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Unemployed young people as a target population in public policy
Stanzel, Jiří ; Kotrusová, Miriam (advisor) ; Nekola, Martin (referee)
Unemployed young people as a target population in public policy Abstract Due to recent economic crisis young people up to age of 25 became one of the most endangered groups on the labour market. Disadvantaged position of young people is caused largely by inadequate structure of their qualification, lack of work experiences and work skills or unreal perception of work conditions. According to their position on labour market experts also emphasize negative effects of long-term unemployment on youth including not creating of work habits, loss of motivation to find a job and growing passivity. Unemployed young people became an important target group of public policy. The thesis works with the theory of social construction of target populations to explain policy process towards unemployed youth. It identifies existing social constructions of unemployed young people from perspective of key actors of unemployment policy. It also tries to explain how these constructions affect unemployment policy towards young people and what other factors have influence on its shape.
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Marriage and cohabitation : comparison of opinions and attitudes of young people and adult generation
Fulínová, Renata ; Kotrusová, Miriam (advisor) ; Klusáček, Jan (referee)
The bachelor thesis called "Marriage and cohabitation: comparison of opinions and attitudes of young people and adult generation" focuses on changes of demographic behavior of the Czech population which started to appear after the Velvet revolution in 1989. One of the changes was a denial of marriage as the ultimate form of partnership, which led to the expansion of cohabitation as an alternative form of marriage. According to the normative theory and the theory of second demographic transition, these changes were caused by the turn in values. This thesis uses a combined research design and using the secondary data analysis and in- depth interviews compares opinions of the two generations on marriage and cohabitation. This thesis also tries to find the factors that affect these opinions and examines, if there is a generation transfer of the values in a family. The results show, that young people are more tolerant towards the cohabitation, which however does not necessarily mean that they also prefer this form of partnership in their own personal life. Apart from the age, the important factors are also sex, marital status and education. The interviews showed, that the marriage of young peoples' parents proves to play an important role when it comes to forming their own opinion about this topic.
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Volunteering of Young People between the age of 20 to 24 - Experiences, perception and the Role of Family and Peers in Volunteering
Ježová, Aneta ; Pospíšilová, Tereza (advisor) ; Moree, Dana (referee)
Volunteering is a really actual issue in abroad and in the Czech republic, too. It is a necessary part of good working civic society. Activities connected with volunteering is desirable to support and pay attention to them. This thesis handles the topic of young people in the age between 20 and 24 and volunteering. It tries to explore the role of family and peers in young peoples' volunteering. Its aim is to describe the perception of volunteering and the importance/sens for young volunteers. Is there a difference between the welfare and mutual field of voluteering? Also it handles the experiences and reasons for choices of type of concrete volunteering activity. There has been a qualitative research conducted within this thesis. The method of focus group and document analysis were used for it.
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Mapping foreign researches of relationship between children and media (EU-choses time period)
Tomčíková, Nelly ; Wolák, Radim (advisor) ; Šťastná, Lucie (referee)
The thesis is focused on mapping of the foreign research on the relation between media (television and the Internet) and children within EU for the period of 1990-2010. Television emerged in the lives of children in 1950s and immediately became the focus of the media studies. First crucial study which has influenced development of media and children research for the next decades was study Television and the child (1958) conducted in Great Britain. Since then we have been able to follow several changes in research agenda. First change is how the child is understood for the research purposes, then the shift from media effects to media meanings and uses and last but not least shift from television to the media environment. The most of media research on children between 1990 and 2010 has been carried out in Great Britain, Germany and Nordic countries. Most of European countries have long tradition of qualitative as well as quantitative research. However, some of the countries (e.g. the Czech Republic) used mostly quantitative methods when conducting media research with children. These countries have implemented qualitative methods after 1990. One of the most important projects of mapping Internet research is EU Kids Online. Currently there are 33 European countries participating in this project. EU...
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Smoking as a part of the process of socialization
Lacina, Petr ; Tuček, Milan (advisor) ; Kuchař, Pavel (referee)
Nowadays is smoking still tolerated social phenomen in this country, despite belongs to the biggest killer in a human history and every day year die 5 milion people for this. Especially dangerous is smoking among young people, because they aren't grown up physical or mentally and therefore is smoking for them so dangerous. 78% of the adult smokers, started smoke before sixteen. In this paper I present the statistics from actual researches and additional analyses of smokers. In comparison with other european states is Czech republic on the second places in number of young smokers. The influence of social environment is crucial for if people started smoke or not. The government should protect smokers and non-smokers due to the effect of smoking in public places. In the Czech has tobacco industry strong position and there is no political will to change it although people want it.
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A bigger than a small quantity of marijuana - for a second time and better? (The perception of the modification of criminal codex by young adults)
Mertová, Simona ; Nekola, Martin (advisor) ; Morávek, Jan (referee)
Simona Mertová, 4. ročník SOSP Abstract The aim of this bachelor thesis was to determine how the young adults, a category of czech population with the highest prevalence of marijuna use, perceive the changes in the domain of cannabinoid drugs in relationship with recent partial decriminalization of marijuana, induced by latest modification of the law number 40/2009 of the law collection. New modification of the criminal code of law got into effect in January 2010 and in my bachelor thesis I examined whether after this date some changes in the behaviour or in the attitudes of the consumers of marijuana occurred. Further, I tested if some changes occured in the attitudes of the young non-users - in such a sense, that they would decide to use marijuana or at least to try this drug. Data and information about consumer's behaviour, attitudes and opinions were investigated by means of semi-structured interviews. The results were gained by the analysis of these interviews. As result of the bachelor thesis there was a determination of an overall impact of the recent modification of criminal code of law, associated with partial decriminalization of marijuana, on the young adults in the Czech republic as well as the determination of potential changes in the behaviour, attitudes and opinions regarding marihuana use as...
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Partner violence in the relationships of young Czech people
Soudková, Šárka ; Buriánek, Jiří (advisor) ; Gillernová, Ilona (referee) ; Pikálková, Simona (referee)
PhDr. Šárka Soudková Partner violence in the relationships of young Czech people Abstract: The dissertation thesis focuses on the area of partner violence experienced by young Czech people and its broad context. The introductive text examines how this issue is apprehended by the theoretical conceptions in general as well as how the empirical surveys dealt with it hitherto. Substantial part of the thesis describes the construction, transformation, validization of the scales measuring the incidence of violence in partnership. These scales were used in quantitative survey of representative sample of young people in the age from 15 to 29 years (N = 870). The part of thesis dedicated to the survey results presents the experiences of young Czechs with violence in their intimate relationships for the past 12 months and the prevalence of violence related to the present/past partner relationship. Another point of view on this issue brings the analysis of reciprocity of violence in the relationship. In the frame of analysis of broad context of partner violence is explored: the general opinion climate prevailing among young Czech people related to partnership, psycho-social features typical for people engaged in violent relationships, the family background these people are coming from, occurrence of violence in...
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Young people and its relationship with printed newspapers in the period of the new media
Přečková, Alexandra ; Wolák, Radim (advisor) ; Reifová, Irena (referee)
This diploma thesis named "Young people and its relationship with printed newspapers in the period of the new media" shows the way of treating the printed newspapers by the nowadays young generation within the Czech Republic. The thesis is based on the hypotheses predicting the tough situation and future position of printed newspapers. Concerning the experts' predictions the sole existence of the newspapers could be threatened by uninterested approach of young readers. The first part of the article shows the young people relationship to the printed newspapers as presented in selected international surveys and researches. The conclusions of these materials are essential sources used in my own further survey. As a part of the article the specific data presenting the situation of the Czech newspapers market are presented. It shows the printed newspapers decreasing demand which is significant as well as on the Czech Republic market. The methodology of the research is presented in the next part of the article. As a proper method the quantitative analysis is selected - the "focus-groups" method. The tested sample was forty of students in total. All of them were studying the secondary school or the university. Each part of the topic being analyzed is presented in the next part of the work. Also the...
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Young people in the suburb: the case study of Zvole
Dušek, Petr ; Špačková, Petra (advisor) ; Dvořáková, Nina (referee)
Young people in the suburb: the case study of Zvole Abstract This thesis deals with the impact of the process of residential suburbanization on changes in mobility and spatial structure of daily activities of young people. The aim is to assess the nature of some aspects of the social environment, such as character of interactions between original inhabitants and newcomers. The move to the suburban areas resulted in the need for frequent commuting to Prague to schools and services. The research showed that young people are limited by the public transport in their daily movement. The social interactions of the newcomers and the indigenous people are limited, however, it is possible to anticipate their positive development. Keywords: suburbanization, young people, spatial mobility, everyday life
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