The Czech and Slovak Republics
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The Czech and Slovak Republics

Twenty years of Independence, 1993–2013

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The Czech and Slovak Republics

Twenty years of Independence, 1993–2013

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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.

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Table of contents

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