Format:
xix, 345 Seiten
,
1 Illustration, 1 Diagramm, 1 Karte
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21 cm
ISBN:
9783030982706
Content:
This edited collection represents the first comprehensive volume in English on the crucial, but under-explored, late period in the history of East European communism. Focusing on developments in Czechoslovakia from the crushing of the Prague Spring in August 1968 to the ‘Velvet Revolution’ of November 1989, the book examines a broad range of political, social and cultural issues, while also analysing external perceptions and relations. It explores the concept of ‘normalisation’ in historical context and brings together British, American, Czech and Slovak experts, each with their own archival research and particular interpretations. Overall, the anthology aims to assess the means by which the Prague Spring reforms were repealed and how Czechoslovakia was returned to a ‘normal’ communist state in line with Soviet orthodoxy. Key themes include the Communist Party and ideology; State Security; Slovak developments; ‘auto-normalisation’; women and gender; cultural and intellectual currents; everyday life and popular opinion; and Czechoslovakia’s political and cultural relationship with the USSR, the GDR, Poland and Yugoslavia. The volume sheds light on the process of decay of the Czechoslovak communist regime and the reasons for its ultimate collapse in 1989.
Note:
Enthält Literaturangaben und ein Register
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9783030982713
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Online-Ausgabe Czechoslovakia and Eastern Europe in the Era of Normalisation, 1969-1989 Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2022 ISBN 9783030982713
Language:
English
Subjects:
Political Science
Keywords:
Tschechoslowakei
;
Sozialismus
;
Internationale Politik
;
Gesellschaft
;
Geschichte 1968-1989
;
Aufsatzsammlung
DOI:
10.1007/987-3-030-98271-3
Author information:
Stibbe, Matthew 1969-
