Political authority and popular opinion
Czechoslovakia's German population 1948–60
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11933516 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Matĕj Spurný (0000-0001-6874-5138, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 37 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 452-476 |
| Publication date | 2012-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social History (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0307-1022 • E-ISSN: 1470-1200 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/03071022.2012.732735 |
| OpenAlex | W2050841570 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
The politics towards the remained 200 000 Germans changed after 1948 from the very coercive post-war instrument of eliminating the German minority into a politics of administrative control and care. While older studies accentuated the remaining political oppression of Germans in the course of the 1950s, this article emphasizes the social and economical context of the situation of remained Germans, which – in contrast with their ambivalent political position – disadvantaged these inhabitants of Czech lands in the 1950s. Germans had opportunities to integrate into the socialist society, however they were concerned about loss of their identity and the disappearance of the milieu from which they came
Archaeology · Economic history · German · German population · Political authority · Political science · Politics · Population · Sociology · Demography · Eastern European Communism and Reforms · European history and politics · German History and Society · History · Law
| Citations per year | 0.27 |
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| Citation span | 2015 - 2022 (8) |
| Highly cited | No |