sexual Education?
Information:
* About Slovak Political Science Association
Book Review
* Anna Tkacova: On-line journal "Man and Society"
* Radoslav Stefancik: Ideologies in the Eve of 3rd Millenium (Author: Marcela
Gburova)
* Stefan Ksinan: Youth, Labour, Future of Europe (ed. by Slovak Sociological
Society - Youth Section)
Bibliography and Annotation:
* Bibliography of study text at the Department for Political Science, Trnava
University
Ongoing research projects of the Institute of Sociology of the Slovak Academy of
Sciences (all projects funded by VEGA - the Slovak Grant Agency for Sciences
* Classes and Stratification in Social Changes of Slovakia (Head:
Buzik, B.; Participants: Buncak, J.; Vasecka, I.; Katarína Strapcova,
K.; Duration: 2002-2004)
The empirical goal is to study the changes in the stratification and class
structure of the Slovak society since the beginning of the 1990s and to trace
the old and new differentiating processes and their impacts on overall social
mobility. The data of several sociological surveys will be re-analysed. The
theoretical goal is to compare various theoretical models of social
stratification and attempt at the elaboration of the theoretical framework for
the interpretation of the stratification and class processes in the contemporary
Slovak society as well as for reconstruction of the basic assumptions of
stratification and class theories as they are present in the published
sociological studies. To form the hypothesis about.
* Transformation impacts on developmental disponibilities of the
settlements and their communities in Slovakia (Head: Gajdos, P.; Participants:
Moravanska, K.; Pasiak, K.; Duration: 2002 - 2004)
The goal is to analyse the specific positions of various types of settlements
and their communities in Slovakia and to present the contextual framework of
their present social, cultural and civilisation development. The point is to
study interrelations of their human potentials and civilisation dispositions and
to elaborate the typology of settlements according to their developmental
dispositions in the context of new developmental trends. The intention is to
reveal complex grounding of certain types of settlement problems in the
settlement types, as well as to look for the possibilities of their solution
from the perspectives of both the EU accession process and the effectiveness of
the public administration reforms.
* Social and cultural factors of political orientations and electoral
behaviour in Slovakia (Head: Kriv[yacute], V.; Participants:
Feglova, V.; Podoba, J -Institute for Ethnology S.A.S.; Duration: 2002 -
2004)
The goal of the project is to extend the knowledge of socio-structural and
cultural factors of political attitudes and electoral behaviour in Slovakia, its
municipalities, communities and districts. The current data on the level of
communities will be drawn from 2001 Census and parliamentary elections in 2002.
The project employs surveys and electoral statistical data of 1946 and 1990
elections on the levels of communities and districts. Their analysis is to be
combined with the "local spot" depth of political-anthropological
explorations. Along the regional, urban-rural, ethnic and confessional
dimension, the project focuses on the marginal territorial environments as the
explanatory variable of electoral behaviour.
* Systemic and cultural determinants and limits of family transformation
and gender role attitudes (Head: Piscova, M.; Participants:
Bausova, M.; Duration: 2002 - 2004)
The goal is to identify the most relevant changes in the family & gender
role attitudes and, to uncover the main formative factors of the gender role
ideology. A special attention will be given to the comparison of the former
state-socialist countries and West European countries. A long-lasting women'
labour participation in former state-socialist countries will be considered as
the significant determinant of the gender role attitudes differences. In
Slovakia, the diversity of family forms and their subsequent acceptation as
socially legitimate, increases slowly. The division of gender roles, fixed in
family and work expectations and stereotypes, plays the significant part in
these processes.
* Slovak Archive of Survey Data (Head: Strapcova, K.; Participants:
Cenka, A.; Stodolova, S.; Duration: 2002 - 2004)
The goal is to create a primary data catalogue, and then to attempt at
systematic documentation of the existing social science datasets reserve. The
catalogue will enable an effective orientation researchers in the Slovak primary
data field and will simplify an access and enable the secondary analyses, and
promote comparative, longitudinal research. The archive will facilitate the
standardization and verification of the methods used in the analysis of data.
The goal is also to integrate the Slovak Archive into the existing network of
the social science data archives and exchange the information within the
scientific community.
* The Construction of Social Differences and Identities. A Border Work
(Head: Kusa, Z.; Participants: Findor, A.; Cambalikova, M.; Duration:
2001 - 2003)
The goal of the project is to study the construction of social differences in
the mass media from ethno-methodological perspective. The main way is to study
categorisation procedures. The focus is on so called "unbiased
descriptions" that significantly contribute to the naturalization of
differences and that are to diminish the self-defence capacity of categorised.
The focus is also on the examination of the presentation practices of personal
identity in mass media and on the study of how the "border work" is
the constituent of the presentation of modern subject, as well as how social
actors perform and manage the presentation of their autonomous agency as being
part of solidarity bonds.
* A Century of Slovak Sociology (Head: Turcan, L.; Participants:
Klobuck[yacute], R.; Laiferova, E.; Duration: 2001 - 2003)
The goal is to work out and critically review the complex developments of
Slovak sociology in the 20th century, their actors and counter-actors, the
forceful measurements undertaken several times to diminish the impact of
sociology, and their outcomes. The period under the study comprises works from
various traditions, such as extreme positivism (sociography), positivism and
scientism (Lajciak, later Hirner), social utopism (J. von Schulpe, J. Palka),
religious sociology and ideological non-empirical sociology of Marxism Leninism.
The aim is also to analyse the stages of the institutionalisation of sociology
(establishment of sociological seminar at Comenius University, impact of Czech
sociologists in Slovakia).
* Social-Spatial Identification of Local Community as a Social and
Cultural Phenomenon (Head: Faltan, L.; Participants:
Sastn[yacute], Z.; Strussova, M.; Malíkova, M.; Duration: January 2000 -
December 2002)
The aim of the project is to identify factors that influence the shaping of
social and spatial identification of local community in the period of intensive
civilisation changes when traditional factors of local micro-world clash with
supra-local (global) values. The assumption is gradual penetration of local
community life by the values that are in their essence less and less spatially
determined and their confrontation with original(traditional) values would also
determinate (have impact on) changing form of internal integrity such
communities and their identification with given locality.
* Renaissance of Civil Society, Citizen and Citizenship in Slovakia in the
Context of Self-Integrating Europe and Information Humankind (Head:
Machacek, L.; Participants: Cambalikova, M.; Rosko, R.; Duration:
January 2000 - December 2002)
The research objective is to study not enough studied conceptual aspects of
post-November renewal of civil society in Slovakia, as well as to reflect new
phenomena and trends that have followed breaking Parliamentary election in 1998.
The special attention will be given to the dialectics of civil society and the
state, mediating function of collective actors, heuristic potency of the concept
"civil-crazy". This innovative concept, together with traditional
concept of democracy, represents a toll that could contribute to making precise
our perspective on the developmental phases of civil society. The analysis will
reflect revolutionary fact of the origin of capable for action non-party
(independent) stratum of citizen in the structure of civil society in Slovakia,
its successful cooperation with political opposition in election campaign and
the direction of its post-election reproduction.
Publications of Bratislava International Center for Family Studies 2001-2002
Bodnarova, B.; Filadelfiova, J. (Eds.), 2002: Domestic violence in
Slovakia. - 121. p.
This publication was prepared as a research report on domestic violence in
Slovakia. It contains analysis of empirical data collected by Centres for
counselling and psychological services and analysis of expertise made by
specialists dealing with domestic violence.
Bodnarova, B.; Filadelfiova,J.; Jackova, M. (ed), 2001: Models of work and
family reconciliation presentation. Trilateral workshop. - 162 pp.
Kvapilova, E.; Porubänov, S. (eds.), 2001: Wavy Ways to Equality: Views
on Human and Citizenship Rights of Women in Slovakia (in Slovak). - 115 p.
The publication consists of five studies that deal with topics such as:
gender stereotypes, women and human rights, women and political participation,
women and labour market, women and social rights.
Corporate Governance Risk in the Slovak Republic. Report on Survey by
INEKO, Bratislava, 2002. - 42p.
http://www.ineko.sk/english/study_corporate_governance_risk.pdf
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