The End of Czechoslovakia / / ed. by Jiří Musil.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Central European University Press eBook-Package 2013-1998
• MitwirkendeR: Bartlovâ, Alena,; Kucera, Milan,; Kusy, Miroslav,; Musil, Jiri,; Pavlik, Zdenëk,; Pithart, Petr,; Prihoda, Petr,; Prücha, Vaclav,; Rupnik, Jacques,; Rychlik, Jan,; Suda, Zdenëk,; Wolchik, Sharon L.,; Zak, Vaclav,
• HerausgeberIn: Musil, Jiří,
• Place / Publishing House: Budapest ;, New York : : Central European University Press, , [2022]; ©1995
• Year of Publication: 2022
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (294 p.)

Scholars and practitioners from both sides of the divide, Czech and Slovak, as well as international experts, take an in-depth look at the causes of Czechoslovakia's break-up, and explain why a seemingly successful country should disintegrate so quickly after the collapse of the communist regime. Besides exploring the political processes leading to the split, the authors analyse the underlying social, economic and cultural differences between the two nations and examine the historical roots of the problems. Particular attention is paid to changing Czech and Slovak attitudes towards the common state and towards each other, from the heyday of the First Republic to the disillusionment of the post-1989 period.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Note on Contributors -- 1 Introduction -- I Structural Aspects of the Break-Up -- 2 Czech and Slovak Demography -- 3 Economic Development and Relations, 1918-89 -- 4 Czech and Slovak Society -- II National Consciousness -- 5 National Consciousness and the Common State (A Historical-Ethnological Analysis) -- 6 Slovakia in Czech National Consciousness -- 7 Mutual Perceptions in Czech-Slovak Relationships -- 8 Slovak Exceptionalism -- III History of Czech-Slovak Relations -- 9 Political Power-Sharing in the Interwar Period -- 10 From Autonomy to Federation, 1938-68 -- 11 Towards a Shared Freedom, 1968-89 -- IV The Process of Disintegration -- 12 The Politics of Transition and the Break-Up of Czechoslovakia -- 13 The Velvet Divorce — Institutional Foundations -- V The International Aspects -- 14 The International Context -- Index