Democratic transition in Slovakia and the Czech Republic: Comparison

MINDEK, IVAN: Democratic Transition in Slovakia and the Czech Republic: Comparison [thesis] Jagiellonian University, MA in International Relations: Europe in the Visegrad Perspective, supervisor: dr. habil. Zoltán Erich Bretter, Level of qualification: Master (MA.), Banská Bystrica, 2016, 67 p. The subject of the interest of the thesis is an examination of the process of democratic transition in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The thesis consists of three parts: theoretical, historical and analytical part. The theoretical part is divided into two main chapters. First chapter is focused on the definition and explanation of the democratization generally and its structures. Second chapter is focused on the historical background. This chapter includes the time span since the founding of Czechoslovakia until its dissolution in 1992. We focus on the historical events, which led to the Velvet Revolution in 1989 and the regime change in the country. Third chapter is dedicated to the period since the revolution, throughout the dissolution of the country and illustrates the conditions and events of the process of democratic transition in both, Slovakia and the Czech Republic.MINDEK, IVAN: Democratic Transition in Slovakia and the Czech Republic: Comparison [thesis] Jagiellonian University, MA in International Relations: Europe in the Visegrad Perspective, supervisor: dr. habil. Zoltán Erich Bretter, Level of qualification: Master (MA.), Banská Bystrica, 2016, 67 p. The subject of the interest of the thesis is an examination of the process of democratic transition in Slovakia and the Czech Republic. The thesis consists of three parts: theoretical, historical and analytical part. The theoretical part is divided into two main chapters. First chapter is focused on the definition and explanation of the democratization generally and its structures. Second chapter is focused on the historical background. This chapter includes the time span since the founding of Czechoslovakia until its dissolution in 1992. We focus on the historical events, which led to the Velvet Revolution in 1989 and the regime change in the country. Third chapter is dedicated to the period since the revolution, throughout the dissolution of the country and illustrates the conditions and events of the process of democratic transition in both, Slovakia and the Czech Republic