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A Rollercoaster Ride: The Three Decades Following the Break-Up of Czechoslovakia

Development
European Union
Comparative Perspective
RT3
Petr Kopecky
Leiden University
Zsolt Gál
Department of Political Science, Comenius University Faculty of Arts
Petra Guasti
Charles University
Tim Haughton
University of Birmingham
Darina Malova
Department of Political Science, Comenius University Faculty of Arts

Building: A - Faculty of Law, Floor: 1, Room: 100

Friday 08:30 - 10:15 CEST (08/09/2023)

Abstract

Since the breakup of Czechoslovakia on 1 January 1993 the Czech and Slovak Republics have been on a rollercoaster ride. They underwent democratization and faced challenges to their democracies, marketized their economics and experienced neoliberal turns, integrated into Western structures and sought to flourish as members of the European Union. This panel brings together both experts from the two countries and international scholars to examine the advances and setbacks of political developments in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, focusing on areas such as party system development, civil society, European integration and state capture. They will place the experience of Czechoslovakia’s successor states into comparative perspective, illuminating the wider lessons of political transformation for the region and wider European politics.