THE FAILED BELGIANIZATION OF POST-COMMUNIST CZECHOSLOVAKIA: IMPACTING FACTORS AND POLITICAL CONSEQUENCE
THE FAILED BELGIANIZATION OF POST-COMMUNIST CZECHOSLOVAKIA: IMPACTING FACTORS AND POLITICAL CONSEQUENCE

Summary/Abstract: This article aims at highlighting the dynamics which determined the process of disgregation of Czechoslovakia from a comparative perspective, adopting the Belgian process of State decentralization as a functional interpretative lens. This work represents the first attempt to tackle this issue from a comparative perspective, beyond the boundaries of CEE. I assume that Belgium and postcommunist Czechoslovakia faced similar challenges of both political and sociocultural nature. In the two countries the long-lasting ethno-linguistic divisions did alter the nature of inter-party political competition and of the society as such. However, despite these common traits the attempts towards unitary federalism produced opposite outcomes. The aim of this work is therefore to identify the factors which determined such different outcomes.

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