Karel Müller
Biographic Data
| ID | 3951373 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Karel Müller |
| GIVEN NAMES | Karel |
| FAMILY NAME | Müller |
| SIGNATURE | MÜLLER K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Prague University of Economics and Business |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0223-9050 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1991 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Civil Society Organisations in Czech–German Relations
Shaping Bilateral Relationships From Below
Ne/kritická reflexe minulosti a přeshraniční spolupráce v trojmezních Euroregionech Nisa a Šumava. Na cestě od nostalgického hledání kořenů k dialogickému vzpomínání
The research article aims to contribute to the discussion on the process of Europeanization of collective memory. We examine the relationship between non/reflexive memory approaches and cross-border cooperation (CBC) in the triangle Euroregions Nisa and Šumava. We assume that key local agents of CBC defend dialogic remembering approach, therefore contribute to the process of horizontal Europeanization. To test this assumption, we conducted a ques…
Active Borders and Transnationalization of the Public Sphere in Europe
This article suggests that both territorial and symbolic borders ought to be treated as specific cultural forms enabling the exercise and practice of cross-border communication. The notion of active border is introduced as a nexus of the transnationalization of public spheres and identities in Europe. Active border is interpreted as a border that supports and produces both public criticism and social integration without generating antagonism towa…
Je třeba bránit společnost, která brání svobodu, aneb o transcendenci, veřejné sféře a aktivní hranici
We need a new concept of civil society as a civil sphere, a world of values and institutions that generates capacity for social criticism and democratic integration at the same time. Such a sphere relies on solidarity, on feelings for others whom we do not know but whom we respect out of principle, not experience, because of our persuasive commitment to a common secular faith
From Reflections on Post-Communism to Perspectives on Europeanization
Political science is a young discipline in post-Communist countries by virtue of the fact that it was not allowed to set roots and grow under Communist author itarianism. The level of ideological control in different Central and Eastern European societies varied, but everywhere the analysis of political life was one of the last reserved areas of official ideology to be ceded to free and unbiased aca demic scrutiny. The full development and instit…
Inovační aktéři a inovační prostředí v modernizační perspektivě [Innovative Actors and the Environment of Innovation in the Perspective of Modernisation]
The aim of the paper is to discuss the issue of innovation from the perspective of relevant sociological interpretative frameworks. The discussion starts with an assessment of evolutionary and institutional economic studies of innovation, which have contributed to a better understanding of the role of institutional and social factors in the formation of innovation resources and the performance of (innovating) fi rms and (innovating) nation states…
Forming Positive Identities between the Past and the Future. A Contribution to the European Identity Project
The article draws on the theory of refl exive modernisation (Beck, Giddens) and suggests that the crisis of the welfare state in Europe is triggering a need to strengthen European civil society. Following this idea it is argued that there are pathological elements in the process of the formation of European national identities currently (previously) under way, wherein the constructions of identities are prevailingly negative. It is suggested that…
The Civil Society–State Relationship in Contemporary Discourse
The article attempts to offer a framework for understanding the interdependence between modern civil society and the democratic state in its complexity. The author seeks inspiration mainly from two very significant sources—in Toqueville's social theory and in Giddens' theory of reflexive modernity. In the first stage the author summarises basic arguments in empirical discussions on the civil society concept. In the second stage he offers the over…
Innovation performance of new EU memeber countries - situation in the Czech republic
The article deals with analysis of the factors influencing innovation performance in new EU member countries, particularly in the Czech republic. The analysis follows the advancement of (neoschumpeterian) economic studies on interfaces between technology and economy, which are reflected in and supported by formation of the international databases on innovation as well as the regulatory policies in the fields of science, technology and innovation.…
The Civil Society Concept
The following paper attempts to offer a framework for understanding the interdependence between modern civil society and the democratic state in all its complexity and mutual relations. The author seeks inspiration in two very significant sources -in a reconstruction of Tocqueville's social theory and thought, and in Giddens' theory of reflexive modernity. In the first step, the author offers a robust normative perspective of the concept of a civ…
A Guide through the Possible Futures of Czech Society
The paper is an extended review of a publication which presents the results of a two-year foresight project initiated (and funded) by the Government of the Czech Republic and prepared by a wide circle of academic and executive experts. The review follows two aims: (i) to introduce the reader to the structure and complexity of the text and to present the reviewer's evaluation of it, and (ii) to outline the role of foresight studies in modern socie…
Radicalised Transformation, the Institutional Tensions and Modernisation Challenges
The article attempts to theorise about the social changes mobilised by the transformation strategies in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. It looks at what resources and actors have been mobilised, how they can be related to the institutional changes underway, and whether the emerging institutional changes towards competitive economic and political systems can be supported by efficient resource allocation and socio-cultural adaptations.…
Transformation Process and Modernisation Theory
The aim of the paper is to discuss the social framework of the changes occurring in the post-communist countries. It proposes that such a framework be specified with the aid of the modernisation theories. The essential features of the present debate on the modernity are outlined. Taking into account the present situation in the post-communist countries -the attained mobilisation effects and the emerging structural dependencies -the concept of ref…
The Transformation of National Research System in the Countries of Central Eastern Europe
Changes on the `Borderlines' between Research and Industry following Economic Transformation in the Czech Republic
This paper presents the results of comparative empirical research on the emergence of new institutional arrangements on what we might call the `borderlines between research and industry', in the context (especially) of radical economic liberalization in the Czech Republic. The research focused on creative links between academic and industrial research, the exploitation of research by industry, and the growth of new intermediary institutions betwe…
Science, Technology and Education in the Context of Transformation in the Czech Republic
The article deals with the problems of transformation of science, technology and education (S&T&E) institutions in the environment of economic reform and political change in the Czech Republic (CR). It is based on empirical studies which were oriented at the assessment of changes in the innovation resources of industries, of research capacities in the technological, educational and public frameworks and of problems in the national education syste…
Science in an Environment of Radical Political Change
The Civil Society–State Relationship in Contemporary Discourse
The article attempts to offer a framework for understanding the interdependence between modern civil society and the democratic state in its complexity. The author seeks inspiration mainly from two very significant sources—in Toqueville's social theory and in Giddens' theory of reflexive modernity. In the first stage the author summarises basic arguments in empirical discussions on the civil society concept. In the second stage he offers the over…
Transformation Process and Modernisation Theory
The aim of the paper is to discuss the social framework of the changes occurring in the post-communist countries. It proposes that such a framework be specified with the aid of the modernisation theories. The essential features of the present debate on the modernity are outlined. Taking into account the present situation in the post-communist countries -the attained mobilisation effects and the emerging structural dependencies -the concept of ref…
From Reflections on Post-Communism to Perspectives on Europeanization
Political science is a young discipline in post-Communist countries by virtue of the fact that it was not allowed to set roots and grow under Communist author itarianism. The level of ideological control in different Central and Eastern European societies varied, but everywhere the analysis of political life was one of the last reserved areas of official ideology to be ceded to free and unbiased aca demic scrutiny. The full development and instit…
Science, Technology and Education in the Context of Transformation in the Czech Republic
The article deals with the problems of transformation of science, technology and education (S&T&E) institutions in the environment of economic reform and political change in the Czech Republic (CR). It is based on empirical studies which were oriented at the assessment of changes in the innovation resources of industries, of research capacities in the technological, educational and public frameworks and of problems in the national education syste…
Shaping Bilateral Relationships From Below
Active Borders and Transnationalization of the Public Sphere in Europe
This article suggests that both territorial and symbolic borders ought to be treated as specific cultural forms enabling the exercise and practice of cross-border communication. The notion of active border is introduced as a nexus of the transnationalization of public spheres and identities in Europe. Active border is interpreted as a border that supports and produces both public criticism and social integration without generating antagonism towa…
Innovation performance of new EU memeber countries - situation in the Czech republic
The article deals with analysis of the factors influencing innovation performance in new EU member countries, particularly in the Czech republic. The analysis follows the advancement of (neoschumpeterian) economic studies on interfaces between technology and economy, which are reflected in and supported by formation of the international databases on innovation as well as the regulatory policies in the fields of science, technology and innovation.…
Changes on the `Borderlines' between Research and Industry following Economic Transformation in the Czech Republic
This paper presents the results of comparative empirical research on the emergence of new institutional arrangements on what we might call the `borderlines between research and industry', in the context (especially) of radical economic liberalization in the Czech Republic. The research focused on creative links between academic and industrial research, the exploitation of research by industry, and the growth of new intermediary institutions betwe…
Science in an Environment of Radical Political Change
Science, Technology and Education in the Context of Transformation in the Czech Republic
The article deals with the problems of transformation of science, technology and education (S&T&E) institutions in the environment of economic reform and political change in the Czech Republic (CR). It is based on empirical studies which were oriented at the assessment of changes in the innovation resources of industries, of research capacities in the technological, educational and public frameworks and of problems in the national education syste…
The Transformation of National Research System in the Countries of Central Eastern Europe
Changes on the `Borderlines' between Research and Industry following Economic Transformation in the Czech Republic
This paper presents the results of comparative empirical research on the emergence of new institutional arrangements on what we might call the `borderlines between research and industry', in the context (especially) of radical economic liberalization in the Czech Republic. The research focused on creative links between academic and industrial research, the exploitation of research by industry, and the growth of new intermediary institutions betwe…
Transformation Process and Modernisation Theory
The aim of the paper is to discuss the social framework of the changes occurring in the post-communist countries. It proposes that such a framework be specified with the aid of the modernisation theories. The essential features of the present debate on the modernity are outlined. Taking into account the present situation in the post-communist countries -the attained mobilisation effects and the emerging structural dependencies -the concept of ref…
Radicalised Transformation, the Institutional Tensions and Modernisation Challenges
The article attempts to theorise about the social changes mobilised by the transformation strategies in the countries of Central and Eastern Europe. It looks at what resources and actors have been mobilised, how they can be related to the institutional changes underway, and whether the emerging institutional changes towards competitive economic and political systems can be supported by efficient resource allocation and socio-cultural adaptations.…
A Guide through the Possible Futures of Czech Society
The paper is an extended review of a publication which presents the results of a two-year foresight project initiated (and funded) by the Government of the Czech Republic and prepared by a wide circle of academic and executive experts. The review follows two aims: (i) to introduce the reader to the structure and complexity of the text and to present the reviewer's evaluation of it, and (ii) to outline the role of foresight studies in modern socie…
The Civil Society Concept
The following paper attempts to offer a framework for understanding the interdependence between modern civil society and the democratic state in all its complexity and mutual relations. The author seeks inspiration in two very significant sources -in a reconstruction of Tocqueville's social theory and thought, and in Giddens' theory of reflexive modernity. In the first step, the author offers a robust normative perspective of the concept of a civ…
The Civil Society–State Relationship in Contemporary Discourse
The article attempts to offer a framework for understanding the interdependence between modern civil society and the democratic state in its complexity. The author seeks inspiration mainly from two very significant sources—in Toqueville's social theory and in Giddens' theory of reflexive modernity. In the first stage the author summarises basic arguments in empirical discussions on the civil society concept. In the second stage he offers the over…
Innovation performance of new EU memeber countries - situation in the Czech republic
The article deals with analysis of the factors influencing innovation performance in new EU member countries, particularly in the Czech republic. The analysis follows the advancement of (neoschumpeterian) economic studies on interfaces between technology and economy, which are reflected in and supported by formation of the international databases on innovation as well as the regulatory policies in the fields of science, technology and innovation.…
Forming Positive Identities between the Past and the Future. A Contribution to the European Identity Project
The article draws on the theory of refl exive modernisation (Beck, Giddens) and suggests that the crisis of the welfare state in Europe is triggering a need to strengthen European civil society. Following this idea it is argued that there are pathological elements in the process of the formation of European national identities currently (previously) under way, wherein the constructions of identities are prevailingly negative. It is suggested that…
Inovační aktéři a inovační prostředí v modernizační perspektivě [Innovative Actors and the Environment of Innovation in the Perspective of Modernisation]
The aim of the paper is to discuss the issue of innovation from the perspective of relevant sociological interpretative frameworks. The discussion starts with an assessment of evolutionary and institutional economic studies of innovation, which have contributed to a better understanding of the role of institutional and social factors in the formation of innovation resources and the performance of (innovating) fi rms and (innovating) nation states…
From Reflections on Post-Communism to Perspectives on Europeanization
Political science is a young discipline in post-Communist countries by virtue of the fact that it was not allowed to set roots and grow under Communist author itarianism. The level of ideological control in different Central and Eastern European societies varied, but everywhere the analysis of political life was one of the last reserved areas of official ideology to be ceded to free and unbiased aca demic scrutiny. The full development and instit…
Je třeba bránit společnost, která brání svobodu, aneb o transcendenci, veřejné sféře a aktivní hranici
We need a new concept of civil society as a civil sphere, a world of values and institutions that generates capacity for social criticism and democratic integration at the same time. Such a sphere relies on solidarity, on feelings for others whom we do not know but whom we respect out of principle, not experience, because of our persuasive commitment to a common secular faith
Active Borders and Transnationalization of the Public Sphere in Europe
This article suggests that both territorial and symbolic borders ought to be treated as specific cultural forms enabling the exercise and practice of cross-border communication. The notion of active border is introduced as a nexus of the transnationalization of public spheres and identities in Europe. Active border is interpreted as a border that supports and produces both public criticism and social integration without generating antagonism towa…
Ne/kritická reflexe minulosti a přeshraniční spolupráce v trojmezních Euroregionech Nisa a Šumava. Na cestě od nostalgického hledání kořenů k dialogickému vzpomínání
The research article aims to contribute to the discussion on the process of Europeanization of collective memory. We examine the relationship between non/reflexive memory approaches and cross-border cooperation (CBC) in the triangle Euroregions Nisa and Šumava. We assume that key local agents of CBC defend dialogic remembering approach, therefore contribute to the process of horizontal Europeanization. To test this assumption, we conducted a ques…
Shaping Bilateral Relationships From Below
Civil Society Organisations in Czech–German Relations
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