Czechoslovakia, one of the most rigid and authoritarian of the former Soviet Union's satellite states, started the transition from communism with high hopes. But a decade of change exposed the full extent of the damage wrought to the country through decades of communist rule; the country could not hold together, splitting apart into two independent states in 1993.
Sprache
Verlagsort
Basingstoke
Großbritannien
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Illustrationen
tables, 1 map, bibliography, index
Maße
Höhe: 222 mm
Breite: 141 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-333-79188-2 (9780333791882)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
ROBIN SHEPHERD has been living, working and studying in eastern Europe for most of the last decade, mainly in the Czech and Slovak Republics. The author studied Russian at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies and completed his masters in political philosophy at the London School of Economics and Political Science in 1992.
List of Tables - Map - Introduction - Building the State - The Communists Take Power - Havel-Power to the Powerless - Politics After Communism - The Economy: Capitalism without Property - Civilising Society - The Velvet Divorce - Surviving Mecair - Conclusion: Prospects for the EU - Notes - Bibliography - Index
