Communism in Czechoslovakia, 1948-1960 / / Edward Taborsky.
Czechoslovakia, once considered Central Europe's model democracy, has been a Soviet satellite since 1948. The Communists now boast that "socialism" has defeated capitalism politically and has surpassed it in production, in living standards, and in social justice. How realistic is this...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2015] ©1961 |
| Year of Publication: | 2015 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Princeton Legacy Library ;
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Preface
- Contents
- Part One. The Communist Party and Its National Front Partners
- I. The Communist Party as a Weapon of Revolution
- II. The Communist Party as an Instrument of Power
- III. Party Organization
- IV. The Party's Operational Code in Theory and Practice
- V. The Ruling Oligarchs
- VI. Communism's Pernicious Isms
- VII. The National Front Partners
- Part Two. The Transmission Belts of Formal Government
- VIII. The Constitutional Framework
- IX. Executive Transmission Belt: i. Theoretical Basis and Organization
- X. Executive Transmission Belt: π. Operational Pattern
- XI. The Legislative Rubber Stamp
- XII. Socialist Legality
- XIII. Local Levers
- XIV. Slovakia-An Odd Unit of Provincial Government
- Part Three. Outproducing Capitalism
- XV. The Industrial Challenge
- XVI. The Agricultural Demise
- XVII. The Human Cost
- Part Four. The Making of the New Communistic Man
- XVIII. Erecting an Iron Curtain against Western Influences
- XIX. The Educational Weapon
- XX. The Indoctrination of the Adult Mind
- XXI. Conclusions and Prospects
- Bibliography
- Index