TY - BOOK ID - 78496930 TI - The Czech and Slovak Republics AU - Bútora, Martin AU - Bútorová, Zora AU - Deegan-Krause, Kevin AU - Fisher, Sharon AU - Gjuričová, Adéla AU - Gould, John A AU - Hallon, Ľudovít AU - Hocman, Juraj AU - Hudek, Adam AU - Kraus, Michael AU - Londák, Miroslav AU - Moravčík, Jozef AU - Peterson, James W AU - Pithart, Petr AU - Pospíšil, Martin AU - Rychlík, Jan AU - Skalnik Leff, Carol AU - Stolarik, M Mark AU - Wolchik, Sharon L AU - Žatkuliak, Jozef AU - Kirschbaum, Stanislav J AU - Tůma, Oldřich PY - 2022 SN - 9633861543 9789633861547 9789633861530 PB - Budapest New York DB - UniCat KW - Post-communism KW - Social change KW - Change, Social KW - Cultural change KW - Cultural transformation KW - Societal change KW - Socio-cultural change KW - Social history KW - Social evolution KW - Postcommunism KW - World politics KW - Communism KW - History. KW - Slovakia KW - Czech Republic KW - Social conditions KW - Economic conditions KW - Politics and government KW - Economic conditions, Economic policy, Independence, Neoliberalism, Political studies, Postcommunism. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78496930 AB - "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. ER -