Security Intelligence Services in New Democracies
The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania
Published on 1. January 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
IX, 291 pages
978-1-349-40310-3 (ISBN)
Description
The first account of the secret police in Eastern Europe and after 1989, this book uses a wide range of sources, including archives, to identify what has and has not changed since the end of communism. After explaining the structure and workings of two of the area's most feared services, Czechoslovakia's StB and Romania's Securitate, the authors details the creation of new security intelligence institutions, the development of contacts with the West, and forms of democratic control.
Reviews / Votes
`This is an engagingly written and extremely topical book that sheds new light on the important relationship between political transition and the reform of security services. The authors explore the concept of security intelligence and place the discussion of post-Communist Europe within the wider context of transitions from authoritarian rule and security-sector reform. The substantive chapters on Czech, Slovak and Romanian security services are extremely well researched and shed new light on the intricate details of security reform; one cannot find this detailed information elsewhere in English-language sources. This is an important and informative book.' - Charles King, Ion Ratui Chair of Romanian Studies, Georgetown University
More details
Series
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2001
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
IX, 291 p.
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
385 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-349-40310-3 (9781349403103)
DOI
10.1057/9781403905369
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
K. Williams | D. Deletant
Security Intelligence Services in New Democracies
The Czech Republic, Slovakia and Romania
Book
12/2000
Palgrave Macmillan
€53.49
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Persons
KIERAN WILLIAMS is Lecturer at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London. Among his publications are
The Prague Spring and its Aftermath: Czechoslovak Politics, 1968-1970
(1997), which was awarded the BASEES/Orbis prize in 1998.
DENNIS DELETANT is Professor of Romanian Studies at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London. At the end of December 1989 he returned to Bucharest as consultant to the BBC during the Romanian revolution.
DENNIS DELETANT is Professor of Romanian Studies at the School of Slavonic and East European Studies, University College London. At the end of December 1989 he returned to Bucharest as consultant to the BBC during the Romanian revolution.
Content
List of Abbreviations Introduction; K.Williams The StB in Czechoslovakia, 1945-1989; K.Williams Czechoslovakia, 1990-92; K.Williams The Czech Republic since 1993; K.Williams Slovakia since 1993; K.Williams The Securitate Legacy in Romania; D.Deletant The Successors to the Securitate; D.Deletant Conclusion; K.Williams Bibliography Index