Download or read book Czech Politics: From West to East and Back Again written by Stanislav Balík and published by Verlag Barbara Budrich. This book was released on 2017-07-17 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume provides a comprehensive overview of Czech politics, past and present. The authors not only cover the main political developments of the past two centuries, they also situate the current political system in the context of communist and pre-communist legacies. They argue that amidst the dramatic changes of the Velvet Revolution, one can find a plethora of continuities in culture and institutions that help to explain the shape of Czech politics today.