Czechoslovakia : The Velvet Revolution and Beyond

by Shepherd, Robin E. H.

• ISBN13: 9780312230685
• ISBN10: 0312230680
• eBook ISBN(s): 9781137079756
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-09-02
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
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Summary

A decade ago, playwright dissident Vaacute;clav 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.

Author Biography

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

Table of Contents

List of Tables	viii
Acknowledgements	ix
Map	x
Introduction	1	(8)
Building the State	9	(12)
The Communists Take Power	21	(18)
Havel -- Power to the Powerless	39	(16)
Politics After Communism	55	(20)
The Economy -- Capitalism without Property	75	(28)
Civilising Society	103	(24)
The Velvet Divorce	127	(22)
Surviving Meciar	149	(30)
Conclusion -- Prospects for the EU	171	(8)
Notes	179	(16)
Bibliography	195	(4)
Index	199