Transformation as modernisation: sociological readings / Simon Smith -- Civil society and political parties in the Czech Republic / Martin Myant -- Civic forum and public against violence: agents for community self-determination? Experiences of local actors / Simon Smith -- Development of the environmental non-governmental movement in Slovakia: the Slovak Union of Nature and Landscape Conservationists / Mikulas Huba -- Dual identity and/or 'bread and butter': electronics industry workers in Slovakia 1995-2000 / Monika Cambalikova -- Democratisation of industrial relations in the Czech Republic -- work organisation and employee representation: case studies from the electronics industry / Ales Kroupa, Zdenka Mansfeldova -- Local community transformation: the Czech Republic 1990-2000 / Zdenka Vajdova -- Civic potential as a differentiating factor in the development of local communities / Martin Slosiarik -- Group strategies of local communities in Slovakia facing social threats / Imrich Vasecka -- Conclusion: Narrativisation of social transformation / Simon Smith.
Summary
This book, based on extensive original research, examines the changes resulting from transformation at the local level in the former Czechoslovakia.
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