Books in the Prager Schriften Zur Zeitgeschichte Und Zum Zeitgeschehen series

Gives an overview of the Hungarian minority's situation between the end of Communism and Romania's entry into the EU. In this title, the author provides a theoretical background on minority rights, with the goal to define to which minority sub-category belongs the Hungarian minority of Romania.

The author analyzes the history of the USSR from a new perspective. Detailed examination of ideological heritage of the XIXth and XXth centuries shows new aspects of the Russian Revolution.

Offers interpretations of different forms of political opposition in political theory and also in the contemporary development of politics and government in Central Europe. This book targets the question of definitions and typologies of political opposition, above all, in democratic, but partly also in non-democratic regimes.

Facing Asymmetry

Analyzes the phenomenon of coup d'etat as a specific means of gaining state power. The author examines the concept of coup d'etat itself and its various connotations and compares coup d'etat with other forms of usurpation of state power, such as revolutions, rebellions, civil wars or guerilla warfare. He deals with the technique of coup d'etat.

Examines the salience and role of ethno-national identities of young people in Bosnia and Herzegovina fifteen years after the end of the Bosnian War. This book shows that cross-ethnic contact is a critical mechanism that helps, rather than hinders, the building of multiple and complimentary identities.

The U.S. as a Divided Nation discusses contemporary wedge issues in U.S. society. It provides historical context, explains current processes, policy formation as well as political and social change under way in the United States in order to provide an outlook on how to bridge differences.

Radio was an essential propaganda tool of the Third Reich. In the Czech provinces, it had to address an occupied enemy people. After an initial phase of primitive propaganda, the Nazis took a more factual and entertaining approach to Czech Radio. At the same time, radio ownership increased by 48%, and more Czechs could tune into Allied stations.