The Czech and Slovak republics : twenty years of independence, 1993-2013
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The Czech and Slovak republics : twenty years of independence, 1993-2013
Central European University Press, 2016
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  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
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  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
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Note
Bibliography: p. [325]-346
Includes index
Contents of Works
- Introduction / M. Mark Stolarik
- The "Velvet Split" of Czechoslovakia (1989-1992) / Jan Rychlík
- Czechoslovakia's Dissolution Twenty Years After / Michael Kraus
- The Dissolution of Czechoslovakia : the Slovak Perspective / Jozef Žatkuliak and Adam Hudek
- The Dissolution of Czechoslovakia : The Slovak Perspective / Stanislav J. Kirschbaum
- The Slovak Republic After Twenty Years / Jozef Moravcík
- The Czech Republic After Twenty Years : Gains and Losses / Petr Pithart
- Of People, Mice and Gorillas : Slovak Politics Twenty Years After / Juraj Hocman
- Thinking Big About a Small Country : On Juraj Hocman's "Of People, Mice and Gorillas" / Kevin Deegan-Krause
- Letting Czechoslovakia Go : Czech Political Developments Since 1993 / Adéla Gjuricová
- Czech Political Developments Since 1993 : Some Comments / Carol Skalnik Leff
- Economic Developments in Slovakia Since 1993 / Ludovít Hallon, Miroslav Londák, and Adam Hudek
- To Neoliberalism and Back? : Twenty Years of Economic Policy in Slovakia / John A. Gould
- Economic Developments in the Czech Republic, 1993-2013 / Martin Pospíšil
- The Czech Economic Transition : From Leader to Laggard / Sharon Fisher
- Reflections on Social Developments in Slovakia, 1993-2013 / Martin Bútora and Zora Bútorová
- Social Developments in Slovakia after Twenty Years : The Impact of Politics / Sharon L. Wolchik
- Social Developments in the Czech Republic Since 1993 / Oldrich Tuma
- Some Comments on "Social Developments in the Czech Republic" / James W. Peterson
Description and Table of Contents
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.
Table of Contents
Preface
Abbreviations
Introduction
M. Mark Stolarik
Part I: The Dissolution of Czechoslovakia
Chapter 1: The "Velvet Split" of Czechoslovakia (1989-1992)
Jan Rychlik
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 Moravcik
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
Adela Gjuricova
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
Ludovit Hallon, Miroslav Londak, 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 Pospisil
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 Butora and Zora Butorova
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
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