The Turkish Community in the Czech Republic: A Diaspora in the Making?

AbstractMigration is a relatively new phenomenon in the Czech Republic, which has gradually become a destination country. The securitisation and politicisation of migration in the Czech domestic discourse has created a great deal of public anxiety, especially towards Muslims. This paper focuses on the position of Turkish migrants, the single largest Muslim community in the Czech Republic, in the specific context of the Czech Republic. The objective is to define the nature of Turkish migration to the Czech Republic as part of broader migration patterns. Using data from the Czech Statistical Office and from a questionnaire survey, it investigates the Turkish community’s assessment of adaptation to the Czech environment and their position within the wider Turkish dias-pora policy. I argue that that the non-transparent Czech immigration policy and Czech Islamophobia are potential factors influencing the adaptation process of the Turkish community, which might affect their decision to remain in the country. Furthermore, the small size of the Turkish community can hamper the migrants’ social life, who might wish to maintain strong ties with the homeland and the diaspora community in Europe.

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12-Year Trends in Active School Transport across Four European Countries—Findings from the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) Study

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18042118 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (4) ◽

pp. 2118

Author(s):

Ellen Haug ◽

Otto Robert Frans Smith ◽

Jens Bucksch ◽

Catherina Brindley ◽

Jan Pavelka ◽

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Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Travel Time ◽

Health Behaviour ◽

Sociodemographic Factors ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Family Affluence ◽

School Aged Children ◽

Recent Trends ◽

Hbsc Study ◽

Using Data

Active school transport (AST) is a source of daily physical activity uptake. However, AST seems to have decreased worldwide over recent decades. We aimed to examine recent trends in AST and associations with gender, age, family affluence, and time to school, using data from the Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) study collected in 2006, 2010, 2014, and 2018 in the Czech Republic, Norway, Scotland, and Wales. Data from 88,212 students (11, 13 and 15 years old) revealed stable patterns of AST from 2006 to 2018, apart from a decrease in the Czech Republic between 2006 and 2010. For survey waves combined, walking to and from school was most common in the Czech Republic (55%) and least common in Wales (30%). Cycling was only common in Norway (22%). AST differed by gender (Scotland and Wales), by age (Norway), and by family affluence (everywhere but Norway). In the Czech Republic, family affluence was associated with change over time in AST, and the effect of travel time on AST was stronger. The findings indicate that the decrease in AST could be levelling off in the countries considered here. Differential associations with sociodemographic factors and travel time should be considered in the development of strategies for AST.

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Mobility and the assimilation of immigrants: Variationsin migration patterns of Ukrainians and Vietnamesein the Czech Republic

Moravian Geographical Reports ◽

10.2478/mgr-2018-0020 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 26 (4) ◽

pp. 244-254 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Eva Janská ◽

Josef Bernard

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Population Register ◽

Geographical Differentiation ◽

Migration Patterns ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Domestic Migration ◽

Vietnamese Immigrants ◽

Internal Mobility ◽

International Migrants ◽

Migrant Groups

Abstract The distribution of international migrants is an essential part of socio-geographical differentiation. In addition to international migration, internal or domestic migration plays an important role in the geographical distribution of immigrants. Based on data from the population register, the Census, and a quantitative survey, we analysed the internal mobility of Ukrainian and Vietnamese immigrants, which are the first and third largest international migrant groups in the Czech Republic. Using the assimilation perspective, the results of the analysis indicate that each ethnic group behaves differently. Specifically, the concentration of these immigrants differed at both regional and neighbourhood levels.

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Do Sociodemographic Characteristics in Waste Management Matter? Case Study of Recyclable Generation in the Czech Republic

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11072030 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (7) ◽

pp. 2030 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Kristyna Rybova

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Social Life ◽

Developed Countries ◽

Individual Characteristics ◽

Point Of View ◽

Situational Factors ◽

Sociodemographic Characteristics ◽

Spatial Effects ◽

Waste Generation ◽

The Czech Republic

The generation of recyclables in the Czech Republic has long been under the European average, but the proportion from municipal waste as a whole has been growing over the past few years. Previous research in the Czech Republic mainly focused on organizational or situational factors explaining recycling performance in municipalities. This study focuses on individual characteristics that are connected, among other things, to ongoing demographic changes. Currently ongoing sociodemographic development in the Czech Republic, as well as other developed countries, influence a broad range of aspects of social life, including waste generation and its structure. This paper aims at quantifying the relation between the sociodemographic characteristics of municipality inhabitants and recyclable generation. For this purpose, 13 variables describing inhabitants, households, and housing in 4897 Czech municipalities were selected that could influence the generation of recyclables according to foreign studies. Data were analyzed using multidimensional linear regression. Even though the resulting model only explains 9%, it is statistically significant and implies that sociodemographic variables can help explain recyclable generation. From this point of view, important variables are average household size, share of tertiary educated people, share of family houses, purchasing power per person, percentage of people employed in agriculture, and sex ratio. To increase the explained variability and emphasize local differences in recyclable generation, we also used geographically weighted regression (GWR). GWR results show that, to understand waste generation (at least in the Czech Republic) on a municipal level, it is necessary to also consider spatial effects and regional specifics.

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Barriers for incoming of international researchers in the Czech Republic

Ergo ◽

10.2478/v10217-012-0009-8 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 7 (3) ◽

pp. 10-15

Author(s):

Ondřej Daniel

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Social Science ◽

Capacity Building ◽

Present Article ◽

Work Experience ◽

Service Organizations ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Social Science Theory ◽

Science Theory ◽

Using Data

Since the last decade the Czech Republic has certain ambitions in restructuring of its economy by increasing its performance in RTDI. These efforts are not possible without capacity building of scientists and researchers community, and in particular income of international scientists to the Czech Republic. However, this need is slowed down by a number of obstacles that are partly sketched in this article. The author is using data collected during almost three years of work experience in one of the service organizations focusing on assisting international researchers. The present article offers a comparison of the Czech context with several other European countries, the interpretation of the issue on the basis of current social science theory and an overview of existing efforts to address the topic.

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The Impact of Social Policies on Self-Reliance Incentives for Roma in Central and Eastern Europe

Ekonomika ◽

10.15388/ekon.2005.17409 ◽

2005 ◽

Vol 69 ◽

Author(s):

Susanne Milcher ◽

Katarína Zigová

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Eastern Europe ◽

Central And Eastern Europe ◽

Social Systems ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Self Reliance ◽

The Social ◽

Social Transfers ◽

Using Data ◽

The Impact

In this paper, we review the social systems in five European countries: Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia and Romania. We focus here on regulations towards households with insufficient income. Based on this, we analyse the impact of social transfers on self-reliance incentives of the Roma minority in particular, using data from the UNDP/ILO survey conducted in 2001 in the five countries.

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RESPONSE OF THE CZECH RMN NETWORK TO THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY

Radiation Protection Dosimetry ◽

10.1093/rpd/ncz205 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 186 (2-3) ◽

pp. 215-218

Author(s):

J Šlegl ◽

J Minářová ◽

P Kuča ◽

I Kolmašová ◽

O Santolík ◽

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Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Monitoring Network ◽

Thunderstorm Activity ◽

Radiation Monitoring ◽

Radon Progeny ◽

Radiation Background ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Charge Structure ◽

Gamma Background ◽

Using Data

ABSTRACT Thunderstorm ground enhancement (TGE) is a phenomenon that enhances radiation background on the ground related to thunderstorm activity and charge structure of the thundercloud. On the other hand, the rise of gamma background is connected with precipitation by the washout of radon progeny from the atmosphere. In our analysis, we examined known enhancements of gamma background, previously attributed solely to radon progeny, using data from the Czech Radiation Monitoring Network (RMN) to investigate the enhancements with respect to thunderstorms and TGE phenomena. We also used radar precipitation data and data from the lightning location network to analyze their influences on the radiation background enhancement during three thunderstorm events that occurred in summer 2016 over the Czech Republic (Central Europe). We state that the RMN might have detected TGE over the Czech Republic.

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More Money, Less Housework? Relative Resources and Housework in the Czech Republic

Journal of Family Issues ◽

10.1177/0192513x19864988 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 40 (18) ◽

pp. 2823-2848 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Dana Hamplová ◽

Jana Klímová Chaloupková ◽

Renáta Topinková

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Explanatory Power ◽

Drop Out ◽

Mixed Effect ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Female Partners ◽

Relative Earning ◽

Division Of Housework ◽

Using Data ◽

Relative Resources

The article explores the association between housework, earnings, and education. In contrast to the majority of existing studies from Western countries, this article tests the bargaining theory in the Czech Republic. Given the high female labor force participation coupled with a tendency for women to drop out of the labor market for several years after childbirth, the country provides an interesting context to test the theory. Using data from the first wave of the Czech Household Panel, we apply multilevel mixed-effect regressions and analyze the index expressing the relative division of housework between the male and female partners. We demonstrate that in this institutional context, economic factors such as the woman’s education and her absolute or relative earning have little explanatory power for the way housework is shared. Furthermore, we show that the man’s education is a better predictor of the division of housework than the woman’s education.

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Municipality Size and Local Public Services: Do Economies of Scale Exist ?

NISPAcee Journal of Public Administration and Policy ◽

10.2478/nispa-2014-0007 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 7 (2) ◽

pp. 151-171 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Jana Soukopová ◽

Juraj Nemec ◽

Lenka Matějová ◽

Michal Struk

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Public Services ◽

Economies Of Scale ◽

Production Costs ◽

Fixed Costs ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Local Public Services ◽

Local Services ◽

Key Factor ◽

Using Data

AbstractEconomies of scale are a standard topic in economic theory, frequently applied, for example, in the analysis of monopolies. They exist when a firm optimising its production costs while facing some fixed costs enjoys lower per-unit production costs as the production increases. Similarly to other production units municipalities have to be large enough to minimise average costs. We analysed the local public services in 205 municipalities with extended powers in the Czech Republic for the first time in this context, using regression analysis, a correlation diagram of local public services and statistical analysis. The paper examines this issue using data from 2008 to 2012. Our analysis showed that economies of scale cannot be clearly identified for local services in municipalities with extended powers in the Czech Republic and that the size of a municipality is not a key factor influencing the provision of local services.

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Selected Problems of Integration of Foreigners in the Czech Republic

Equilibrium ◽

10.12775/equil.2013.007 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 8 (1) ◽

pp. 109-124

Author(s):

Libuse Macakova

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Czech Republic ◽

Immigration Policy ◽

Access To Health Care ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Factors Affecting ◽

Starting Point ◽

The Government ◽

Czech Society ◽

Lack Of Knowledge

The aim of this paper is to characterize the problems of immigration and subsequent integration of foreigners in the Czech Republic. The starting point is a brief historical perspective on the development of migration policies of the Czech Republic and the development of immigration in recent years. The aspects discussed in particular are education and health care, as the main factors affecting the integration of immigrants. The analysis suggests a pivotal role of the state in the activities focused on the integration of foreigners, an important role is played by non-profit organizations. In the end of the paper attention is focused on the Czech public attitude to immigration. Active immigration policy in the Czech Republic began in 2003. Currently, integration is understood as an essential part of the immigration policy of the Government of the Czech Republic. Integration of foreigners into the Czech society is directly linked to the process of immigration and is crucial for the smooth immigrant participation in the local labor market and life in the country. The main problem is the lack of knowledge of the Czech language by adult immigrants and especially their children, lack of knowledge of the Czech language, which significantly complicates the possibility of integration into the Czech society. Access to health care is another critical area of integration. Not all areas of integration are managed entirely ideally. This paper tries to highlight specific partial deficiencies. Further development is possible only after an analysis of the basic factors of integration.

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OCA INDEX AS INDICATOR OF THE CZECH REPUBLIC'S PREPAREDNESS TO JOIN THE EUROPEAN MONETARY UNION

AD ALTA Journal of Interdisciplinary Research ◽

10.33543/11029194 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 11 (2) ◽

pp. 91-94

Author(s):

SARKA HYBLEROVA

Keyword(s):

Czech Republic ◽

Monetary Union ◽

Euro Area ◽

European Monetary Union ◽

Common Currency ◽

European Monetary ◽

The Czech Republic ◽

Currency Area ◽

Using Data ◽

Key Indicators

The optimum currency area (OCA) theory evaluates the currency area as optimum at a time when the participating countries are not at risk of macroeconomic instability due to the existence of a common currency. The OCA index is a tool used to comprehensively assess the costs and benefits of a candidate for joining a monetary union. It is constructed as a bilateral index assessing the appropriateness of introducing the single currency in two countries. The article presents the OCA index quantified for the Czech Republic in relation to Germany, which is considered to be the core of the European Monetary Union. Since the OCA index needs to be interpreted in a temporal or spatial comparison, the calculation of the OCA index was also performed for other countries of the Visegrad Group (V4) and furthermore for Austria and Portugal, using data from the period of 2007–2019. The results of the OCA index show a high degree of variability in the Czech Republic in the observed period. While in the first half of the period under review, the Czech Republic achieved the best results within the assessed economies and the Czech Republic's level of preparedness for the common currency with Germany was higher than in the case of Austria, it fell sharply after 2012. The reason can be seen, among other things, in the higher growth rate of the Czech economy than in the euro area. Although the OCA index is an indicator assessing the preparedness of an economy to join a monetary union, it cannot be the only indicator. Other important criteria include, for example, labour mobility, price and wage flexibility, fiscal integration and more. Although the Czech Republic is approaching the euro area average in all key indicators, the gap from it remains significant for most indicators and thus continues to be a factor against the adoption of the euro in the coming years.

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