Střední vrstvy v české společnosti a výzkumu: mizející, nebo zapomenuté? ****************************************************************************************** * Večerník Jiří ****************************************************************************************** The Middle Class in Czech Society and Research: Disappearing or Forgotten? Abstrakt In the article, the fates of the middle class in Czech society and its reflection in Czech briefly overviewed. The first part is devoted to interwar Czechoslovakia, which was reflec class society by intellectuals and partly also shaped as such by leading politicians. The depicts the suppression of the entrepreneurial middle class by the Communist regime and it in the early 1990s. The third part is concerned with the post-war sociological research of which has been developed somewhat more during the transition after 1989. Special attention subjective perception of social positions and its empirical description. The conclusion re definitions of the middle class, remarks about its political use and raises issues for fur research. Klíčová slova middle class; Czech sociology; post-communist transition; Czech Republic Článek v PDF ke stažení [ URL "LM-998-version1-vecernik.pdf"] Jiří Večerník [ URL "LM-414.html "]