Political change in post-Communist Slovakia and Croatia from nationalist to Europeanist

After the collapse of communism, the quest for independence and challenges of democratization created a contest between two powerful forces: Nationalists and Europeanists. This book examines the battles between those rivals by tracking the rise, maintenance, and decline of national movements in two...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Fisher, Sharon, Ph. D. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
PhysicalDescription:1 online resource (x, 262 pages)
Published: New York Palgrave MacMillan 2006
ISBN:1403972869
9781403972866
9780230600881
0230600883
1281360783
9781281360786
Edition:1st ed.
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Online Access:EBSCOhost
Table of Contents:
  • The battle between "Nationalists" and "Europeanists"
  • The first elections: 1990 in Croatia and 1992 in Slovakia
  • Structuring the ideology of the new state
  • Economic policy: using state property for political gain
  • The politics of culture: promoting a national identity
  • The growth of democratic civil society
  • The fall of the "Nationalists": 1998 in Slovakia and 2000 in Croatia
  • The rule of Europeanists