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Author:   M. Mark Stolarik
Publisher:   Central European University Press
Imprint:   Central European University Press
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.635kg
ISBN:  

9789633861530

ISBN 10:   9633861535
Pages:   380
Publication Date:   01 January 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface Abbreviations Introduction M. Mark Stolarik Part I: The Dissolution of Czechoslovakia Chapter 1: The “Velvet Split” of Czechoslovakia (1989–1992) Jan Rychlík Chapter 2: Czechoslovakia’s Dissolution Twenty Years After Michael Kraus Chapter 3: The Dissolution of Czechoslovakia. The Slovak Perspective Jozef Žatkuliak and Adam Hudek Chapter 4: The Dissolution of Czechoslovakia: The Slovak Perspective Stanislav J. Kirschbaum Chapter 5: The Slovak Republic After Twenty Years Jozef Moravčík Chapter 6: The Czech Republic After Twenty Years: Gains and Losses Petr Pithart Part II: Political Developments After 1993 Chapter 7: Of People, Mice and Gorillas: Slovak Politics Twenty Years After Juraj Hocman Chapter 8: Thinking Big About a Small Country: On Juraj Hocman’s “Of People, Mice and Gorillas” Kevin Deegan-Krause Chapter 9: Letting Czechoslovakia Go: Czech Political Developments Since 1993 Adéla Gjuričová Chapter 10: Czech Political Developments Since 1993: Some Comments Carol Skalnik Leff Part III: Economic Developments After 1993 Chapter 11: Economic Developments in Slovakia Since 1993 Ľudovít Hallon, Miroslav Londák, and Adam Hudek Chapter 12: To Neoliberalism and Back? Twenty Years of Economic Policy in Slovakia John A. Gould Chapter 13: Economic Developments in the Czech Republic, 1993–2013 Martin Pospíšil Chapter 14: The Czech Economic Transition: From Leader to Laggard Sharon Fisher Part IV: Social Developments After 1993 Chapter 15: Reflections on Social Developments in Slovakia, 1993–2013 Martin Bútora and Zora Bútorová Chapter 16: Social Developments in Slovakia after Twenty Years: The Impact of Politics Sharon L. Wolchik Chapter 17: Social Developments in the Czech Republic Since 1993 Oldřich Tůma Chapter 18: Some Comments on “Social Developments in the Czech Republic” James W. Peterson Contributors Bibliography Index

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Growing out of a conference held at the University of Ottawa in 2013, M. Mark Stolarik's edited volume brings together the work of scholars from North America and the Czech and Slovak Republics. The conference and subsequent publication had two main goals: to reevaluate the Velvet Divorce, the peaceful agreement that led to Czechoslovakia's split, and to compare the post-divorce trajectories of the two independent states. Stolarik's comprehensive introduction names the debate over issues of individual agency and deeper political structures as the most striking theme of the volume. The authors analyze the split's main causes and question its inevitability by exploring the emergence of nationalism and national identity, cultural and economic factors, political elites, and public opinion. The chapters represent a wide array of disciplinary approaches, including history, economics, political science, sociology, and law. In addition, two politicians contributed their plenary addresses from the Ottawa conference: Josef Moravcik, a Slovak lawyer, professor, and 1989 activist, and Petr Pithart, a Czech dissident, Charter '77 signatory, and Prime Minister of the Czech Republic from 1990 to 1992 while Czechoslovakia was still a federal state. Graduate students and scholars of the region will find much of this collection useful. Each chapter includes extensive references, and there is a thorough bibliography at the end. Some of the most important North American and European scholars have weighed in on the many significant topics facing the Czech and Slovak Republics today. * Slavic Review *

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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.

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