Karolinum Press, Charles University
Architects of Long Change
The Expert Roots of Post-Socialism in Czechoslovakia (1980–1995)
9788024661179
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Architects of Long Change
The Expert Roots of Post-Socialism in Czechoslovakia (1980–1995)
A thorough retort to the idea that the West led the transition from communism to liberal democracy.
Architects of Long Change examines expert forms of governance and their legitimization before 1989, as well as the transfer of expert knowledge and practices of political and social management during the democratic transition. The contributors argue that so-called neoliberal governance was not solely the result of imported Western political and cultural models, but was also shaped by intellectual, mental, and sociocultural continuities from the period of late socialism. These continuities—and the broader hypothesis of a “long systemic change” spanning from 1980 to 1995—are explored through case studies in legal science, sociology, urban planning, environmental studies, psychotherapy, and business management.
Architects of Long Change offers a novel perspective on the late communist dictatorship, the democratic revolution of 1989, and the early development of liberal democracy and capitalism in Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic.
Architects of Long Change examines expert forms of governance and their legitimization before 1989, as well as the transfer of expert knowledge and practices of political and social management during the democratic transition. The contributors argue that so-called neoliberal governance was not solely the result of imported Western political and cultural models, but was also shaped by intellectual, mental, and sociocultural continuities from the period of late socialism. These continuities—and the broader hypothesis of a “long systemic change” spanning from 1980 to 1995—are explored through case studies in legal science, sociology, urban planning, environmental studies, psychotherapy, and business management.
Architects of Long Change offers a novel perspective on the late communist dictatorship, the democratic revolution of 1989, and the early development of liberal democracy and capitalism in Czechoslovakia and later the Czech Republic.
Table of Contents
Preface to English Edition
Introduction
Michal Kopecek
1. Ruling by Law
Czech Jurisprudence from “Repressive Legality” to the Rule of Law, 1969 – 1994
Michal Kopecek
2. Enterprise management in Czechoslovakia from socialism to capitalism
Tomáš Vilímek
3. From the Socialist Theory of Management to Neo-Liberal Managerialism
Michal Kopecek and Václav Rameš
4. The transformation of socialist man into the liberal individual?
Adéla Gjuricová
5. Criticism, Management and Business. Social research and sociology as tools of governance in Czechoslovakia after 1969
Michal Kopecek
6. Between science and politics. Ecology in socialism and capitalism
Matej Spurný
7. Planning Prague in the 1980s–1990s: The self-destruction of urban planning expertise
Petr Roubal
Introduction
Michal Kopecek
1. Ruling by Law
Czech Jurisprudence from “Repressive Legality” to the Rule of Law, 1969 – 1994
Michal Kopecek
2. Enterprise management in Czechoslovakia from socialism to capitalism
Tomáš Vilímek
3. From the Socialist Theory of Management to Neo-Liberal Managerialism
Michal Kopecek and Václav Rameš
4. The transformation of socialist man into the liberal individual?
Adéla Gjuricová
5. Criticism, Management and Business. Social research and sociology as tools of governance in Czechoslovakia after 1969
Michal Kopecek
6. Between science and politics. Ecology in socialism and capitalism
Matej Spurný
7. Planning Prague in the 1980s–1990s: The self-destruction of urban planning expertise
Petr Roubal