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Showing 1 to 20 of 52 for “"Czechoslovakia"”.
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Czechoslovakia: A State of Perceived Bias
… behind the dissolution of the state of Czechoslovakia. Unlike previous works, this paper contends that the Velvet Divorce was not simply a result of the expulsion of Communism, but rather the end product of a multitude of forces, both interior and exterior to the state's boundaries. The …
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Class, estate and status in Czechoslovakia, 1918-1938
… distribution of power and authority in inter-war Czechoslovakia, and about the relevance of voting behaviour as an indicator of the significance of class at this time. Finally the thesis reaches some overall conclusions about the nature and historical import of class in inter-war Czechoslovakia, …
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Surrealism since the Second World War with particular reference to surrealism in Czechoslovakia
… with a critical history of Surrealism in Czechoslovakia. Within the Surrealist Movement the activities of the Czech and Slovak surrealists, both individually and collectively, are considered to be of the greatest importance, perhaps along with Belgium second only to manifestations in …
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Drawing borders: the political and symbolic importance of the United States in the creation of Czechoslovakia
… Wilson's involvement in the creation of interwar Czechoslovakia, and his support for its independence. It also symbolized the democratic ideals which brought the two nations together following the Great War. Woodrow Wilson played a major part in the history and memory of Czechs during their …
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The Explosion of Ethnic Retributive Violence in Czechoslovakia at the End of the Second World War
… from the Nazi occupation of Eastern Europe. In Czechoslovakia as well as Poland, there were outbreaks of retributive violence driven toward the German ethnic minorities present within their liberated boundaries. In both cases, the governments of Poland and Czechoslovakia began a state sponsored, …
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The institutional determinants of property regime change in new democracies: the Russian Federation, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia
Is there a relationship between the design of democratic institutions and optimal collective decisions? Optimum decisions are defined as achieving goals important to the transition such as deep and equitable property reforms. Democratic institutions refer to first-order institutions of governance …
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Re-Negotiating Czechoslovakia. The State and the Jews in Communist Central Europe: The Czech Lands, 1945-1989
<p>Roughly 50,000 Jewish citizens called Czechoslovakia home in 1945, out of a prewar population of 315,000. More than half chose to emigrate. Others attempted to conceal their roots. Still others hoped to rebuild the Jewish communities destroyed in the Holocaust. Before they could establish a new …
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A comparative study on the educational debate in central Europe, with specific reference to Hungary, Poland and Czechoslovakia 1989-1991
… new ruling .power-elite in Poland, Hungary and Czechoslovakia. This reform process, embodying the value system of the new governments, has led, the dissertation seeks to show, directly to new and vibrant interest groups on the educational landscape. This study identifies the seven prominent …
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Filosofický revizionismus v Československu mezi lety 1956-1968
… diploma thesis deals with Marxist philosophy in Czechoslovakia between 1956 and 1968, it focuses especially on Marxist humanism. The XX. Congress of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union in 1956 and the Khrushchev's critique of Stalinism gave opportunity for critical approach in Marxist …
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Československá rozvojová pomoc Alžírské demokratické a lidové republice v letech 1962-1965
… ended Algeria's eight-year war of independence. Czechoslovakia already supported the Algerian side during the war, mainly by exporting arms. On the part of Czechoslovakia, it was primarily a business partnership and support of a potential ally during the Cold War. However, the Communist Party of …
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Lidská práva na území ČSR v období 1948-1989
The text primarily discusses human rights in Czechoslovakia between 1948 and 1989. Within the main theme, subtopics include a comparison between the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948) and the Constitution of the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic (1960). Another major topic is Charter 77, …
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Postavení žen ve vrcholné politice na konci šedesátých let 20. století a jejich postoje k sovětské okupaci ČSSR
… of the women's political participation in Czechoslovakia from the from the beginning of the Czechoslovak republic to the end of the 1960's and a chapter following on relation of communism and woman question in theory (communist ideology) and in the everyday practice. The centre of the …
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The forgotten plan: the Czechoslovak two year plan in a European context, 1939-1989
… national reconstruction that was put in place in Czechoslovakia from 1946 to 1948. I argue that the Two Year Plan was a critical moment in the history of economic planning and state formation in postwar Europe. It had a significant influence on the geopolitical position of Czechoslovakia in the …
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Czech-German Sudeten relations: reconciliation process between two nations
… the post-World War II transfer of Germans from Czechoslovakia to Germany. The new approach to this issue appeared after the fall of the communist regime in Czechoslovakia in 1989. The Sudeten German issue started to be openly discussed again, and both countries tried to solve this issue by …
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Economic reform and political change in eastern Europe : a comparison of the Czechoslovak and Hungarian experiences
… practice of economic reform in two countries - Czechoslovakia and Hungary. In Part One, the arguments in favour of the use of the market in socialism are recapitulated, and the implications of various socialist economic models for political freedom, democracy, and the realisation of some concept …
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17 November and the Strategy of Deception: Was Golitsyn Right?
… and defeating the West. According to Golitsyn, Czechoslovakia played a significant role in the deception. The Prague Spring of 1968 was a communist provoked uprising that was to be replicated on a larger scale in the future. On 17 November 1989, Czechoslovak secret police provocateurs led an …
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Instances of culture manifested in the built form
… in the architecture of a Gothic city, Prague, Czechoslovakia, a Renaissance villa, the Rotonda and a Baroque church, San Andrea del Quirinale. It also looks at the number of ways man is represented in the architecture of the Church and Piazza of San Pietro in Rome through scale, proportion and …
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