https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14178/911 2026-04-16T16:47:51Z 2026-04-16T16:47:51Z Kmeťková, Diana Ščasný, Milan Zvěřinová, Iva Máca, Vojtěch https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14178/3731 2026-04-09T01:00:25Z 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z

Understanding meat and fish consumption: Socio-demographic and value insights from five European countries Kmeťková, Diana; Ščasný, Milan; Zvěřinová, Iva; Máca, Vojtěch Current dietary patterns in developed countries, characterised by high intakes of processed and animalsourcefoods, are linked to increased obesity and diet-related non-communicable diseases, as well as environmentalburdens. This paper investigates determinants of red meat, white meat, and fish consumption across five Europeancountries, using representative survey data from over 10 000 individuals. Our findings reveal that men consume morered meat and fish than women, though, when adjusted for body weight, women consume significantly more whitemeat and fish. While vegetarians are mostly people younger than 35 years, meat eaters in the same age category tendto eat more red meat than older people. Cross-country differences highlight the need for localised policy approaches. Individual values also shape dietary choices. Security-oriented people prefer red meat, while altruistic individuals consume less of it. Biospheric values, while strongly associated with being vegetarian, show no significant association with meat or fish intake. To reduce red meat consumption, policies should highlight health benefits of eating less meat, with messages tailored to specific demographic groups. Additionally, enhancing meat alternatives' affordability, taste, and appearance is essential for promoting dietary shifts.

2025-01-01T00:00:00Z Bahenský, Vojtěch Komasová, Sarah https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14178/3675 2026-03-12T02:00:21Z 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z

Metodika měření vnímání zahraničního informačnímu vlivu, protiopatření proti němu a komunikace jeho existence v dospělé populaci ČR Bahenský, Vojtěch; Komasová, Sarah Metodika upravuje vzájemně porovnatelné a v čase opakovatelné měření postojů veřejnosti k zahraničnímu vlivovému působení, protiopatřením proti němu a komunikaci jeho existence.; The methodology sets out mutually comparable and temporally repeatable measurement of public attitudes toward foreign information influence activities, the countermeasures against them, and the communication of their existence.

2025-01-01T00:00:00Z Cirhan, Tomáš Pršín, Marek https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14178/3663 2026-03-06T02:00:30Z 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z

Institutionalization of the Czech and Luxembourgish Pirate Parties: a comparative perspective Cirhan, Tomáš; Pršín, Marek This paper contributes to the debate on party institutionalization by including new parties that lack both connections with existing parties and social movement structures, thus unlikely adepts to institutionalize. To that end, we explore two parliamentary-represented Pirate Parties, from Czechia and Luxembourg, that fit these criteria.Utilizing original interviews with party elites to analyze the structural aspects of the internal party institutionalization. On the other hand, the article examines the external dimension of party institutionalization by focusing on voter loyalty and the party's role within the party system. Additionally, it looks at the objective durability entailing the ability to survive shocks.Our findings offer a comprehensive understanding of the degree of institutionalization of these two similarly successful parties. Particularly in the Czech case, the pragmatic focus on rules and regulations facilitated extensive base-level routinization. Together with early depersonalization and ability to survive shocks, such organizational setup resulted in a relatively high degree of institutionalization. In the Luxembourgish case, the focus on more developed intra-party democracy, together with lower coalition potential of the party associated with its anti-establishment image led to its lower capacity to institutionalize.In conclusion, we provide theory-guided explanations for the institutionalization of these cases. Despite lacking origin in social movement structure, having movement-style founders seems to help these parties to institutionalize. However, genetic imprints do not explain the whole picture, our findings underline the role of pragmatic party elites and learning from successful practices and mistakes of other parties for the ability to adapt and institutionalize.

2025-01-01T00:00:00Z Cirhan, Tomáš Collini, Mattia https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14178/3662 2026-03-06T02:00:21Z 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z

Czech and Italian Challengers' Survival Comparative Analysis of Party Organisation and Leadership of FI, FdI, ANO and SPD Parties Cirhan, Tomáš; Collini, Mattia Our paper explores the organisational and leadership strategies of new anti-establishment parties in Czechia and Italy. The electorally volatile party systems in the countries of Central-Eastern and Southern Europe are associated with the constant emergence of new parties. Czech and Italian party systems are great examples of this phenomenon. Whilst many newcomers make electoral breakthroughs, only some outlive their initial electoral success. Organisational survival and the role of party leaders often precede the parliamentary survival of these parties. We compare the organisational and leadership strategies of four such parties. Our case studies include Forward Italy/Forza Italia (FI), YES2011/ANO2011 (ANO), Brothers of Italy/Fratelli d'Italia (FdI) and Freedom and Direct Democracy/Svoboda a přímá demokracie (SPD). All four emerged running on the anti-establishment ticket. Simultaneously to being formed as anti-establishment challengers, the former two are considered the pioneers of entrepreneurial parties. The latter two, represent the most successful far-right parties in their respective countries. Analysing their statutes and organisational affairs, we explore the internal decision-making and positions of party leaders. Leader's decision-making capacity, interventions to the autonomy of territorial structures, and parties' policy towards membership form the basis of our comparative analysis. It allows us to determine what they have in common in regards to the studied variables, and if these play any role in their survival. Centralised hierarchy combined with a strong position of party leaders are expected to influence it. The similarity between the studied cases helps to empirically test these expectations.

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