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1 online resource (416 pages)
ISBN:
9780472021871
Inhalt:
Describes the peaceful breakup of the Czechoslovak Federation.
Inhalt:
Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- A Framework -- 1. The Questions -- 2. Some Thoughts on Nationalism and Ethnic Conflict -- 3. Sources of Ethnic Conflict -- 4. On Negotiation for a Constitution: General Criteria -- Prologue -- I. The Setting -- 1. Constitution Makers and Foreign Advisors -- 2. A Lesson in Self-Knowledge -- 3. On Asymmetric Federation-and Beyond -- 4. A Parenthesis: On a Good "Gestalt -- II. The Asymmetry of the Czech and Slovak State -- 1. Environmental Conditions: Geography, Demography, Ethnicity, Economy -- 2. Social Conditions: History, Religion, Culture -- 3. An Interlude: A "Contempt" Theory -- 4. Political Conditions -- III. The Threshold Issues -- 1. The Scope and Flexibility of Constitutions -- 2. On Modifying Constitutions -- 3. On Supremacy of Federal Law -- 4. The Constitution as a Symbol -- 5. On Secession and Referendum -- 6. The Constitution and Society -- 7. What Federation? -- 8. The Arena -- First Act -- IV. The Negotiations for Devolution (1990) -- 1. "The Hyphen War": A Revelation (January−April 1990) -- 2. Negotiating a Power-Sharing Law (April−December 1990) -- 3. The New Power-Sharing Law (December 1990) -- V. The June 1990 Elections and the Changing Scene -- 1. The Elections -- 2. Political Differentiation in Context -- 3. An Afterthought: More on "the Heroes -- 4. An Interlude: The Federal Assembly, a Success Story? -- Second Act -- VI. Negotiations on a "Treaty" (Winter−Spring 1991) -- 1. The Proposal for a "State Treaty," "a Bombshell"? (February 1991) -- 2. Comments by the International Group -- 3. The President's Legislative Initiative (March 1991) -- 4. "From Castles to Manors": Presidential Talks (Winter−Spring 1991) -- 5. A Side Issue: Moravia-Silesia -- 6. An Interlude: Bratislava and Prague in Spring 1991.
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ISBN 9780472086283
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9780472086283
Sprache:
Englisch
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https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/kxp/detail.action?docID=3414806
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Stein, Eric 1913-2011
