(The abstracted paper is also published in English: Ibid. 2004, Nr 1s(33), pp. 63-82). There is no single, universally acknowledged definition of social dialogue. Ultimately, its form and scope are defined by the limits of the law, social and political relations in effect, and the partners themselves. Social dialogue so viewed and defined is treated as an object, a form for conducting negotiations or building relations on a plane of labor relations, as well as political and economic relations. Even dialogue conducted around such values as economic freedom and social justice will, from this angle, be treated as a form for arriving at social consensus, not a prerequisite for achieving such values. Although true that social dialogue serves to reach the overriding objective—the building of social peace while making assessment of the present state of affairs—it is important not to forget the years and periods when none of the parties sat down at a table with the intention of talking.
The article treats the selected circumstances of social policy namely the conditions and possibilities of social peace’s reaching with regard to young people’s preferences and attitudes and the factors influencing them. On the basis of empirical research carried out with respondents from various faculties of the Czech University of Life Sciences and the Czech Technical University in Prague, the author presents her conclusions: are there any threats (and which ones) to social peace and through it to economic development which could be triggered by how young people perceive the justification of social policy and its principles’ content.
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