Promýšlení české polistopadové politiky
Reflections on post-1989 Czech politics

Author(s): Lubomír Kopeček
Subject(s): Political history, Post-War period (1950 - 1989), Transformation Period (1990 - 2010)
Published by: Masarykova univerzita nakladatelství
Keywords: post-1989; Czech Republic; politics; reflections;
Summary/Abstract: It wasn’t a direct route which led me to writing about Czech politics in the 1990s, i.e. about material which interests me a political scientist as well as historians of contemporary history. Part of this was due to my first main professional interest in political parties – remarkable beasts which experienced a great renaissance after 1989. Nevertheless, when I think about the matter my writing was more of a ‘by-product’ of my personal development during this remarkable period. For people of my age group (born in 1975), this was a very understandable initial experience. This is probably why I am sensitive about sweeping judgments which describe the first post1989 years in a completely negative way, which is very visible in Czech public debates today.

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