Democratization through education? Theory and practice of the Czech post-revolution education system and its reforms

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DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.08.003" target="_blank" >10.1016/j.postcomstud.2019.08.003</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Democratization through education? Theory and practice of the Czech post-revolution education system and its reforms

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

The transformation process from an authoritarian/totalitarian system entails many institutional changes, however, the individual citizen is often being overlooked in this chaotic, fast-paced process and his or her &quot;transformation&quot; into a democrat is taken for granted. The changing socio-political system and its exigencies may lead to nostalgia and social frustrations, which in turn cause democratic backsliding. In order to cultivate a democratic society and avoid future backsliding, the post-communist states quickly set out to reform their educational systems, both in form and substance. By reviewing the reform process of the Czech educational system and discussing the prevailing legacies left by the communist regime, the article will show that through the &quot;destruction&quot; of the former system and its de-monopolization, decentralization and de-ideologization, the state deliberately lost significant means and power to transform Czechs from &quot;homo sovieticus&quot; to &quot;homo democraticus&quot; and is now left with a dependence on the highly autonomous schools and their propensity to foster democratic generations that will uphold the democratic state in the future. This paradox is reminiscent of the so-called Böckenförde dilemma, claiming that the liberal democratic state &quot;lives by prerequisites which it cannot guarantee itself&quot;.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Democratization through education? Theory and practice of the Czech post-revolution education system and its reforms

Popis výsledku anglicky

The transformation process from an authoritarian/totalitarian system entails many institutional changes, however, the individual citizen is often being overlooked in this chaotic, fast-paced process and his or her &quot;transformation&quot; into a democrat is taken for granted. The changing socio-political system and its exigencies may lead to nostalgia and social frustrations, which in turn cause democratic backsliding. In order to cultivate a democratic society and avoid future backsliding, the post-communist states quickly set out to reform their educational systems, both in form and substance. By reviewing the reform process of the Czech educational system and discussing the prevailing legacies left by the communist regime, the article will show that through the &quot;destruction&quot; of the former system and its de-monopolization, decentralization and de-ideologization, the state deliberately lost significant means and power to transform Czechs from &quot;homo sovieticus&quot; to &quot;homo democraticus&quot; and is now left with a dependence on the highly autonomous schools and their propensity to foster democratic generations that will uphold the democratic state in the future. This paradox is reminiscent of the so-called Böckenförde dilemma, claiming that the liberal democratic state &quot;lives by prerequisites which it cannot guarantee itself&quot;.

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J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

50701 - Cultural and economic geography

Projekt

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Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2019

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

Communist and Post-Communist Studies

ISSN

0967-067X

e-ISSN

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Svazek periodika

52

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

GB - Spojené království Velké Británie a Severního Irska

Počet stran výsledku

11

Strana od-do

271-281

Kód UT WoS článku

000487576600008

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85070553383