Politicization of Society and Public Controversies












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            * Politicization of Society and Public Controversies
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            Institute of Sociological Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University


            Leading representatives of the research team: doc. PhDr. Ondřej Císař, Ph.D. [ URL "https:
            webapps/id/1735281227818314/"] (guarantor), doc. Paulus Albertus Blokker, Ph.D. [ URL "htt

            is.cuni.cz/webapps/id/1846900534818644/"] , PhDr. Dino Numerato, Ph.D. [ URL "https://is.c
            webapps/id/1237326017782816/"] , doc. PhDr. Zdeněk Uherek, CSc. [ URL "https://is.cuni.cz/
            id/1713492180006373/"]

            Contact: Ondřej Císař (ondrej.cisar(zavinac)fsv.cuni.cz [ MAIL "ondrej.cisar(zavinac)fsv.c


            The research team in this area focuses on varieties of the politicization of current socie
            sociology this general process has been identified since the collapse of communist regimes
            It is related to a gradual erosion of the tried out institutions of industrial modernity s

            class, expert knowledge, modern city, and nation state-based democracy. Due to the interli
            of economic globalization, cultural amalgamation, and technological change, the very socia
            of democratic societies has been undergoing a fundamental transformation resulting in new 

            between the winners and losers of these processes. The result is the return of political c
            spheres of society.


            In politics so-called losers of globalization constitute a new constituency for populist f
            form to stop further international integration and globalization. There are new parties an
            being organized around the issues of political integration, migration, and sovereignty. So

            mobilizations have already managed to produce spectacular and controversial results, such 
            the yellow vests movement in France. There have been many radical and populist movements a
            established in Central Eastern Europe too, the Czech Republic included. The 2015 migrant c

            an additional factor in the transformation of politics in Europe, which determined new pat
            engagement and political participation. These changes can be seen not only on the levels o
            international politics, but also in urban spaces.


            However, these processes are not limited to party and protest politics. They are manifeste
            politicization of previously seemingly non-political issues and spheres such as health car

            contentious debates on vaccination and early childcare), sport, and urban planning. These 
            on the level of collective actors involved in the new controversies, as well as on the lev
            public opinion. Both traditional tools of social research and new media-based tools of dig

            are currently employed.

            At the Faculty of Social Sciences these particular research topics are developed by the fa

            as well as by research fellows and doctoral students. These topics, as they are developed 
            of Social Sciences, well relate to research priorities of other faculties. As a result, th
            area will serve as an important focal point for future deeper collaboration and research d

            sociology departments at Charles University. The research in this area is informed by the 
            epistemological and methodological
            approaches, including inspirations from social anthropology.







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            * Selected outputs
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            • BLOKKER, P. (Ed.). (2017). Constitutional acceleration within the european union and bey

              Routledge.
            • BLOKKER, P., & THORNHILL, C. (Eds.). (2017). Sociological constitutionalism. Cambridge: 
              University Press.

            • CAIANI, M., & CÍSAŘ, O. (Eds.). (2018) Radical Right Movement Parties in Europe. London:
            • FRIČ, P. (2016). Občanský sektor v ohrožení? Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství.
            • JEŘABEK, H. (2017). Paul Lazarsfeld and the Origins of Communications Research. London: 

            • KRASE, J., & UHEREK, Z. (Eds.). (2017). Diversity and Local Contexts: Urban Space, Borde
              Migration. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
            • LINEK, L., CÍSAŘ, O., PETRÚŠEK, I., & VRÁBLÍKOVÁ, K. (2018) Občanství a politická partic

              republice. Praha: Sociologické nakladatelství.
            • NUMERATO, D. (2018) Football Fans, Activism and Social Change. Abingdon: Routledge.