Proměny hodnotových orientací a sebehodnocení obyvatel Hlučínska a České republiky

Abstract

The study is trying to contribute to the knowledge of the development and behaviour of the inhabitants of buffer zones. It is based on the historical development of the Hlučinsko region and the Czechoslovakia, later the Czech Republic. A set of questions is formulated based on the developmental differences between the two territories. A survey was carried out in 2014 of 604 respondents of the Hlučinsko region and 1000 respondents of the entire Czech Republic. From the point of view of value orientation, the results of the survey show Hlučinsko region inhabitants to be still different from those of the entire Czech Republic, without, however, showing substantial differences between the two youngest age cohorts. It is the middle age cohort that plays the key role in the changes of value orientation. In the Hlučinsko region, changes in value orientation are mainly due to the increasing role of education. Self assessment of the Hlučinsko region inhabitants combines traditionalism and openness to change. It may be a consequence of their ability to adapt to the pressure of the administration of the respective state to which they belonged. On the basis of the data obtained, it can be concluded that the youngest age cohort of Hlučinsko region inhabitants is already integrated into Czech society.