The Czech and Slovak Republics

Twenty years of Independence, 1993-2013
Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-963-386-153-0
Verlag: Central European University Press

Buch, Englisch, 380 Seiten, Format (B × H): 157 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 700 g

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.

Zielgruppe

Academic

Autoren/Hrsg.

Stolarik, M. Mark

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Wirtschaftspolitik, politische Ökonomie
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Europäische Geschichte

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments, Abbreviations, Introduction, Part I: THE DISSOLUTION OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA, Part II: POLITICAL DEVELOPMENTS AFTER 1993, Part III: ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENTS AFTER 1993, Part IV: SOCIAL DEVELOPMENTS AFTER 1993, Contributors, Bibliography, Index

Über Autor(innen)

M. Mark Stolarik is Professor of History and holder of the Chair in Slovak History and Culture at the University of Ottawa. From 1979 to 1991 he was President and CEO of the Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies in Philadelphia, and Director of its press. He is a specialist in the history of immigration and ethnic groups in North America, with emphasis on the Slovak experience.