Reflections on 1989 in Eastern Europe

0389994 - SOÚ 2013 RIV GB eng M - Monography Chapter
Lyons, Pat - Bernardyová, Alžběta
Satisfied, Sceptical or Simply Indifferent? Current Public Opinion towards the Fall of Communism in the Czech Republic.
Reflections on 1989 in Eastern Europe. London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2012 - (Cox, T.), s. 191-216. ISBN 978-0-415-63603-2
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA407/08/1515
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z70280505
Keywords : political attitudes * fall of communism * Velvet Revolution
Subject RIV: AD - Politology ; Political Sciences

This chapter explores Czech public opinion toward the Velvet Revolution using a survey from 2008. Attitudes toward the Velvet Revolution are examined in terms of (1) goals: reform or revolution, (2) leadership: dissident elites or a mass movement, and (3) reasons: political or economic change. The evidence presented reveals that the Czech public sees the Velvet Revolution as being a bloodless overthrow of comunism. The leadership role played by dissident elite s divides Czech public opinion.
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