Facts about Democracy in Czechoslovakia
Facts about Democracy in Czechoslovakia

Author(s): Brackett Lewis
Subject(s): Interwar Period (1920 - 1939)
Published by: CEEOL Digital Reproductions / Collections
Keywords: Masary; Czechoslovak Democracy;
Summary/Abstract: On the basis of the usual definition of democracy as “government by the people, direct or through elected representatives”, there are not many Democracies left in Europe (1938). This little book is an attempt to examine objectively the state of democracy in the Czechoslovak Republic, to learn in how far government is by the people and for the whole people. The historical foundations of its institutions would have contributed to the study, but have been omitted for the sake of brevity except where necessary to indicate advances made under the Republic. Democracy has been considered herein, moreover, not only in its political, but also in its social and economic connotations. We shall take a glimpse at the democratization of agriculture through the land reform and cooperative credit and marketing. At democracy in education, social legislation, the relations of the several nationalities inhabiting the Republic, as well as at the status of representative government. (from the author's introduction. Text has been published in 1937 by the American Institute in Czechoslovakia.

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