Czechoslovakia, 1918-92

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xviii

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2. Ethnopolitics

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. The Wider Context

      • Jaroslav Krejčí, Pavel Machonin

      Pages 3-7

   3. Composite Nation, Multiethnic State and Parliamentary Democracy

      • Jaroslav Krejčí, Pavel Machonin

      Pages 8-18

   4. Dismemberment and Restitution: Various Kinds of Authoritarian Rule

      • Jaroslav Krejčí, Pavel Machonin

      Pages 19-30

   5. The Balance Sheet of Ethnic Changes

      • Jaroslav Krejčí, Pavel Machonin

      Pages 31-40

   6. Nationalism and Communism in Interplay

      • Jaroslav Krejčí, Pavel Machonin

      Pages 41-53

3. Economic Context

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 55-55

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   2. The First Republic

      • Jaroslav Krejčí, Pavel Machonin

      Pages 57-70

   3. Time of Disruption

      • Jaroslav Krejčí, Pavel Machonin

      Pages 71-77

   4. The Rise and Fall of a Socialist Experiment

      • Jaroslav Krejčí, Pavel Machonin

      Pages 78-104

   5. A New Start as Two Nations

      • Jaroslav Krejčí, Pavel Machonin

      Pages 105-109

4. Social Metamorphoses

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 111-111

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   2. An Overview of the Basic Social Changes

      • Jaroslav Krejčí, Pavel Machonin

      Pages 113-131

   3. The First Attempt at a Common Social Emancipation

      • Jaroslav Krejčí, Pavel Machonin

      Pages 132-139

   4. Social Developments during the Second World War

      • Jaroslav Krejčí, Pavel Machonin

      Pages 140-149

   5. The Second Attempt at a Democratic Common Life

      • Jaroslav Krejčí, Pavel Machonin

      Pages 150-158

   6. The Installation of a Totalitarian and Egalitarian Social System

      • Jaroslav Krejčí, Pavel Machonin

      Pages 159-167

   7. Reform Attempts

      • Jaroslav Krejčí, Pavel Machonin

      Pages 168-191

   8. The ‘Normalisation’: A Return to Abnormality

      • Jaroslav Krejčí, Pavel Machonin

      Pages 192-211

Following World War 1 a unique experiment in state-building took place between two closely kindred nations in Eastern Europe; an attempt to build up a composite ethnic - Czechoslovak-nation and provide it with an adequate political framework. This book gives the reader a succinct account of this experiment by means of ethnopolitical, economic and sociological analyses. The book is divided into three parts. The first, written by Jaroslav Krejci, on ethnopolitics explains the rationale of the experiment and reviews its obstacles, successes and failures, due to both internal and external causes. The second part, by the same author, contains an outline of the economic context of ethnic as well as social aspects of the development. As far as possible, the economic structure and performance of the Czech and Slovak parts of the state are given separate attention. The third part, by Pavel Machonin, is entitled `Social Metamorphoses' and covers structural changes in the Czech and Slovak societies. Changes in class structures, stratification, mobility and living standards constitute the main items for consideration. Wherever there is relevant material available, popular opinion on particular issues and electoral results are scrutinized.

• communism
• democracy
• Europe
• mobility
• nation
• World War II
• european union politics

• Lonsdale College, Lancaster University, UK

  Jaroslav Krejčí

• Institute of Sociology, Academy of Sciences, Czech Republic

  Pavel Machonin

JAROSLAV KREJCI
PAVEL MACHONIN

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