Czech Republic Study & Guide - AllRefer
* Country Profile
o COUNTRY
o GEOGRAPHY
o SOCIETY
o ECONOMY
o TRANSPORTATION AND COMMUNICATIONS
o GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS
o NATIONAL SECURITY
* Introduction
* Historical Setting
o EARLY HISTORY
+ First Political Units
+ Magyar Invasion
+ Bohemian Kingdom
# Foundation
# Growth
# Golden Age
+ Hussite Movement
o HAPSBURG RULE, 1526-1867
+ The Hapsburgs and the Czechoslovak Lands
+ Hapsburg Absolutism and the Bohemian Estates
# Initial Clash
# Decisive Battle
# Consequences of Czech Defeat
+ Enlightened Absolutism
+ National Revival
+ Revolutions of 1848
o THE DUAL MONARCHY, 1867-1918
+ Formation of the Dual System
+ Austria and the Czechs
+ Hungary and the Slovaks
+ The Czechoslovak Idea
+ World War I
+ The Emergence of Subcarpathian Ruthenia (Carpatho- Ukraine)
o THE CZECHOSLOVAK REPUBLIC, 1918-39
+ Features of the New State
+ Czechoslovak Democracy
# The Constitution of 1920
# Political Parties
+ Problem of Dissatisfied Nationalities
# Slovak Autonomy
# Conflict in Subcarpathian Ruthenia (Carpatho-Ukraine)
# Sudetenland
+ Benes's Foreign Policy
+ Munich
+ Second Republic, 1938-39
o THE WAR YEARS, 1939-45
+ Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
+ Government-in-Exile
+ Czech Resistance
+ Slovak Republic
+ Slovak Resistance
+ Soviet Annexation of Carpatho-Ukraine (Subcarpathian Ruthenia)
+ Minorities and Population Transfers
o COMMUNIST CZECHOSLOVAKIA
+ Third Republic and the Communist Takeover
+ Stalinization
+ The Reform Movement
+ The Prague Spring, 1968
+ Intervention
+ Normalization
+ Preserving the Status Quo
+ Dissent and Independent Activity
* The Society and Its Environment
o GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENT
+ Topography and Drainage
# Bohemia
# Moravia
# Slovakia
+ Climate
o DEMOGRAPHY
+ Population
+ Urbanization and Migration
+ Housing
+ Emigration
o ETHNIC GROUPS
+ Czechs
+ Slovaks
+ Others
o LANGUAGE
o SOCIAL GROUPS
+ Workers
+ Agricultural Workers
+ Intelligentsia
# Writers and Artists
+ Associations
+ The Communist Party of Czechoslovakia
+ Trade Unions
+ Youth Organizations
+ The Family
o RELIGION
o HEALTH AND SOCIAL WELFARE
o EDUCATION
* The Economy
o RESOURCE BASE
o LABOR FORCE
o ECONOMIC STRUCTURE AND ITS CONTROL MECHANISMS
o ECONOMIC POLICY AND PERFORMANCE
+ Mining and Energy
+ Industry
+ Agriculture
+ Transportation
o BANKING AND FINANCE
o FOREIGN TRADE
o THE EIGHTH FIVE-YEAR PLAN, 1986-90
* Government and Politics
o POLITICAL SETTING
+ Geopolitical Considerations
+ Ethnic Considerations
+ The 1968 Invasion
+ The Policy of Normalization
+ A Climate of Orthodoxy
o THE COMMUNIST PARTY OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA
+ National Organization
+ Lower-Level Organization
+ Membership and Training
+ Auxiliary Parties, Mass Oganizations, and Mass Media
o CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT
o GOVERNMENT STRUCTURE
+ The Legislature
+ The Executive Branch
+ The Judiciary
+ Republic and Lower Administrative Levels
o ELECTORAL SYSTEM
o POPULAR POLITICAL EXPRESSION
+ Reaction to Normalization
+ Charter 77
+ Religious Activists
o FOREIGN RELATIONS
+ Policy Making and Administration
+ Relations with Communist Nations
+ Relations with Noncommunist Nations and Multilateral Ties
* Section > National Security
o ARMED FORCES: HISTORICAL AND POLITICAL SETTING
+ Historical Background and Traditions
# To 1918
# The Establishment of the Czechoslovak Republic
# Munich and After
# The Communists Take Over
# The Fraternal Invasion
# "Normalization"
+ Government and Party Control
+ Soviet Influence
# Loyalties
# Soviet Central Group of Forces in Czechoslovakia
+ External Threats to National Security
o ARMED FORCES
+ Ground Forces
+ Air Force
+ Manpower
+ Education and Training
# Conscript Training
# Specialized and Officer Training
# Premilitary Training
# Paramilitary Training
+ Uniforms and Rank Insignia
o INTERNAL SECURITY AND PUBLIC ORDER
+ The National Security Corps
+ People's Militia
+ Border Guard
o CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM
+ Incidence of Crime
# General Crime
# Drinking and Drugs
+ Penal Code
+ Criminal Procedure Code
+ Penal System
+ Police Repression
* Appendices
o Appendix B. The Council for Mutual Economic Assistance
o Appendix C. The Warsaw Pact
o Appendix D. Manifesto of Chapter 77
* Glossary
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