0537921 - ÚSD 2021 RIV CZ eng J - Journal Article
Zahradníček, Tomáš
Debates on Czechoslovakism and Czechoslovaks at the End of the Federation, 1989–1992.
Czech Journal of Contemporary History. Roč. 7, č. 1 (2019), s. 143-161. ISSN 2336-3142
Grant - others:AV ČR(CZ) StrategieAV21/11
Program: StrategieAV
Institutional support: RVO:68378114
Keywords : czechoslovakism * federalism * independence
OECD category: History (history of science and technology to be 6.3, history of specific sciences to be under the respective headings)
Method of publishing: Metadata only

This article focuses on the early post-1989 period when the „Slovak question” returned with full force to the gradually democratizing political arena and surprised Czech society and its budding political elite, who were both unprepared to address the question. The author reveals the imbalance of „Czechoslovakism” – its story and historical lesson – between the two sides of the once united country. These were two political worlds, able to find a common denominator only with great effort. The author explains that Czech politics were de facto forced – by the Slovaks, who were developing federal principles and creating policies for national sovereignty – into lackluster policy-making of their own national sovereignty.
Permanent Link: http://hdl.handle.net/11104/0315758