Slovakia since independence a struggle for democracy

Since becoming an independent country after its split from Czechoslovakia in January 1993, Slovakia's development from communism to political and economic democracy, underway when it was part of post-Communist Czechoslovakia, has been difficult and halting. Goldman starts with an analysis of th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Goldman, Minton F. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
PhysicalDescription:1 online resource (xi, 247 pages)
Published: Westport, Conn. Praeger 1999
ISBN:9780313370984 (electronic bk)
0313370982 (electronic bk)
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Online Access:EBSCOhost
Table of Contents:
  • Background for independence: Slovaks and Czechs, 1918-1989
  • Post-Communist Slovakia becomes independent
  • Democratic political development: challenges and achievements
  • Movement toward the free market: problems of reform and recovery
  • Societal democratization: setbacks and advances
  • Slovakia between the West and Russia
  • Slovak relations with Hungary, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Poland
  • Conclusions