Local Communities and Post-Communist Transformation: Czechoslovakia, the Czech Republic and Slovakia

ISBN-13: 9781138362871 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 240 str.

Opis

This book, based on extensive original research, examines the changes resulting from transformation at the local level in the former Czechoslovakia.

Spis treści

1. Transformation as Modernisation: Sociological Readings of Post-Communist Lifeworlds  2. Civil Society and Political Parties in the Czech Republic  3. Civic Forum and Public Against Violence: Agents for Community Self-Determination? Experiences of Local Actors  4. The Development of the Environmental Non-Governmental Movement in Slovakia: The Slovak Union of Nature and Landscape Conservationists  5. Dual Identity and/or 'Bread and Butter': Electronics Industry Workers in Slovakia 1995-2000  6. The Democratisation of Industrial Relations in the Czech Republic: Work Organisation and Employee Representation: Case Studies from the Electronics Industry  7. Local Community Transformation: The Czech Republic 1990-2000  8. Civic Potential as a Differentiating Factor in the Development of Local Communities  9. Group Strategies of Local Communities in Slovakia Facing Social Threats  10. Conclusion: The Narrativisation of Social Transformation

O autorze

Simon Smith is a research lecturer in the Centre for Contemporary European Studies at the University of Paisley. His current research interests cover civil society, collective action, local culture, and local and regional government in Central and Eastern Europe.