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In dieser auf zahlreiche deutsche und tschechische Archivdokumente und Publikationen gestützten empirischen Analyse werden mit Zahlenangaben und Daten mannigfaltiger Art insb. folgende Themenbereiche erfaßt: - Die Frage nach der tatsächlichen Anzahl der auf der Neige des Krieges in böhmischen Ländern sich aufhaltenden Deutschen; - die undifferenzierende Vergeltungsstimmung der tschechischen Bevölkerung; - die bei der gewaltsamen Aussiedlung angewandten Methoden; die dabei tätigen militärischen und zivilen Einheiten; - die beginnende Besiedlung der böhmisch-mährischen Grenzgebiete mit tschechischen Freiwilligen; - die tastenden Versuche verschiedener tschechischer Organe nach Konsolidierung der Verhältnisse, insb. nach Minimierung schreiendster Übergriffe und Verbrechen; - die im Juni 1945 beschloßenen Grundsätze des Transfers mit einer Differenzierung der Sudetendeutschen nach politischen, beruflichen, altersmäßigen etc. Gesichtspunkten und mit Bestimmungen hinsichtlich der erlaubten Eigentumsmitnahme. Die Analyse schließt mit kritischen Stellungnahmen zum Transfer seitens der Vertreter westlicher Siegermächte ab. (BIOst-Hrs)

Despite the massive scale of voucher privatization, there still remain a substantial number of companies in which the state is involved. Residual state property is quantified from the point of ownership & ownership rights that enable control over the assets of privatized companies. By the beginning of 1999, the state was able to control 76% of assets of the companies in the portfolio of the National Property Fund. This means that the state controls quite a significant part of the Czech economy & interferes with the concept of property rights. The results thus question the achievement of voucher privatization. There exists a clear consensus that further privatization of residual state property is both necessary & inevitable for further economic growth. 3 Tables, 5 Charts, 7 References. Adapted from the source document.

The presented paper describes the first membership of Czechoslovakia in the International Monetary Fund in the post-war period & the circumstances of its expulsion from this institution in 1954. Although Czechoslovakia was one of the founding members of the Bretton-Woods institutions & its relationship with the IMF looked promising at the beginning, the communist political take-over in February 1948 implied substantial change in this development. It was followed by the introduction of a centrally planned economic system & by a shift in the country's foreign-political orientation toward the East. The reason for Czechoslovakia's exclusion from the Bretton-Woods institutions was its repeated non-performance of the member state duties according to the Articles of Agreements of the IMR The main problem was that Czechoslovakia systematically refused to inform the IMF about developments in its economy & consult relevant monetary & economic arrangements with the IMF. Adapted from the source document.

There are currently held tough discussions among economists and policy makers on the most appropriate form of taxation that would be fair, simple, enough incentive to wage work and entrepreneurship and withal also providing sufficient revenue for the state to fund the services provided to citizens. In this debate two opposing views on the basic form of this system stand against each other, namely, whether it should tax the income in a progressive manner, as is the case with tax systems applied today in most countries, or in a proportional manner, which has been introduced in a limited extent in several countries, especially in Central and Eastern Europe. This article provides a brief description of the basic characteristics of both these approaches and summarizes the main arguments presented by their proponents and opponents. The next section describes the different variants of a proportional system, also known as a flat tax system, some of which currently exist only in the yet unrealized proposals, and in the end, then compare their pros and cons. Adapted from the source document.

The terms "weak," "failed," & "collapsed," among others, were used to describe the specific condition of a state for the first time rather recently. The research of a state's strength or weakness reacted to the processes of decolonization & the collapse of the bipolar configuration of international relations. The theoretical & methodological settlement of this phenomenon in the context of political science is still a great challenge for academic society. This article aims to conceptualize the problematics of weakening & collapse of state power. The authors don't try to challenge the current conceptions of Rotberg, Zartman, etc., but to categorize these theoretical approaches into three dimensions in the context of the parameters the authors of these conceptions work with. The three dimensions that are introduced are the one of international relations, the economic one & the socio-political one. The article concludes with the presentation of the Fund for Peace tool, which tries to include all these dimensions. Adapted from the source document.

The paper herein presents a summary of research targeting the attitudes of mayors of Czech municipalities towards the financing of municipalities and the submitted legislative determination of taxes. Data reflect expert interviews with a representative sample of nine municipalities in Central Bohemian region. The research was originally incorporated into the doctoral thesis by Ilona Kruntoradova accomplished at the Institute of Political Studies at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Charles University in Prague; it is contextualized in the paper with political debates about the new rules concerning the funding of municipalities. Such rules create divisions among the municipalities as well as the parties within the Necas coalition government. The main research findings underline the prevailing lack of funds facilitating the development of small municipalities, mediation of the interests of municipalities through personal contacts rather than special interest associations, and deeper divisions between small municipalities and large cities. The research herein should primarily serve as a pre-research for larger inquiries involving a broader sample of municipalities throughout the Czech Republic. Adapted from the source document.

Der amerikanische Ökonom verweist darauf, dass in den vergangenen vier Jahren sieben Länder (Mexiko, Argentinien, Thailand, Südkorea, Indonesien, Malaysia und Hongkong) mehrere Wirtschaftsrezessionen durchmachten, und zwar schlimmere als all jene, die die USA seit den 30er Jahren trafen. Die unmittelbare Ursache - eine schwere Erschütterung, die ein Wunder in ein Debakel verwandelte - stehe für ihn außer Frage: es war der weltumspannende Kapitalmarkt. Solange das Kapital frei fliesse, wären die Länder gegenüber spekulativen Attacken wehrlos. Folgerichtig stellt er die Frage, ob es nicht machbar sei, den internationalen Kapitalfluß einzuschränken. (BIOst-Hrs)