LEADER 04132nam 2200673 450 001 9910456379103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-8438-0 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442684386 035 $a(CKB)2430000000002105 035 $a(OCoLC)631161652 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10269869 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000382055 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12101729 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000382055 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10391444 035 $a(PQKB)10626031 035 $a(CaBNvSL)slc00222093 035 $a(CaPaEBR)424280 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3261281 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4672326 035 $a(DE-B1597)464010 035 $a(OCoLC)1013961026 035 $a(OCoLC)944177203 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442684386 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4672326 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11257997 035 $a(OCoLC)958559075 035 $a(EXLCZ)992430000000002105 100 $a20160923h20072007 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGoverning the post-communist city $einstitutions and democratic development in Prague /$fMartin Horak 210 1$aToronto, [Ontario] ;$aBuffalo, [New York] ;$aLondon, [England] :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d2007. 210 4$dİ2007 215 $a1 online resource (283 p.) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-8020-9328-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tTables and Figures -- $tAbbreviations -- $tAcknowledgments -- $t1. Introduction -- $t2. The Structure of Government in Prague: Building a Strong Local State -- $t3. Institutions and Political Actors in Early Post-communist Prague -- $t4. Planning and Developing the Main Road Network: The Politics of Mutual Delegitimation -- $t5. Preservation and Development in Prague's Historic Core: The Politics of Profit -- $t6. Institutional Change and Government Performance: Lessons from Prague -- $tAppendix: Data on Interviews -- $tNotes -- $tReferences -- $tIndex 330 $aWhen faced with the rapid and disorienting transition from communism to democracy, many eastern European leaders sought simple, immediately rewarding answers to complex policy problems. Undoubtedly, this hurried approach had a significant impact on the quality of democratic government in formerly communist countries. Through an analysis of urban politics in Prague between 1990 and 2000, Governing the Post-Communist City sheds new light on the factors that shaped policy in eastern Europe at the time of its democratic transformation.The first book-length study of post-communist urban politics in a city outside of Russia, Governing the Post-Communist City links the difficulties of democratic government in 1990s Prague to decisions made shortly after the fall of communism. Focusing on the issues of road infrastructure and downtown development, Martin Horak argues that local leadership was more concerned with insulating policy-making processes from public influence than with creating new policies suited to post-communist urban development. This set a precedent for the whole institutional environment of post-communist Prague and entrenched itself in the city?s politics throughout the 1990s.Original, engaging, and authoritative, this study has much to say about the political climate in Prague after the downfall of communism, and makes insightful conclusions about the factors that contributed to present political circumstances in the region. 606 $aCity planning$zCzech Republic$zPrague 606 $aPost-communism$zCzech Republic$zPrague 607 $aPrague (Czech Republic)$xPolitics and government 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aCity planning 615 0$aPost-communism 676 $a711.40943712 700 $aHorak$b Martin$f1973-$0887032 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910456379103321 996 $aGoverning the post-communist city$91980856 997 $aUNINA LEADER 00367nas##22001097##450# 001 9910618189403321 100 $a########d########u##y0engy50####ba 105 0 $a########00### 200 1 $a1996 IEEE/SICE/RSJ International Conference on Multisensor Fusion and Integration for Intelligent Systems (Cat. No.96TH8242) 912 $a9910618189403321 996 $a1996 IEEE$92507941 997 $aUNINA