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Martin Horak - Governing the Post-Communist City: Institutions and Democratic Development in Prague - 9780802093288 - V9780802093288
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Governing the Post-Communist City: Institutions and Democratic Development in Prague

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Description for Governing the Post-Communist City: Institutions and Democratic Development in Prague hardcover. Original, engaging, and authoritative, this study has much to say about the political climate in Prague after the downfall of communism, and makes insightful conclusions about the factors that contributed to present political circumstances in the region. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 figures, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 3JJPR; JFSG; JPHV; JPQB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 574.

When faced with the rapid and disorienting transition from communism to democracy, many eastern European leaders sought simple, immediately rewarding answers to complex policy problems. Undoubtedly, this hurried approach had a significant impact on the quality of democratic government in formerly communist countries. Through an analysis of urban politics in Prague between 1990 and 2000, Governing the Post-Communist City sheds new light on the factors that shaped policy in eastern Europe at the time of its democratic transformation.

The first book-length study of post-communist urban politics in a city outside of Russia, Governing the Post-Communist City links the difficulties of democratic ... Read more

Original, engaging, and authoritative, this study has much to say about the political climate in Prague after the downfall of communism, and makes insightful conclusions about the factors that contributed to present political circumstances in the region.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
Toronto, Canada
ISBN
9780802093288
SKU
V9780802093288
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About Martin Horak
Martin Horak is an assitant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Western Ontario.

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