The Czech and Slovak Republics Twenty years of Independence, 1993–2013 / edited by M. Mark Stolarik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stolarik, M. Mark, editor.

Contributor:

Stolarik, M. Mark, 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Post-communism--Slovakia--History.

Post-communism.

Post-communism--Czech Republic--History.

Social change--Slovakia--History.

Social change.

Social change--Czech Republic--History.

Slovakia--Social conditions--1993-.

Slovakia.

Czech Republic--Social conditions--1993-.

Czech Republic.

Slovakia--Economic conditions--1993-.

Czech Republic--Economic conditions--1993-.

Slovakia--Politics and government--1993-.

Czech Republic--Politics and government--1993-.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (380 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Manufacture:

Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2017

Place of Publication:

New York : Central European University Press, 2016.

Summary:

"This manuscript consists of ten chapters, two by former Prime Ministers of the Czech and Slovak Republics (Petr Pithart and Jozef Moravcik), plus eight leading scholars (four Czechs: Jan Rychlik, Adela Gjuricova, Martin Pospisil and Oldrich Tuma; and four Slovaks: Jozef Zatkuliak, Juraj Hocman, Martin Butora and Miroslav Londak) and eight knowledgeable commentators from North America (Carol Skalink Leff, James W. Peterson, John Gould, Kevin Deegan-Krause, Michael Kraus, Sharon Fisher, Sharon Wolchik, and Stanislav J. Kirschbaum). The chapters and commentaries put forward a comparison of the Czech and Slovak Republics over the past twenty years. They deal with the causes of the breakup of Czechoslovakia in 1993 and the political developments, the economic developments and the social developments in the new republics. This is the only English-language manuscript that presents the findings of the leading Czech and Slovak, and North American, scholars in the field. It brings new insights into the breakup of Czechoslovakia and into subsequent political, economic and social developments in those countries. The most significant finding of all the scholars was that, in spite of predictions by various pundits in the Western World that the Czech Republic 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 the Slovak Republic, 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 be very interested in reading this book"--Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction / M. Mark Stolarik

Part I: The Dissolution of Czechoslovakia

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

Part II: Political Developments After 1993

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 / Adela Gjuricová

Czech Political Developments Since 1993 : Some Comments / Carol Skalnik Leff

Part III: Economic Developments After 1993

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

Part IV: Social Developments After 1993

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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-003-72240-7

963-386-154-3

9781003722403

OCLC:

943710530