The Czech and Slovak Republics: Twenty years of Independence, 1993–2013

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Title: The Czech and Slovak Republics : Twenty years of Independence, 1993–2013

Contains: Frontmatter
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Part I: THE DISSOLUTION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA
CHAPTER 1: The “Velvet Split” of Czechoslovakia (1989–1992)
CHAPTER 2: Czechoslovakia’s Dissolution Twenty Years After
CHAPTER 3: The Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The Slovak Perspective
CHAPTER 4: The Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: The Slovak Perspective
CHAPTER 5: The Slovak Republic After Twenty Years
CHAPTER 6: The Czech Republic After Twenty Years: Gains and Losses
Part II: POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS AFTER 1993
CHAPTER 7: Of People, Mice and Gorillas: Slovak Politics Twenty Years After
CHAPTER 8: Thinking Big About a Small Country: On Juraj Hocman’s “Of People, Mice and Gorillas”
CHAPTER 9: Letting Czechoslovakia Go: Czech Political Developments Since 1993
CHAPTER 10: Czech Political Developments Since 1993: Some Comments
Part III: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS AFTER 1993
CHAPTER 11: Economic Developments in Slovakia Since 1993
CHAPTER 12: To Neoliberalism and Back? Twenty Years of Economic Policy in Slovakia
CHAPTER 13: Economic Developments in the Czech Republic, 1993–2013
CHAPTER 14: The Czech Economic Transition: From Leader to Laggard
Part IV: SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS AFTER 1993
CHAPTER 15: Reflections on Social Developments in Slovakia, 1993–2013
CHAPTER 16: Social Developments in Slovakia after Twenty Years: The Impact of Politics
CHAPTER 17: Social Developments in the Czech Republic Since 1993
CHAPTER 18: Some Comments on “Social Developments in the Czech Republic”
Contributors
Bibliography
Index

Contributor: Bútora, Martin [Contributor]; Bútorová, Zora [Contributor]; Deegan-Krause, Kevin [Contributor]; Fisher, Sharon [Contributor]; Gjuričová, Adéla [Contributor]; Gould, John A. [Contributor]; Hallon, Ľudovít [Contributor]; Hocman, Juraj [Contributor]; Hudek, Adam [Contributor]; Kirschbaum, Stanislav J. [Contributor]; Kraus, Michael [Contributor]; Londák, Miroslav [Contributor]; Moravčík, Jozef [Contributor]; Peterson, James W. [Contributor]; Pithart, Petr [Contributor]; Pospíšil, Martin [Contributor]; Rychlík, Jan [Contributor]; Skalnik Leff, Carol [Contributor]; Stolarik, M. Mark [Contributor]; Stolarik, M. Mark [Editor]; Tůma, Oldřich [Contributor]; Wolchik, Sharon L. [Contributor]; Žatkuliak, Jozef [Contributor]

Published: Budapest; New York: Central European University Press, [2022]

Extent: 1 Online-Ressource (380 p.)

Language: English

DOI: 10.1515/9789633861547

ISBN: 9789633861547

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Keywords: Post-communism - Slovakia - History ; Post-communism Czech Republic History ; Post-communism Slovakia History ; Social change Czech Republic History ; Social change Slovakia History ; HISTORY / Europe / Eastern ; Economic conditions, Economic policy, Independence, Neoliberalism, Political studies, Postcommunism

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Footnote: In English

Description: The 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

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