Cover; Velvet Revolutions; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments: The Privilege of Listening to the Voices of Memory; Introduction; 1 I Want to Be Free! Civil and Political Rights; 2 Transforming the Family In Socialism; 3 Friends and Others: How Czechs Evaluate Foreigners and Foreign Countries; 4 Education-Gateway to Success; 5 From Mandatory Employment to Unemployment; 6 The Meaning of Free Time: Work, Family, and Leisure; 7 Us and Them; Conclusion; Appendix 1: Photographs by Jindřich Štreit; Appendix 2: Our Narrators; Notes; Bibliography; Index
Summary
This book investigates how values such as freedom, work, family, free time, and politics changed in Czech society in the two decades before and after the November 1989 Velvet Revolution. Miroslav Vanek and Pavel M?cke use public opinion polls as well as 300 interviews with Czech citizens to create a multi-layered view of Czech history before 1989 and during the subsequent period of democratic transformation
