Contemporary public social policy disrupts the principles of mandatory social solidarity, making non-systematic and economical (cost-saving) steps, which places a segment of population under the threat of social exclusion.
This monograph covers...
From political novels to surrealist poetry and censored rock and roll, Czech underground culture of the latter twentieth
century displayed an astonishing, and unheralded, variety. This fascinating exploration of that underground movement—the...
In the contemporary globalized world marked by a mixing of cultures and worldviews, the necessity to seek modes of coexistence, especially in places marked by historical reminiscences of conflicts, has become increasingly more urgent. Ulrich Beck, a...
This analysis of the bibliographical corpus of French fiction published in the Czech translation between 1989–2013 demonstrates known facts, but also presents interesting details. It strives to answer the following questions: What do we know about...
This volume deals with the materialization of identity in urban space. Urban spaces played an important role in the formation of national identities in post-socialist successor states, whereas the articulation of national identities markedly...
The reeve from Milčice in the Poděbrady district, František Jan Vavák (1741–1816), was one of the most important rural popular scripturists, peculiar authors from the rural environment, who preserved the vernacular language for future generations...
The relationship between innovations and institutions is commonly perceived as contrasting. Innovations tend to follow change and institutions stabilize the overall social situation. This book studies the assumption that relationships between...
The tradition of honorary doctorates, which was introduced at Western European universities at the end of the 15th century, was adopted rather late at the university in Prague. In addition, the impulse for this was different than elsewhere. In 1848,...
Prague has been a center of university education for almost seven centuries. It was on April 7, 1348, that Charles IV, King of Bohemia and the future Roman Emperor, founded the first university north of the Alps and east of the Rhine in Prague. The...
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This fourth edition of the textbook for students of the Faculty of Physical Education and Sport, Charles University, contains basic data related to the history of physical education from ancient civilizations and ancient Rome through the end of the...
Volume 2 of the Quantum Mechanics textbook builds on the general foundations of the quantum theory explained in volume 1, focusing on more advanced areas of the quantum theory which are important for the study of atomic systems. The approximate...
This book aims to close the gap in the offer of textbooks focusing on the phonetic structure of Italian. The scholar strives to provide a complex description of contemporary standard and neutral Italian pronunciation, taking also into account the...
New Testament theology raises many questions, not only within its own boundaries, but also in relation to other fields such as history, literary criticism, sociology, psychology, history, politics, philosophy, and religious studies. However, the...
This book aims to close the gap in the offer of textbooks focusing on the phonetic structure of Italian. The scholar strives to provide a complex description of contemporary standard and neutral Italian pronunciation, taking also into account the...
A language is not just a means of communication, it is also perceived to be one of the facets of a nation. In politically tense times, people turn towards language as representing a central value that must be protected.
During the period of the...
This book focuses on the most researched period in the history of the United States, on which dozens of books are published every year. In addition to covering the events of the war, they also treat the broader context of the clash between the two...
The dynamics of internal changes in China – whether these changes impact its national economy or its political order and distribution of power – have imminent influence on its relations with the rest of the world. The important, and perhaps less...
On which ideas concerning international identity and the role of Britain, and its relations with Europe and the United States was British foreign policy based during the turbulent era of Tony Blair and Gordon Brown? How did their creators reflect...
This book provides theoretical background for the proper management of physical activities for children at an early age in an aquatic environment so as to be beneficial for the child, while at the same building the foundations of the child's primary...