Political Decision-Making in Socialist Czechoslovakia (C07)

• Subject Area: Modern and Contemporary History
• Term: from 2015 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 252080619

This project looks at processes of political decision-making in communist Czechoslovakia (1948-1989). It focuses on the Politburo of the Central Committee as the centre of political power and decision-making. It thus asks about the different communicative logics and modes of decision-making, while giving special consideration to: the relationship between formality and informality, agenda-setting, the importance of information and the public representation of decision-making, taking the example of the policy fields of provision/consumption and nuclear energy.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1150: Cultures of Decision-Making
• Applicant Institution: Universität Münster
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Eduard Mühle