Sabrina P. Ramet is Professor Emerita of Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Norway. Vladimir Ðorđević is Associate Professor in the Department of Security Studies at the Police Academy of the Czech Republic.Christine M. Hasenstab is a retired attorney who also worked as an Adviser in the EU Grants Office at the Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Norway.

• PART ONE –VALUES & THE SYSTEM.- Chapter 1: The Czech Republic:  The challenge of populism - An introduction.- Chapter 2: Civic Values in the Czech Republic in a European context.- Chapter 3: Czech politics at a crossroads?.- PART TWO – EDUCATION, MEDIA, & CULTURE.- Chapter 4: The Czech Media Landscape in the Post-Transformation Stage:  Re-nationalization of Oligarchic Ownership Concentration and the Erosion of Public Service Media.- Chapter 5: Equality, Respect, Tolerance? Civic and Non-civic Values in Post-1989 Czech Fiction.- Chapter 6: Civic Values in the Films of Jan Hřebejk and Petr Jarchovský.- PART THREE– GENDER AND SEXUALITY.- Chapter 7: From Paradoxes to Lingering Problems: The Changing Faces of the Political Participation of Czech Women.- Chapter 8: Feminism in the Czech Republic.- Chapter 9: The situation of LGBT+ rights in Czechia: Is the glass half empty or half full?.- PART FOUR – RELIGION AND CIVIL SOCIETY.- Chapter 10: Church, Faith, and Czech Society in the Age of Transformation.- Chapter 11: With or Without You:  Ideas of Citizenship Driving or Deactivating Participation in Czech Collective Action.- Chapter 12: Antisemitism in the Czech Republic and Its Manifestations in the Public Space.- Chapter 13: Xenophobia and extremism:  The state of play.- Chapter 14: “If the right people don’t have power”:  The importance of Civic Values – Conclusion.

Sabrina P. Ramet is Professor Emerita of Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Norway. Vladimir Ðorđević is Associate Professor in the Department of Security Studies at the Police Academy of the Czech Republic.Christine M. Hasenstab is a retired attorney who also worked as an Adviser in the EU Grants Office at the Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Norway.

• PART ONE –VALUES & THE SYSTEM.- Chapter 1: The Czech Republic:  The challenge of populism - An introduction.- Chapter 2: Civic Values in the Czech Republic in a European context.- Chapter 3: Czech politics at a crossroads?.- PART TWO – EDUCATION, MEDIA, & CULTURE.- Chapter 4: The Czech Media Landscape in the Post-Transformation Stage:  Re-nationalization of Oligarchic Ownership Concentration and the Erosion of Public Service Media.- Chapter 5: Equality, Respect, Tolerance? Civic and Non-civic Values in Post-1989 Czech Fiction.- Chapter 6: Civic Values in the Films of Jan Hřebejk and Petr Jarchovský.- PART THREE– GENDER AND SEXUALITY.- Chapter 7: From Paradoxes to Lingering Problems: The Changing Faces of the Political Participation of Czech Women.- Chapter 8: Feminism in the Czech Republic.- Chapter 9: The situation of LGBT+ rights in Czechia: Is the glass half empty or half full?.- PART FOUR – RELIGION AND CIVIL SOCIETY.- Chapter 10: Church, Faith, and Czech Society in the Age of Transformation.- Chapter 11: With or Without You:  Ideas of Citizenship Driving or Deactivating Participation in Czech Collective Action.- Chapter 12: Antisemitism in the Czech Republic and Its Manifestations in the Public Space.- Chapter 13: Xenophobia and extremism:  The state of play.- Chapter 14: “If the right people don’t have power”:  The importance of Civic Values – Conclusion.

Sabrina P. Ramet is Professor Emerita of Political Science at the Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Norway. Vladimir Ðorđević is Associate Professor in the Department of Security Studies at the Police Academy of the Czech Republic.Christine M. Hasenstab is a retired attorney who also worked as an Adviser in the EU Grants Office at the Norwegian University of Science & Technology, Norway.

• PART ONE –VALUES & THE SYSTEM.- Chapter 1: The Czech Republic:  The challenge of populism - An introduction.- Chapter 2: Civic Values in the Czech Republic in a European context.- Chapter 3: Czech politics at a crossroads?.- PART TWO – EDUCATION, MEDIA, & CULTURE.- Chapter 4: The Czech Media Landscape in the Post-Transformation Stage:  Re-nationalization of Oligarchic Ownership Concentration and the Erosion of Public Service Media.- Chapter 5: Equality, Respect, Tolerance? Civic and Non-civic Values in Post-1989 Czech Fiction.- Chapter 6: Civic Values in the Films of Jan Hřebejk and Petr Jarchovský.- PART THREE– GENDER AND SEXUALITY.- Chapter 7: From Paradoxes to Lingering Problems: The Changing Faces of the Political Participation of Czech Women.- Chapter 8: Feminism in the Czech Republic.- Chapter 9: The situation of LGBT+ rights in Czechia: Is the glass half empty or half full?.- PART FOUR – RELIGION AND CIVIL SOCIETY.- Chapter 10: Church, Faith, and Czech Society in the Age of Transformation.- Chapter 11: With or Without You:  Ideas of Citizenship Driving or Deactivating Participation in Czech Collective Action.- Chapter 12: Antisemitism in the Czech Republic and Its Manifestations in the Public Space.- Chapter 13: Xenophobia and extremism:  The state of play.- Chapter 14: “If the right people don’t have power”:  The importance of Civic Values – Conclusion.