Slepé skvrny: O chudobě, vzdělávání, populismu a dalších výzvách české společnosti
Blind Spots: On Poverty, Education, Populism and Other Challenges facing Czech Society

Summary/Abstract: Review of the book: Daniel Prokop, Slepé skvrny: o chudobě, vzdělávání, populismu a dalších výzvách české společnosti (Blind Spots: On Poverty, Education, Populism and Other Challenges facing Czech Society). Brno: Host, 2020, 278 stran; druhé, rozšířené vydání, ISBN 978-80-275-0308-7. On the one hand, the reviewer praises the book for the clarity and comprehensibility with which it addresses topics that are familiar to sociologists and the fact that it points out that the political representation fails to appreciate the importance of these issues, in particular with concern to the definitions of poverty and certain other social inequality phenomena. On the other hand, however, the reviewer highlights a number of weaknesses in the book, for example concerning the passages devoted to access to education and openness to migrants. Jan Keller describes the chapter on the social stratification of Czech society as the most problematic part of the book, one of his arguments for which is supported by comparable findings from abroad.

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