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The Institute participates in multinational and international
research projects, organizes international scientific meetings
and is involved in the exchange of scientific information.
The Institute carries out fundamental and applied social science
research. It has established close links with Czech universities
and contributes to the training of their students. Research is
concerned with the analysis and interpretation of social change
in Czech society, in particular with regard to its post-communist
transformation.
The examination of social change is focused on the following
dimensions of this process:
1. Transformation of the political system
2. Social aspects of the economic transformation
3. Labor market
4. Transformation of the social structure and modernization
5. Changes in social stratification
6. The status of women and families in society
7. Social aspects of demographic processes
8. Community research, local politics and regional problems
9. Social problems of the border regions
website: http://www.soc.cas.cz/
in english: www.soc.cas.cz/english
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