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Czechoslovakia

The Velvet Revolution and Beyond

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  1. Robin H. E. Shepherd
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Table of contents (10 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-x
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  2. Introduction

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    Pages 1-8

  3. Building the State

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    Pages 9-19

  4. The Communists Take Power

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    Pages 21-38

  5. Havel — Power to the Powerless

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    Pages 39-53

  6. Politics After Communism

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    Pages 55-74

  7. The Economy — Capitalism without Property

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    Pages 75-102

  8. Civilising Society

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    Pages 103-126

  9. The Velvet Divorce

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    Pages 127-147

  10. Surviving Mečiar

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    Pages 149-169

  11. Conclusion — Prospects for the EU

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    Pages 171-177

  12. Back Matter

    Pages 179-204
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About this book

A decade ago, playwright dissident Václav Havel led an almost bloodless revolution against Czechoslovakia's hardline communist regime. In the years that followed, the country split apart into two independent Czech and Slovak states, each taking radically different paths to reform. This book examines the core issues at work in the last decade, focusing on the political, economic, and philosophical underpinnings of the reform process.

About the author

Robin H. E. Shepherd has been living, working, and studying in Eastern Europe for most of the last decade.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Czechoslovakia

  • Book Subtitle: The Velvet Revolution and Beyond

  • Authors: Robin H. E. Shepherd

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-137-07975-6

  • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London

  • eBook Packages: Palgrave History Collection, History (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-312-23068-5Published: 30 September 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-349-62811-7Published: 30 September 2000

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-137-07975-6Published: 30 April 2016

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 204

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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