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ERIC Number: EJ443686
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1991
Pages: N/A
Abstractor: N/A
Reference Count: 0
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-0037-7724
Roller Coaster Round-Trip to Freedom: Never Say Never.
Mestenhauser, Josef A.
Social Education, v55 n6 p349-50 Oct 1991
Describes an individual's experience returning to his native Czechoslovakia, 43 years after fleeing Communism. Discusses problems faced in transforming people conditioned to an authoritarian state into citizens of a democracy. Stresses that good intentions and sincerity are not enough to understand area studies and the importance of intercultural communication. (DK)
Descriptors: Area Studies, Communism, Democracy, Economic Change, European History, Foreign Countries, Futures (of Society), Global Approach, Higher Education, Intercultural Communication, International Cooperation, Refugees, Relocation, Revolution
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: N/A
Audience: Teachers; Practitioners
Language: English
Sponsor: N/A
Authoring Institution: N/A
Identifiers: Czechoslovakia