Ranking objective and perceived inequality. A comparison of the Czech Republic in the European context

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Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Ranking objective and perceived inequality. A comparison of the Czech Republic in the European context

Original language description

In the Czech public and professional discourse, there is a strong rhetoric of a rooted egalitarianism of the society. This study thus traces various objective and subjective dimensions of socio-economic inequality in an attempt to examine the validity of this rhetoric. It uses various data on levels and trends in earnings, household income and living conditions in the Czech Republic in comparison with other European countries. The study examines data provided by the Czech Statistical Office, databases and publications of the European Commission, Eurostat, the OECD, and other institutions. In addition, own calculations based on data from the EU-SILC survey and some comparative sociological surveys are presented. The data are arranged in such a way that it is always clear what position the Czech Republic occupies in a European ranking. The results cast some doubt on the generally shared opinion in the Czech Republic that this country enjoys extraordinary equality, and that there is an exceptional Czech bent towards egalitarianism. In fact, Czech society is not the most equal in earnings, nor in the economic situation of its households. Although the country ranks among societies with low social inequality, Czechs are not ‘so exceptional’ in their objective economic equality, nor are they extraordinarily egalitarian in their attitudes.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

B - Specialist book

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50401 - Sociology

Project

<a href="/en/project/GA18-09220S" target="_blank" >GA18-09220S: Social stratification in the Czech Republic and Central Europe: 1968-2018</a><br>

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

ISBN

978-80-7330-324-2

Number of pages

123

Publisher name

Sociologický ústav AV ČR

Place of publication

Praha

UT code for WoS book

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