Publication details
Singles a jejich vztahy; kvalitativní pohled na nesezdané a nekohabitující jednotlivce v České republice
| Title in English | Single and Their Relationships: A Qualitative Look at Single and Non-cohabiting Individuals in the Czech Republic |
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| Year of publication | 2006 |
| Type | Article in Periodical |
| Magazine / Source | Sociologický časopis |
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| Field | Sociology, demography |
| Keywords | singles; alternative relationships; relationships with married lovers; weekend marriages; long-distance relationships; one-night stands; open relationships; lover in case of need; relationships to prove oneself |
| Description | In a qualitative study of single people conducted in 2003 one particular finding stood out: a significant number of the interviewees (economically independent and without a partner) revealed their involvement in various other forms of regular or even long-term relationships (relationships with married lovers, weekend marriages, long-distance relationships, one-night stands, open relationships, lover in case of need, relationships to prove oneself). The existence of relationships that are not longterm or reproduction-oriented is not a result of any deliberate strategy but is rather a consequence of the complex changes in mentality and behaviour that occurred in the 90s. These shift tend to be understood as the explicit result of labour-market pressures on individual actors, but research has shown that, even at the level of individual actors, alternative approaches to partner relationships and reproduction are much more the result of people adopting and internalising post-1989 cultural templates |
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