Roller Coaster Round-Trip to Freedom: Never Say Never.

Mestenhauser, Josef A.

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ERIC Number: EJ443686

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Publication Date: 1991

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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

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Audience: Teachers; Practitioners

Language: English

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Identifiers - Location: Czechoslovakia

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