Standard narratives of 1989 in Czechoslovakia maintain that the revolution brought two civic associations into being: the “Czech†Civic Forum (OF) and the “Slovak†Public against Violence (VPN). Thorough examination of relevant archival and newspaper evidence, however,...

This paper is an analysis of the politics of public administration reform in Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic that examines why, despite the ambition and scope of such reform, its results have been disappointing and sometimes even counterproductive. It examines the genesis,...