Pojem „společenská soudržnost“ v názorech veřejného mínění a hodnotové postoje k uspořádání společenských vztahů

• Authors: Safr Jiri

Title variants

EN

CONCEPTIONS OF THE TERM 'SOCIAL COHESION' IN PUBLIC OPINION AND VALUE ORIENTATIONS TO FABRIC OF SOCIAL RELATIONSHIPS

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

The article pursues how the concept of 'social cohesion' is understood by the Czech public. Firstly, the respondents predominantly do not know the concept; in addition spontaneous answers to the open-ended questions show that different meanings are associated with this concept. The second part analyses the battery of statements 'what creates a cohesive society'. Three latent dimensions were identified: values of reciprocity and equality, collective identity and European liberalism. We can consider them general value orientations to arrangement of social relations. Only the first dimension is very weakly linked with the position in society. Correlations with political orientations and preferences, albeit weak, corroborate two-dimensionality of political values of the Czech population. In general, we can find two basic meaning spheres in public opinion, how should be achieved a cohesive society: consensus (a unity of values, common goals) and 'functional interpersonal relations' (social justice, solidarity, mutual assistance, decency and confidence).

Keywords

EN

PUBLIC OPINION; SOCIAL COHESION; VALUE ORIENTATIONS

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Naše společnost (Our Society)
• Year: 2008
• Volume: 6
• Issue: 2
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Safr Jiri

• Jiri Safr, Sociologicky ustav AV CR, v.v.i., Jilska 1, Praha 1, 110 00, Czech Republic, http://dlib.lib.cas.cz/4080/

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

09CZAAAA05859