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Subject(s)

• Civil society—Czech Republic [Browse]
• Civil society—Slovakia [Browse]
• Civil society—Czechoslovakia [Browse]
• Post-communism—Czech Republic [Browse]
• Post-communism—Slovakia [Browse]
• Post-communism—Czechoslovakia [Browse]

Related name

Smith, Simon, 1970- [Browse]

Series

• BASEES/RoutledgeCurzon series on Russian and East European studies ; 3. [More in this series]
• BASEES/RoutledgeCurzon series on Russian and East European studies ; 3 [More in this series]

Summary note

Post-communist transformation in the former Soviet bloc has had a profound effect, not just in the political and economic sphere, but on all aspects of life. Although a great deal has been written about transformation, much of it has been about transformation viewed from the top, and little has been written about how things have changed for ordinary people at the local level. This book, based on extensive original research, examines the changes resulting from transformation at the local level in the form Czechoslovakia. It considers especially local democracy, social movements, and work collectives, and paints a picture of people gradually growing in self-confidence and taking more control of their communities, having lived for decades in a framework where so much was directed from the top.

Notes

Description based upon print version of record.

Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Source of description

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

Language note

English

Contents

• Transformation as modernisation: sociological readings / Simon Smith
• Civil society and political parties in the Czech Republic / Martin Myant
• Civic forum and public against violence: agents for community self-determination? Experiences of local actors / Simon Smith
• The development of the environmental non-governmental movement in Slovakia: the Slovak Union of Nature and Landscape Conservationists / Mikulas Huba
• Dual identity and/or 'bread and butter': electronics industry workers in Slovakia 1995-2000 / Monika Cambalikova
• The democratisation of industrial relations in the Czech Republic - work organisation and employee representation: case studies from the electronics industry / Ales Kroupa, Zdenka Mansfeldova
• Local community transformation: the Czech Republic 1990-2000 / Zdenka Vajdova
• Civic potential as a differentiating factor in the development of local communities / Martin Slosiarik
• Group strategies of local communities in Slovakia facing social threats / Imrich Vasecka
• Conclusion: The narrativisation of social transformation / Simon Smith.

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ISBN

• 1-138-36287-5
• 1-134-43263-1
• 1-134-43264-X
• 1-280-05531-6
• 0-203-63395-4
• 9780203633953

OCLC

• 437055305
• 56366091
• 1019733122

Doi

10.4324/9780203633953

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