Czechoslovakia
The Velvet Revolution and Beyond
Published on 21. June 2000
Book
Hardback
216 pages
978-0-333-79188-2 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
tables, 1 map, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 222 mm
Width: 141 mm
Weight
447 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-79188-2 (9780333791882)
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Book
05/2000
Palgrave Macmillan
€48.14
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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.
Content
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