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Author_Carol Leff
Carol Skalnik Leff
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CDP
Civic Forum
communist
comparative politics
council
Coupon Privatization
Czech Lands
democratization processes
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European integration studies
Full NATO Membership
government
Interwar Czechoslovakia
Interwar Republic
market reforms
national
NATO Country
NATO Membership
Play Back
political transformation
Post-cold War Global Order
postcommunist
postcommunist political transitions
Postcommunist States
Prague Spring
revolution
Slovak Government
Slovak National Council
Slovak National Party
Slovak Party
Slovak Politicians
Slovak Republics
state sovereignty
states
Sudeten German
Support NATO Membership
transition
triple
Triple Transition
velvet
Velvet Divorce
Wartime Slovak State
West Germany
Product details
- ISBN 9780813329222
- Weight: 453g
- Dimensions: 152 x 229mm
- Publication Date: 25 Oct 1996
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Paperback
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This clear, objective introduction to the politics of Czechoslovakia and the successor Czech and Slovak Republics provides a comprehensive analysis of Czechoslovakia in the postcommunist period. Carol Leff builds a framework for understanding the dynamics of the "triple transition": democratization, marketization, and a national transformation that has reconfigured the dynamic between state and nation. She shows how the interaction of these three transformational agendas has shaped Czechoslovakia's development, ultimately culminating in the paradoxical disintegration of a state that most of its citizens wished to preserve. The book offers a valuable case study of a country coming back to Europe, but it also provides an opportunity for analyzing the influence of communism on what had been a significant interwar European state. The book's strong comparative element will make it invaluable as well for those seeking to understand contemporary Central and Eastern Europe.
Carol Skalnik Leff is assistant professor of political science at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
