Working with the Communist Past in Slovakia: Key Factors and Dynamics Cover Image

Прапрацоўка камуністычнага мінулага ў Славакіі: асноўныя фактары і дынаміка
Working with the Communist Past in Slovakia: Key Factors and Dynamics

Author(s): Aliaksei Lastouski
Subject(s): Civil Society, Political history, Government/Political systems, History of Communism, Post-Communist Transformation, Politics of History/Memory
Published by: Палітычная сфера
Keywords: Slovakia; Post-Communist Transformation; Decommunization; Politics of Memory;

Summary/Abstract: The article deals with the process of farewell with the communist past in Slovakia. The author particularly analyzes the process of transfer of power and the configuration of the elites in the context of decommunization. He also notes that the politics of memory in Slovakia has been significantly influenced by Slovak-Czech relations and the process of accession to the European Union.

  • Issue Year: 2016
  • Issue No: 24
  • Page Range: 37-55
  • Page Count: 19
  • Language: Belarusian