Open AccessAcademic Citizens: The case of Czech national student organization after the Velvet Revolution
Author(s) -
Jiří Nantl
Publication year - 2018
Publication title -
international review of social research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.107
H-Index - 3
eISSN - 2069-8534
pISSN - 2069-8267
DOI - 10.2478/irsr-2018-0007
Subject(s) - czech , oligarchy , context (archaeology) , political science , sociology , successor cardinal , public relations , public administration , political economy , democracy , law , politics , history , philosophy , linguistics , mathematical analysis , mathematics , archaeology
The article analyzes the case of development of the national student organization in the Czech Republic in the context of the structuration theory of social movements. It finds that the Czech national student organization, at the beginning rather imposed in a top-down manner, has successfully established itself as an organization able, at a time, to channel relevant student interests. However, due to underlying logic of its own foundations, it has later become, over time, rather part of academic oligarchy, sharing its vested interests.