The intellectual origins of the Prague spring: the development of reformist ideas in Czechoslovakia 1956 - 1967
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In: Europa-Archiv / Beiträge und Berichte, Band 49, Heft 16, S. 470-478
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In: Internationale Politik, Band 49, Heft 16, S. 470-478
In: Europa-Archiv, Band 49, Heft 16, S. 470
In: Revue d'études comparatives est-ouest: RECEO, Band 19, Heft 3, S. 9-22
ISSN: 2259-6100
The Anniversaries of Czechoslovakia.
The four major anniversaries of 1988 relate to radical social and political changes in the seven decades of independent Czechoslovakia's history. The Czechoslovak state was born in 1918, lost in 1938, transferred under communist rule in 1948, and it saw a reformist attempt thwarted by force in 1968.
Every one of these changes was strongly influenced by external factors. Each resulted in a momentous upheaval in the social organization of society and the political culture of the Czech and Slovak nations.
October 1918 is remembered both as the culmination of the process of nation building and as the event that ushered in democracy. September 1938 (the Munich Agreement), is recalled as a symbol of the weakness of democracy at home and in the West. February 1948 climaxed the evolution of Czechoslovak communism into an instrument of Soviet power. The Prague Spring and its suppression remain terms of reference in the present reformist climate.
The discontinuity of modern Czechoslovak history, epitomized by the four anniversaries, reflects the predicament of Central European nations which developed and practised their statehood on the borderline between democracy and communism. The sequence of changes has not led to a satisfactory state of affairs and further sociopolitical reorganizations are on the horizon.
In: Current history: a journal of contemporary world affairs, Band 86, Heft 523, S. 361-364,383-384
ISSN: 0011-3530
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In: Current history: a journal of contemporary world affairs, Band 86, S. 361-364
ISSN: 0011-3530
Partial contents: Reversing the economic reform; Dissent: from Dubcek to Charter 77; 1980-1985: searching for reform substitutes; Dissent: diversity in unity.
In: Problems of communism, Band 35, Heft 1, S. 39
ISSN: 0032-941X
In: Problems of communism, Band 35, S. 39-53
ISSN: 0032-941X
Issues of bloc-wide significance; specific bilateral dealings. Partial contents: Renewing the Pact; Hungary: circumscribed acceptance; Handling Honecker; Poland the insoluble; The Bulgarian connection.
In: Problems of communism, Band 31, S. 24-37
ISSN: 0032-941X
In: Slavic review: interdisciplinary quarterly of Russian, Eurasian and East European studies, Band 38, Heft 4, S. 705-706
ISSN: 2325-7784
In: Soviet studies, Band 31, Heft 1, S. 124-131
In: International journal / Canadian Institute of International Affairs, Band 33, Heft 4, S. 663-677
ISSN: 2052-465X