Further information
Czech society and its relation towards ensuring the security and armed forces
Educational goals:
- to present results of opinion polls in the Czech Republic on issues of security, defence and armed forces.
List of tasks for students:
To study the following information sources.
References and further reading:
Presentation (lecture):
Czech society and its relation towards ensuring the security and armed forces
Compulsory readings:
1. Czech Public on So-Called Islamic State - March 2015, public survey performed by the Public Opinion Research Centre. Available from: http://cvvm.soc.cas.cz/en/international-relations/czech-public-on-so-called-islamic-state-march-2015
2. NATO and National Defence from the perspective of Czech citizens - January 2015, public survey performed by the Public Opinion Research Centre. Available from: http://cvvm.soc.cas.cz/en/international-relations/nato-and-national-defence-from-the-perspective-of-czech-citizens-january-2015
Additional readings:
1. VLACHOVÁ, Marie. Soldiers and Societies in Post-Communist Europe : Legitimacy and Change [online]. Anthony Forster, Timothy Edmunds and Andrew Cottey. Basingstoke : Palgrave Macmillan, 2003 [cit. 2014-10-07]. The Integration of the Czech Armed Forces into Society, pp. 41-55. ISBN 978-0333946220.
2. SARVAŠ, Štefan. Public Perceptions of Security and the Military in the Czech Republic: NATO Research Fellowship for Democratic Institutions 1996 - 1998 [online]. Brussels: NATO Research Fellowships Programme, 63 pp. [cit. 2014-07-07]. Available from: www.nato.int/acad/fellow/96-98/sarvas.pdf