Czecho/Slovakia : ethnic conflict, constitutional fissure, negotiated breakup / Eric Stein ; with a foreword by Lloyd Cutter.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stein, Eric.

Contributor:

Cutter, Lloyd.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Constitutional history--Czechoslovakia.

Constitutional history.

Constitutional history--Slovakia.

Federal government--Czechoslovakia--History.

Federal government.

Nationalism--Czechoslovakia--History.

Nationalism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (411 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Ann Arbor : University of Michigan Press, 2000, c1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Describes the peaceful breakup of the Czechoslovak Federation.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Preface

Abbreviations

A Framework

1. The Questions

2. Some Thoughts on Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict

3. Sources of Ethnic Conflict

4. On Negotiation for a Constitution: General Criteria

Prologue

I. The Setting

1. Constitution Makers and Foreign Advisors

2. A Lesson in Self-Knowledge

3. On Asymmetric Federation-and Beyond

4. A Parenthesis: On a Good "Gestalt

II. The Asymmetry of the Czech and Slovak State

1. Environmental Conditions: Geography, Demography, Ethnicity, Economy

2. Social Conditions: History, Religion, Culture

3. An Interlude: A "Contempt" Theory

4. Political Conditions

III. The Threshold Issues

1. The Scope and Flexibility of Constitutions

2. On Modifying Constitutions

3. On Supremacy of Federal Law

4. The Constitution as a Symbol

5. On Secession and Referendum

6. The Constitution and Society

7. What Federation?

8. The Arena

First Act

IV. The Negotiations for Devolution (1990)

1. "The Hyphen War": A Revelation (January−April 1990)

2. Negotiating a Power-Sharing Law (April−December 1990)

3. The New Power-Sharing Law (December 1990)

V. The June 1990 Elections and the Changing Scene

1. The Elections

2. Political Differentiation in Context

3. An Afterthought: More on "the Heroes

4. An Interlude: The Federal Assembly, a Success Story?

Second Act

VI. Negotiations on a "Treaty" (Winter−Spring 1991)

1. The Proposal for a "State Treaty," "a Bombshell"? (February 1991)

2. Comments by the International Group

3. The President's Legislative Initiative (March 1991)

4. "From Castles to Manors": Presidential Talks (Winter−Spring 1991)

5. A Side Issue: Moravia-Silesia

6. An Interlude: Bratislava and Prague in Spring 1991.

VII. Slouching toward Bethlehem (Summer−Fall 1991)

1. The Darkening Sky

2. The Referendum Law Adopted

3. The Republic Legislatures Take Over: New Bottles-Old Wine (September−November 1991)

VIII. The President's Call to Arms (Fall 1991−Winter 1992)

1. An Appeal to Citizens

2. The Five Legislative Proposals

3. The Politicians Respond

4. The Federal Assembly Response

5. Some Thoughts and Afterthoughts

6. Coda: Behind the Budget Imbroglio

IX. Back to the Republics' Legislatures: The Last Hurrah (February 1992)

1. Prelude to Milovy

2. In Snowbound Milovy: An Agreement in Sight?

3. The Milovy Text in the Presidia

4. "The Three Heads" in the Federal Assembly: The Dead End

X. Onward to the Elections (Spring 1992)

1. The Campaign

2. The June 1992 Elections: "The Center Cannot Hold

3. Monday Morning After and Hindsight

4. Prague in Spring 1992: The Last Interlude

Third Act

XI. The Lion v. the Unicorn: The Breakup (Summer 1992)

1. The Five Rounds (June−July 1992)

2. The Context

3. Round Five: A New Political Agreement

4. In the Federal Assembly, Again Referendum? (August 1992)

5. Round Six: Setting the Date

6. Summing Up: Spotlight on "the Heroes-Villains

XII. The Deed Is Done (Fall 1992)

1. An Overview

2. The Defiant Federal Assembly (September−October 1992)

3. Toward a New Form of Coexistence: Bilateral Treaties (October−November 1992)

XIII. Back to the Federal Assembly: Facing the Opposition (Fall 1992 Continued)

1. New Federal Government Program

2. Dividing Federal Property

3. The Vote

4. Havel for President and the End of an Era

5. At the End: Again the "Extinction" Bill

Fourth Act

XIV. Constitutions for the Independent Republics

1. The Slovak Constitution, September 1992: Montesquieu Bowdlerized?.

2. The Czech Constitution, December 1992: Back to 1920?

A Comparative Parenthesis

Epilogue

XV. An Overview: Some Answers and Some Reflections at the End of the Day

1. Sources of Ethnic Conflict and Causes of Separation

2. On Eliminating Differences: A Taxonomy Applied

3. On Multiple Transformations

4. "Strategic Elements" of Constitutional Negotiations

5. Forums and Tactics

6. The "Intervenor

7. The Last Afterthought

Annexes

Annex I: The International Conference, Bratislava, June 1991

1. The Allocation of Powers

2. The Institutional Structure: The Parliament

3. The President: Back to 1920?

4. Ethnic Minorities

5. On Impartial Advice

Annex II: Constitutions and the World

1. The "Opening" Issue

2. At the Federal Level

3. Constitutions for Independent Republics

4. Concluding Thoughts on the "Opening

Selected Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-282-60453-8

9786612604539

0-472-02187-7

OCLC:

732605514