Irreconcilable Differences? Explaining Czechoslovakia's Dissolution |
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| Editor:
| Kraus, Michael
Stanger, Allison |
| Author:
| Havel, Vaclav
Hoffmann, Stanley
Johnson, Owen V. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-306-08446-8 |
| Publication Date: | Jan 2000 |
| Publisher: | Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $36.99 |
Book Description:
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This unique volume brings together a multi-disciplinary group of scholars as well as Czech and Slovak decisionmakers who were personally involved in the events leading up to the separation of Czechoslovakia. Asking whether the dissolution was inevitable, the contributors bring a range of different approaches and perspectives to bear on the twin problems of democratic transitions in multinational societies and ethnic separatism and its origins. The blend of analysis and insider...
More DescriptionThis unique volume brings together a multi-disciplinary group of scholars as well as Czech and Slovak decisionmakers who were personally involved in the events leading up to the separation of Czechoslovakia. Asking whether the dissolution was inevitable, the contributors bring a range of different approaches and perspectives to bear on the twin problems of democratic transitions in multinational societies and ethnic separatism and its origins. The blend of analysis and insider experiences will make this book invaluable for all concerned with nationalism and ethnicity, democratization, and transitions in Eastern Europe.