The Origins of Postcommunist Elites: From Prague Spring to the Breakup of Czechoslovakia

by Gil Eyal

How is it that Czechoslovakia's separation into two countries in 1993 was accomplished so peacefully--especially when compared with the experiences of its neighbors Russia and Yugoslavia? This book provides a sociological answer to this question--and an empirical explanation for the breakup of Czechoslovakia--by tracing the political processes begun in the Prague Spring of 1968.

Gil Eyal's main argument is that Czechoslovakia's breakup was...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816640327
• ISBN13: 9780816640324
• Release Date: May 2003
• Publisher: University of Minnesota Press
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.4" x 8.9"