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"New fathers" and shared parenting
Dlasková, Julie ; Vodochodský, Ivan (advisor) ; Hájek, Martin (referee)
This thesis examines the responsibilities and roles of fathers who practise a shared care arrangement in order to get a better understanding of how traditionally perceived women's and men's tasks are divided between the father and the mother after separation. Special emphasis is given to gender equality in responsibilities and roles traditionally ascribed to women and men, to decide in which aspects, fathers who practice shared care can be seen as 'new fathers'. Previous research projects on fatherhood have indicated that in two-parent families it is typically the mother who takes the major responsibility for private sphere duties such as nurturing or domestic labour, while the father's role lies in providing and financial support (Cohen 1993) (Ranson 2001) (Segal 1990). For this reason the actual existence of the 'new father' in society has been doubted. In-depth interviews conducted in New Zealand with fathers who were in a shared care situation showed that their responsibilities and roles changed after separation and became equalized between both parents. New circumstances, a gender equal attitude and a wish to be a part of the children's lives made the fathers become responsible for nurturing aspects of parenting and day-to-day care. This thesis suggests that study of 'non-traditional' family...
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Current feminist discussions: transgender phenomenon in the context of the writing of Judith Butler
Šaldová, Kateřina ; Vodochodský, Ivan (advisor) ; Hájek, Martin (referee)
The title of this paper is: Current feminist discussions: transgender phenomenon in the context of the writing of Judith Butler. The author of the paper concentrates on a discussion of selected terms from Butlerian terminology - such as subversion and agency in the context of the lived experience and agency of transgenders. In a broader context, feminist theories are taken into account in respect to these terms as well. Can transgender perspectives be used as a useful and inspirational contribution? Can agency of transgenders challenge feminist thought in any sense? What is the role of Butler's thought in relation to effective feminist action? Having introduced the theoretical framings and critical discussion of important terms of Butler's theory in the first chapter, the author continues in discussing the strategy of subversion in the context of transgenderism in the second chapter. Both discussions are brought together in the third part of the paper, focusing on a qualitative research completed in Prague in 2003. The author concludes that certain challenges and inspirations arise when studying the transgender phenomenon and that the theory of Judith Butler can be used as an effective (feminist) tool. However, there should be a closer cooperation between feminist and transgender community in order to...
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Autism behind our eyes
Čaníková, Petra ; Vodochodský, Ivan (advisor) ; Hájek, Martin (referee)
Thesis "Autism through our eyes" is final report from qualitative sociological research. This report would like to answer the questions as: How do autistic people perceive their position in a society and world? How do they describe experience with autism? What is the autisms from thier point of view? This report tries to compare several viewpoints - autism from point of view of "specialist" in the field of medicine, education, parents's point of view and point of view of autistic people. Main part of the analysis is focused on whole life-story of an autistic girl, Donna Williams; autobiography Nobody Nowhere [1992], The analysis would like to describe finding and imprinting self-identity. The central cathegory "self-identity" links other five cathegories. These five categories form coherent whole and reader of this report is able to perceive the autistic world. Author of this dissertation tries to find her own point of view on autism. She makes clear about her standpoint about autism and about several information sources. Last but not least aim of this thesis is to inform, that it is necessary to keep in our mind what circumstances ifluence our personal point of view and what consequences it implies.
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Everyday police: Norms in the turmoil of police practice
Tošovský, Michal ; Hájek, Martin (advisor) ; Kabele, Jiří (referee)
Everyday police: norms in the turmoil o f police practice Based on the interviews with police officers from the local police stations of one of the Czech police's districts the author discusses their ability to handle their everyday practice. It is viewed under two sets of effects. The first set consists of three levels of written legal obligations - the constitutional laws defining the basic values of social structure and state system, laws which govern police functions and objectives and internal norms of the police organization specifying their operation. The use of legal norms is penetrated by five sociological dimensions - the ethical and moral values expressed within the written norms (how the police mean their practice); the exact terms of the written norms (how the police should do their practice); the police officers' performance requirements (how the police must do it); the police officers' experience based best practice (how the police would like to do it) and the ability to meet all those requirements (how the police really do it). After framing the analysis, the current knowledge about police is discussed. In the foreign literature we can find two basic fashions of the police performance. The first one sees police practice as reactive, based on crime control and crime-fighting police...
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Discourse analysis of global climate change. Case of emissions - argumentative strategies of actors
Cholt, Jan ; Šmídová, Olga (advisor) ; Hájek, Martin (referee)
Aim of this study is to improve understanding of practical application of public media discourse about Global climate change. Theoretical base is embedded in context of humannature relationship. My premise is that risk of global warming or global climate change is hard to sense by individuals hence dependent on expert knowledge and mediating of these thematic fields toward public, mainly by mass media. Introduced topic, or its selected part, was investigated using discourse analysis. It serves as a tool to identify and discuss patterns of thoughts, elements of argumentation and actor's strategies. They are parts - or even base - of media discourse about main topic, objects, subjects and time-space and others contexts. They are systematically coded according to discourse rules in a repeating categories and their overall configuration creates underlying concept of understanding the topic. Data for analysis consist of collection of utterances made in Czech public media discourse during period of December 2004 and June 2005. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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Lost property - the work and motherhood
Linková, Naděžda ; Vodochodský, Ivan (advisor) ; Hájek, Martin (referee)
Diploma thesis "Lost property - the work and motherhood" is trying to capture the experience of motherhood and life strategy of mothers - university graduates who - even partially - started working earlier than is usual in Czech Republic. Before their kids were 2 years old. There are six stories of motherhood that are both similar and different from each other. All focused on work and career lives of those mothers. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
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