The Czech And Slovak Republics: Nation Versus State

by Carol Leff and Carol Skalnik Leff

Book Overview

This book shows how the interaction of, democratization, marketization, and a national transformation that has reconfigured the dynamic between state and nation, has shaped Czechoslovakia's development, culminating in the paradoxical disintegration of a state that most citizens wished to preserve.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813329221
• ISBN13: 9780813329222
• Release Date: October 1996
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

THE ONLY SOURCE FOR CURRENT CZECH AND SLOVAK INFO!!!

Leff has written the first detailed analysis of the Czech and Slovak Republics since their divide in 1993. She provides sufficient historical background, an excellent tale of the Velvet Revolution, and an accurate evaluation of the current situations in both countries including both political and economic statuses. This book is necessary for anyone wanting the real picture of Czech and Slovak life after the fall of the Soviet Union.