Singles a jejich vztahy; kvalitativní pohled na nesezdané a nekohabitující jednotlivce v České republice

• Authors: Tomasek M.

Title variants

EN

SINGLES AND THEIR RELATIONSHIPS: A QUALITATIVE LOOK AT SINGLE AND NON-COHABITATING INDIVIDUALS IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC

• Languages of publication: CS

Abstracts

EN

In a qualitative study of single people conducted in 2003 one particular finding stood out: a significant number of the interviewees (economically independent and without a partner) revealed their involvement in various other forms of regular or even long-term relationships. In an analysis of in-depth interviews conducted in 2003-2005 the following categories of alternative relationships were identified as typical for the social context of contemporary Czech society: 'relationships with married lovers', 'weekend marriages', 'long-distance relationships', 'one-night stands', 'open relationships', 'lover in case of need', and 'relationships to prove oneself'. The existence of relationships that are not long-term or reproduction-oriented is not a result of any deliberate strategy but is rather a consequence of the complex changes in mentality and behaviour that occurred in the 1990s. These shifts, for example, relating to professional commitment and career satisfaction, tend to be understood as the explicit result of labour-market pressures on individual actors, but research has shown that, even at the level of individual actors, alternative approaches to partner relationships and reproduction are much more the result of people adopting and internalising post-1989 cultural templates.

Keywords

EN

SINGLES (CZECH REPUBLIC)

Discipline

• SOCIOLOGY: SOCIOLOGY

• Publisher: Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Sociologický časopis. Czech Sociological Review
• Year: 2006
• Volume: 42
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 81-105
• Document type: ARTICLE

Contributors

author

Tomasek M.

• M. Tomasek, Institut pro výzkum reprodukce a integrace spolecnosti, Fakulta sociálnich studii MU, Jostova 10, 602 00 Brno, Czech Republic

Identifiers

CEJSH db identifier

06CZAAAA01312964