Renaissance : the rebirth of liberty in the heart of Europe /

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Author / Creator:Klaus, Václav.
Imprint:Washington, D.C. : Cato Institute, c1997.
Description:xv, 177 p. ; 23 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/2770443
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Other uniform titles:Klaus, Václav. Rebirth of a nation five years after.
ISBN:1882577477
1882577485 (pbk.)
Notes:Collection of 29 essays and speeches, 19 of which were published in the author's Rebirth of a nation five years after (1994).
Includes bibliographical references (p. 171) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Rebirth of a Region: Central Europe Five Years after the Fall
  • 2. The Interplay of Political and Economic Reform Measures in the Transformation of Postcommunist Countries
  • 3. The Ends and the Beginnings: University Studies and Systemic Change
  • 4. Systemic Change: The Delicate Mixture of Intentions and Spontaneity
  • 5. The Role of Vision in the Transformation from Communism to Democratic Capitalism
  • 6. The Czech Republic: Between the Past and the Future
  • 7. Transforming toward a Free Society
  • 8. The Ten Commandments of Systemic Reform
  • 9. The Ten Commandments of Systemic Reform Revisited
  • 10. Economic Transformation of the Czech Republic: The Challenges That Remain
  • 11. Radical Economic Reforms in the Czech Republic
  • 12. Privatization Experience: The Czech Case
  • 13. Creating a Stable Monetary Order
  • 14. Adam Smith's Legacy and Economic Transformation
  • 15. Notes on Europe
  • 16. Europe: Our Visions and Our Strategies
  • 17. The Nation-State as a Building Block of European Integration
  • 18. The Czech Republic and Its Integration into European Political, Security, and Economic Structures
  • 19. Current Challenges and Conservative Solutions: The Czech Perspective
  • 20. The Quality of Life, the Environment, and Systemic Change
  • 21. Konrad Adenauer and the Meaning of European Integration
  • 22. Partnership for Peace Speech
  • 23. The Common Crisis: Is There Any?
  • 24. The Roles of Domestic and External Factors in the Integration of Former Communist Lands into the World Economy
  • 25. Foreign Aid for a Postcommunist Country
  • 26. Margaret Thatcher and the Czech Republic
  • 27. The University of Chicago and I
  • 28. Tolerance and Intolerance in Literature and Elsewhere
  • 29. Review of Janos Kornai's The Socialist System: The Political Economy of Communism
  • Selected Bibliography of Works by Vaclav Klaus.