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Czech and Slovak Republics : Twenty Years of Independence, 1993-2013 by M. Mark Stolarik (2017, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherCentral European University Press
ISBN-109633861535
ISBN-139789633861530
eBay Product ID (ePID)2309623852
Product Key Features
Number of Pages380 Pages
Publication NameCzech and Slovak Republics : Twenty Years of Independence, 1993-2013
LanguageEnglish
SubjectPolitical Process / General, Political Economy, Europe / Eastern, Political Ideologies / Communism, Post-Communism & Socialism, Sociology / General, World / European, Economic Conditions
Publication Year2017
TypeTextbook
AuthorM. Mark Stolarik
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Social Science, Business & Economics, History
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight22.4 Oz
Item Length9.3 in
Item Width6.4 in
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Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2016-008449
Reviews"Growing out of a conference held at the University of Ottawa in 2013, M. Mark Stolarik's edited volume brings together the work of scholars from North America and the Czech and Slovak Republics. The conference and subsequent publication had two main goals: to reevaluate the "Velvet Divorce," the peaceful agreement that led to Czechoslovakia's split, and to compare the post-divorce trajectories of the two independent states. Stolarik's comprehensive introduction names the "debate over issues of individual agency and deeper political structures" as the most striking theme of the volume. The authors analyze the split's main causes and question its inevitability by exploring the emergence of nationalism and national identity, cultural and economic factors, political elites, and public opinion. The chapters represent a wide array of disciplinary approaches, including history, economics, political science, sociology, and law. In addition, two politicians contributed their plenary addresses from the Ottawa conference: Josef Moravcík, a Slovak lawyer, professor, and 1989 activist, and Petr Pithart, a Czech dissident, Charter '77 signatory, and Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from 1990 to 1992 while Czechoslovakia was still a federal state. Graduate students and scholars of the region will find much of this collection useful. Each chapter includes extensive references, and there is a thorough bibliography at the end. Some of the most important North American and European scholars have weighed in on the many significant topics facing the Czech and Slovak Republics today."--Slavic Review, "This volume reveals the many unresolved issues about the breakup of Czechoslovakia as well as the subsequent development of the two republics. It is an important contribution to the study of the Czech and Slovak recent past that contributes to the debates about the Velvet Divorce. The contributors to Stolarik's volume are noted scholars, in three different fields, from Slovakia, the Czech Republic, and elsewhere, along with participants in the decision to divide Czechoslovakia in 1993. Their analyses of the events are both refreshing and thought provoking."--Daniel E. Miller, "Growing out of a conference held at the University of Ottawa in 2013, M. Mark Stolarik's edited volume brings together the work of scholars from North America and the Czech and Slovak Republics. The conference and subsequent publication had two main goals: to reevaluate the "Velvet Divorce," the peaceful agreement that led to Czechoslovakia's split, and to compare the post-divorce trajectories of the two independent states. Stolarik's comprehensive introduction names the "debate over issues of individual agency and deeper political structures" as the most striking theme of the volume. The authors analyze the split's main causes and question its inevitability by exploring the emergence of nationalism and national identity, cultural and economic factors, political elites, and public opinion. The chapters represent a wide array of disciplinary approaches, including history, economics, political science, sociology, and law. In addition, two politicians contributed their plenary addresses from the Ottawa conference: Josef Moravcík, a Slovak lawyer, professor, and 1989 activist, and Petr Pithart, a Czech dissident, Charter '77 signatory, and Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from 1990 to 1992 while Czechoslovakia was still a federal state. Graduate students and scholars of the region will find much of this collection useful. Each chapter includes extensive references, and there is a thorough bibliography at the end. Some of the most important North American and European scholars have weighed in on the many significant topics facing the Czech and Slovak Republics today."
Dewey Edition23
TitleLeadingThe
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal943.705
Table Of ContentPreface Abbreviations Introduction M. Mark Stolarik Part I: The Dissolution of Czechoslovakia Chapter 1: The "Velvet Split" of Czechoslovakia (1989-1992) Jan Rychlík Chapter 2: Czechoslovakia's Dissolution Twenty Years After Michael Kraus Chapter 3: The Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The Slovak Perspective Jozef Zatkuliak and Adam Hudek Chapter 4: The Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: The Slovak Perspective Stanislav J. Kirschbaum Chapter 5: The Slovak Republic After Twenty Years Jozef Moravcík Chapter 6: The Czech Republic After Twenty Years: Gains and Losses Petr Pithart Part II: Political Developments After 1993 Chapter 7: Of People, Mice and Gorillas: Slovak Politics Twenty Years After Juraj Hocman Chapter 8: Thinking Big About a Small Country: On Juraj Hocman's "Of People, Mice and Gorillas" Kevin Deegan-Krause Chapter 9: Letting Czechoslovakia Go: Czech Political Developments Since 1993 Adéla Gjuricová Chapter 10: Czech Political Developments Since 1993: Some Comments Carol Skalnik Leff Part III: Economic Developments After 1993 Chapter 11: Economic Developments in Slovakia Since 1993 ludovít Hallon, Miroslav Londák, and Adam Hudek Chapter 12: To Neoliberalism and Back? Twenty Years of Economic Policy in Slovakia John A. Gould Chapter 13: Economic Developments in the Czech Republic, 1993-2013 Martin Pospísil Chapter 14: The Czech Economic Transition: From Leader to Laggard Sharon Fisher Part IV: Social Developments After 1993 Chapter 15: Reflections on Social Developments in Slovakia, 1993-2013 Martin Bútora and Zora Bútorová Chapter 16: Social Developments in Slovakia after Twenty Years: The Impact of Politics Sharon L. Wolchik Chapter 17: Social Developments in the Czech Republic Since 1993 Oldrich Tuma Chapter 18: Some Comments on "Social Developments in the Czech Republic" James W. Peterson Contributors Bibliography Index
SynopsisThe essays in the book compare the Czech Republic and Slovakia since the breakup of Czechoslovakia in 1993. The papers deal with the causes of the divorce and discuss the political, economic and social developments in the new countries. This is the only English-language volume that presents the synoptic findings of leading Czech, Slovak, and North American scholars in the field.The authors include two former Prime Ministers of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, eight leading scholars (four Czechs and four Slovaks), and eight knowledgeable commentators from North America. The most significant new insight is that in spite of predictions by various pundits in the Western World that Czechia would flourish after the breakup and Slovakia would languish, the opposite has happened. While the Czech Republic did well in its early years, it is now languishing while Slovakia, which had a rough start, is now doing very well. Anyone interested in the history of the Czech and Slovak Republics over the last twenty years will find gratification in reading this book.
LC Classification NumberDB2243.C98 2016
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