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

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2017
• MitwirkendeR: Bútora, Martin,; Bútorová, Zora,; Deegan-Krause, Kevin,; Fisher, Sharon,; Gjuričová, Adéla,; Gould, John A.,; Hallon, Ľudovít,; Hocman, Juraj,; Hudek, Adam,; Kirschbaum, Stanislav J.,; Kraus, Michael,; Londák, Miroslav,; Moravčík, Jozef,; Peterson, James W.,; Pithart, Petr,; Pospíšil, Martin,; Rychlík, Jan,; Skalnik Leff, Carol,; Stolarik, M. Mark,; Tůma, Oldřich,; Wolchik, Sharon L.,; Žatkuliak, Jozef,
• HerausgeberIn: Stolarik, M. Mark,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]; ©2017
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (380 p.)

The essays in the book compare the Czech Republic and Slovakia since the breakup of Czechoslovakia in 1993. The papers deal with the causes of the divorce and discuss the political, economic and social developments in the new countries. This is the only English-language volume that presents the synoptic findings of leading Czech, Slovak, and North American scholars in the field.The authors include two former Prime Ministers of the Czech Republic and Slovakia, eight leading scholars (four Czechs and four Slovaks), and eight knowledgeable commentators from North America. The most significant new insight is that in spite of predictions by various pundits in the Western World that Czechia 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 Slovakia, 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 find gratification in reading this book.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I: THE DISSOLUTION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA -- CHAPTER 1: The “Velvet Split” of Czechoslovakia (1989–1992) -- CHAPTER 2: Czechoslovakia’s Dissolution Twenty Years After -- CHAPTER 3: The Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The Slovak Perspective -- CHAPTER 4: The Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: The Slovak Perspective -- CHAPTER 5: The Slovak Republic After Twenty Years -- CHAPTER 6: The Czech Republic After Twenty Years: Gains and Losses -- Part II: POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS AFTER 1993 -- CHAPTER 7: Of People, Mice and Gorillas: Slovak Politics Twenty Years After -- CHAPTER 8: Thinking Big About a Small Country: On Juraj Hocman’s “Of People, Mice and Gorillas” -- CHAPTER 9: Letting Czechoslovakia Go: Czech Political Developments Since 1993 -- CHAPTER 10: Czech Political Developments Since 1993: Some Comments -- Part III: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS AFTER 1993 -- CHAPTER 11: Economic Developments in Slovakia Since 1993 -- CHAPTER 12: To Neoliberalism and Back? Twenty Years of Economic Policy in Slovakia -- CHAPTER 13: Economic Developments in the Czech Republic, 1993–2013 -- CHAPTER 14: The Czech Economic Transition: From Leader to Laggard -- Part IV: SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS AFTER 1993 -- CHAPTER 15: Reflections on Social Developments in Slovakia, 1993–2013 -- CHAPTER 16: Social Developments in Slovakia after Twenty Years: The Impact of Politics -- CHAPTER 17: Social Developments in the Czech Republic Since 1993 -- CHAPTER 18: Some Comments on “Social Developments in the Czech Republic” -- Contributors -- Bibliography -- Index