Sociology of family - MD360P64

• Title: Sociologie rodiny
• Czech title: Sociologie rodiny
• Guaranteed by: Department of Demography and Geodemography (31-360)
• Faculty: Faculty of Science
• Actual: from 2023
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 3
• Examination process: winter s.:written
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:2/0, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: unlimited
• Min. number of students: 5
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: Czech
• Note: enabled for web enrollment; the course is taught as cyclical
• Guarantor: prof. PhDr. Dana Hamplová, Ph.D.

Annotation

Last update: RNDr. Barbora Janáková Kuprová, Ph.D. (28.10.2019)

The aim of the course is to acquaint students with the basic terms, concepts, theories and research questions used in sociology of the family. The course presents both theoretical approaches and the results of empirical studies.

Literature

Last update: prof. PhDr. Dana Hamplová, Ph.D. (07.10.2020)

COMPULSORY READING

Kornrich, S., Brines, J., & Leupp, K. (2013). Egalitarianism, housework, and sexual frequency in marriage. American Sociological Review, 78(1), 26-50.

Amato, P. R. (2010). Research on divorce: Continuing trends and new developments. Journal of marriage and family, 72(3), 650-666.

Dronkers, J., & Härkönen, J. (2008). The intergenerational transmission of divorce in cross-national perspective: Results from the Fertility and Family Surveys. Population studies, 62(3), 273-288.

Schulz, J. F., Bahrami-Rad, D., Beauchamp, J. P., & Henrich, J. (2019). The Church, intensive kinship, and global psychological variation. Science, 366(6466).

 

RECOMMENDED READING

Možný, I. 2011. Rodina a společnost. Praha: Slon.

Rabušic, L., B. Chromková Manea. 2012. „Postoje, hodnoty a demografické chování v České a Slovenské republice v období transformace (991-2008).“ Data a Výzkum 6:27-49.
McClintock, Elizabeth A. 2014. „Beauty and Status: The Illusion of Exchange in Partner Selection?“ American Sociological Review 79(4): 575-604.
Klímová-Chaloupková, Jana. 2018. „Rozdělení domácí práce a hodnocení jeho spravedlnosti v České republice: existují rozdíly mezi manželskými a nesezdanými páry?.“ Sociologický časopis / Czech Sociological Review 54 (4): 593-624, https://doi.org/10.13060/00380288.2018.54.4.415
Dronkers, J., J. Härkönen. 2008. 'The intergenerational transmission of divorce in cross-national perspective: Results from the Fertility and Family Surveys.” Population Studies 62(3):273-288.
Stanley, Scott M., Rhoades, Galena Kline, Markman, Howard J. 2006. Sliding versus Deciding: Inertia and the Premarital Cohabitation Effect. Family Relations 55:499-509.
Klímová Chaloupková, J. 2013. „Vztah mezi pracovním a soukromým životem.“ Pp. 7-20 in Vlachová, K. (ed) Hodnoty, postoje, chování. Praha: SOU AV ČR.
Treas, J., T. van der Lippe, C. Tai. 2011. „The happy homemaker? Married women's well-being in cross-national perspective.“ Social Forces 90: 111-132.

Requirements to the exam

Last update: prof. PhDr. Dana Hamplová, Ph.D. (07.10.2020)

active approach, engaging in discussions and passing the test, the test will include items from the compulsory reading list and lectures

Syllabus

Last update: RNDr. Barbora Janáková Kuprová, Ph.D. (28.10.2019)

Sylabus is available in Czech.